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Black powder

gharghar Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
edited November 2008 in Black Powder and Cowboy Action Shooting
Does anyone know where black powder can be bought in Connecticut? All I have been able to find in stores are the replacements, not the real thing. I would go mail order but I do not need that much. Thanks.
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  • gharghar Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Has any one tried Grafs black powder in a mettalic cartrdge,if so how does it compare with other brands.
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  • gharghar Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can some one tell me how the old timers made their own black powder and it contents? Thanks in advance.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,619 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal. I can't remember the formula but I bet you could google it up.
    I know, when I was 11 years old, that old pharmacist gave me a funny look when I would go in the drug store and buy a pound of "flowers of sulphur."
    That geezer knew I was up to no good.
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  • gharghar Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    Sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal. I can't remember the formula but I bet you could google it up.
    I know, when I was 11 years old, that old pharmacist gave me a funny look when I would go in the drug store and buy a pound of "flowers of sulphur."
    That geezer knew I was up to no good.
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  • gharghar Member Posts: 40 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Allen. Google gave me the information I asked for. Quite interesting too.
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  • mbsamsmbsams Member Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't get any bright ideas about making your own. Very dangerous, even Hodgdon blew up their own factory killing several.
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