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Black Powder

bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
Just saw a thread on black powder over in the "ask the experts" side. Every replier recommended either Pyrodex or Clean Shot -- none recommended black powder. At one time, I was an avid black powder competitive shooter, but I have been out of the muzzleloading loop for quiet a while. Has everyone converted and gotten away from black powder? Is it still difficult to get? And most important; do competitive shooting organizations allow Pyrodex and Clean Shot for competitive events?
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    anyone carry 2f or 3f black powder anymore? the real stuff? can't find any...pyrodex or 777 is all you can *...[V]
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know there is a Black Powder forum here but I was just wondering how many that frequent General Discussion shoot Black Powder rifle/pistol. I picked up a new cheapie CVA Kodiak .45cal rifle a while ago and have yet to fire it.
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What size would work in a rifle and revolver? 3F? 2F etc.
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am looking for a product called Accu-Shot. It is a small S.S. nipple that replaces the old conventional Black Powder cap nipple with one that fires small rifle primers. I have been told that the company that manufactured them went out of business. There must be some still on the shelf somewhere. The base of the unit screws into the barrel as does the original cap nipple, a small rifle primer is placed in the nipple and a cover with a moving firing pin is then screwed down over the nipple covering the primer. Does anyone know where I could find some of these niples with 10-28 threads to fit Thomspon White Mountain Carbines?

    JohnWestly...
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    It is a bit harder to get than substitutes, but it has been my experience that BP is more accurate. I use it exclusively. I don't know about competition rules.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • .280 freak.280 freak Member Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Blackpowder isn't available locally for me, at least I haven't been able to find a source near me. A friend of a friend out of state is my supplier.If you can take it in large orders of 25 pounds, www.mainepowderhouse.com is one source. Also, I know I've seen it advertised in one of the many catalogs such as Cheaper than Dirt or Midway or Graf and Sons, you know the type I mean, just can't remember exactly which one I saw it in.I started shooting a muzzleloader 20 years ago and have always used real blackpowder; personal decision, just seemed more appropriate to use in my St Louis Hawken. Very accurate, don't mind the clean up, love the smell, and lastly, real blackpowder doesn't have a shelf life like Pyrodex. Don't know about competition rules either as I don't compete.
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