triple 7

[sdakotadoug]

I don't hear much about Triple 7. Do you use it, what's your experience. Is it as corrosive as BP and Pyrodex?

 

[ss1]

I use 777 50cal pc and do not intend on using any thing else. 2f, going to 3f with 10% less charge. Easy to clean and easy to buy.

 

[Legionair]

Gave it up, myself.....

If you do a search here, you'll find past discussions about the "concrete" fouling it can cause. Seems that it can leave a ring of HARD fouling right beneath the ball. Tough to clean.

check it out.....

Just an opinion.....Some people are happy with it......

by the way - welcome aboard...

Legion

 

[Swampman]

I don't use faux powders, because I believe they will lead to the loss of our ability to buy real blackpowder. Support the hobby and buy the real thing. :thumbsup:

 

[Pittsburghunter]

If you can't find real black powder where you live I would use Triple Se7en over pyrodex. It in my opinion is a much better powder and cleans up with water very easy. With stout loads of the stuff you do need to swab every few round to remove the fouling at the bottom of the bore to make loading easy but again just water is needed to do this.

The 3F is good for rifles that have slow ignition problems and has an almost identical power curve as the 2F. Read the front of the cans they develope almost identical loads.

 

[chipper]

I used it for about a year. I saw no real reason not to use it. I cleans up nice and is easy to work with. I personally run a cleaning patch between each shot, that might be why I didn't see any problems using it. I switched over because BP is way cheaper. I hunt the Flattop area of Colorado for Elk. I allways thought that having a powder that I could buy in Wallyworld in Steamboat Springs Co. at 10:00 some night had a definite advantage.

Regards
Wounded Knee
"The Saxon Barbarian"

 

[Runner]

Good powder that produces good energy. It has one serious drawback. The crud ring just means you need to swab between shots, which is something I do anyway. It is not that big of a deal as long as you know it happens. The real problem is with the fouling after the gun has been fired. It draws moisture worse than real black powder fouling. Things will turn to soup real quick on a damp day in a fouled gun. On the range where the gun is not loaded long, or from a clean barrel as a first shot, it is hard to beat in the caplock guns. Reload and sit for an hour or so on a damp day, and it might not go off at all. It is useless in a flinter unless you want to use duplex loads.

 

[Wink]

For the life of me I cant find goex black powder around here, the only thing I have been able to find is Elephant. So Ive been trying out Goex Pinnacle FFF. So far it seems good, no ignition problems and cleans easy. Anyone else try Pinnacle?

 

Ttiple Seven is less corrossive than Pyrodex. It is known to leave crud ring where the ball meets the powder. Furthermore, it burns hotter. You'll want to use approx 15% leess than you would of Black Powder or Pyrodex. Also according to tech Rep I spoke with after experiencing some problems with same. You may very well have to double patch. Triple Seven burns HOT! I've gone back to Black Powder.

 

[Swampman]

GOEX is less corrosive than Pyrodex also.

 

You're absolutely correct Swampman!