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I sorta remember a fella making pellets waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy back in this thread. Probably first 200 pages.
For his revolver. Ummmmm i believe it worked but i dont remember any numbers.

My goal is to make a powder that when poured from my flask into my measure
The volume is same as weight. I.e. 100grains weight is 100 grains volume give or
take a grain. I dont think its neccesary...

Doublebuck
Thanks for the compliments.
Its the little birdie that gaurds my wallet that helps. Every time i go to spend he goes CHEAP!

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This is my powder die. Works good and very cheap.
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Homemade press. Again, works good and cheap.

Also i cant grind my pucks. To soft. But they break up with my fingers easy. Then screen them. While shaking screens i put handful of milling media in too. Just on top screen. Helps breaak chunks...

Graysmoke;
Try tumbling that dry powder with denim or pillow ticking strips. Will remove a super fine dust thats on them and should darken grains up a bit. You should see a slight "shine" or "glint"...

Doublebuck:
The swiss info i got from the mad monk files someone linked earlier in this thread.
Thanks to whoever posted that info. It has been very useful.
Now i just gotta go shoot new...

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This is my blackpowder. Notice how shiny and rounded large pile and middle are compared
to left pile? Left pile is higher density with 1% water. Pucks dried before breaking up.
Middle and...

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DoubleBuck;
Sorry about that. Texting leaves a lot to be desired. Soooo its a 2" diameter. Depth of.809. Subtract thickness of milk jug dividers .018x5. So volume of 37.02.
For this expdriment i...

Hwooldrige;
Not yet. I dont have one. But i go every spring with friends and they have one. Should have results in next month or two.

I have tried various combinations of milling time while wet to round grains better but no improvement after 12hrs. Same with the pjlliow ticking scraps. 91 grains is as far as i can get. Grains are...

So i started pressing my powder to 1.7g/cc by measuring the volume of my die,multiply by 1.7 and theres how many grams should fit. Once dry ran thru coffee burr grinder, screened etc..
100 grain...

Hello yall. Been reading this thread for years. Great info.
I see the density thing still bugging some of you too. Ive been doing some testing and believe i may have a solution. I will try to keep...