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Pyrodex P vs FFFg

theprofessortheprofessor Member Posts: 37 ✭✭
edited April 2008 in Black Powder and Cowboy Action Shooting
My pistol manual says to use FFFg but is Pyrodex P a safe substitute? manual is 12 years old and I was wondering if Pyrodex P is a new item ( since 1996?)
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pyrodex P has been around longer than that.
    It works fine, it is a little more corrosive than black powder.
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  • longbow589longbow589 Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My guns like Pyrodex P. I've shot a lot of powders and I keep coming back to Pryodex P . clean up is not bad with soap and water. The best is true black powder. Reduce your load of powder by 10 % with Pryodex .It is more powerful than black .
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  • Winston BodeWinston Bode Member Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As long as you load by volume you should be fine. Pyrodex P for revolvers/pistols and Pyrodex RS for shotguns and rifles.

    Pyrodex is not "more powerful" than black powder. It is denser and you actually use less of it to match a load of black powder. That is why you use a measure and load by volume.

    30 grains of black powder....30 grains of Pyrodex.

    Simple as that.

    Bode
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