Best Smokeless Powder for .44 WCF - Page 2 - SASS Wire Forum
Nov 25, 2019 · 60 - H-4198 - Bulk powder, mild pressures accurate out to 100 yards. 63 - Reloder 7 - Bulk powder, very accurate, replicates original velocity/pressure loads to greater than 100 yards and accurate out to at least 265 yards - I recommend this powder for Group I Rifles and all Revolvers unless you are scared of "dirty" guns.
45/70 Best smokeless powder - SASS Wire Forum
Jan 1, 2012 · Tipping the rifle up so the powder is resting against the primer will help, but it is still dependent on getting the positioning consistantly. The relatively slower powders like 3031, RE-7, take up a lot more room in the case, but you have to load them heavily enough to get proper ignition and consistant combustion.
Smokeless powder ammo in old guns - SASS Wire Forum
Apr 24, 2023 · Black Powder Rifles adapted for use with smokeless powders, pending calibers, would use cooler burning "Bulk for Bulk" smokeless powders like Dupont's No. 1 "rifle" and No. 2 "rifle or revolver", or the more dense "Sharpshooter" or "Marksman" powders, to include the lighter loaded 32-40 and 38-55 of which DID NOT NEED SPECIAL STEEL BARRELS.
Shelf life of smokeless powder once opened - SASS Wire Forum
Jul 29, 2013 · Recommendations for Storage of Smokeless Powder. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. Be sure the storage area selected is free from any possible sources of excess heat and is isolated from open flame, furnaces, hot water heaters, etc. Do not store smokeless powder where it will be exposed to the sun's rays.
Can you make your own smokeless powder? | Survivalist Forum
Mar 26, 2014 · What you will end up with is totally raw first-generation smokeless powder of a 19th century quality. Don't even conteplate trying to duplicate Clays or IMR4891. More likely than not you'll produce something that erodes away your barrel within a hundred shots, assuming it doesn't blow up your gun (and you) on the first day.
Anyone have a favorite smokeless powder 45Colt load
Nov 3, 2016 · Edit: Last night it dawned on me that when I first started shooting 45 Colt I was using smokeless powder and already have loads for the 200g bullets so I am mainly interested in smokeless powder loads for some 160g bullets that I just purchased. I should have mentioned my goal to begin with and that is to work on my gun handling and transition ...
Smokeless vs. Black powder why? - SASS Wire - SASS Wire Forum
Dec 4, 2011 · Hi from a newbie, Very new to CAS, not so new to reloading, but real cornfused to say the least. Have load up lots of rifle and pistol rounds using smokeless powder. Shot lots of black powder rifles, but never gave much thought to using black powder in smokeless cartridges. Would someone please g...
Homemade smokeless-powder? - Survivalist Forum
Aug 31, 2021 · This was the reply I was expecting tbh, and I 100% agree. Smokeless powder is a beast compared to black powder, black powder was fired out of bamboo and hardwood pipes back in it's day, today smokeless powder can absolutely ruin a steel gun if not properly worked with. It's not worth it because it just takes too long to make.
moderns smokeless in 1880s SAA - SASS Wire Forum
Apr 10, 2013 · Black powder burns. Smokeles powder explodes. Even very light loads of smokeless powder or the abortive "duplex" loads, a mixture of black and smokeless, are bad ju ju for a black powder gun. Just don't do it. It is not worth it. That Colt didn't survive all these years for an avoidable disaster to come along and destroy it. More:
Black Powder Revolver Conversion Questions - SASS Wire Forum
Jun 20, 2024 · Answer to your 1st question= yes as long as you are using a conversion cylinder, I would not recommend using smokeless powder when using the cap and ball cylinder #2- for reloading it is easier to use 1 caliber, less changing of the dies and powder measure, I often shoot different calibers during matches. 38 special for pistol and 45 colt rifle.