Pyrodex Question

[dondiego]

There are plenty at Cabela's in Dundee, MI.

[RJH]

I've got some old, old pyrodex rs that still works fine.

[shadowcaster]

Loose is $14/lb. Pellets aren't.
Loose is infinitely divisible. Pellets aren't.
BP and substitutes should smoke. It isn't smokeless and that's why we shoot it.
Pyrodex lasts a very long time if you store it correctly. I still have some RS from 1990.

If you want all the modern parameters and modern niceties, buy a modern gun and shoot smokeless cartridges. Simple eh?

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14$ a pound.. Where? I would buy 10 pounds if at that price.

I have not tried pellets so I can't say, but for me, I find the best use for BP substitutes is in a break open shotgun. Load'm up in either brass cases or use the Short Lane 209 muzzleloader adapter. Either way, you get sure fire ignition with 209 primers and clean up is simple. For brass cases.. drop them in some soapy hot water, swirl then dry. For the break open shotgun.. remove the barrel, soak and swab in hot soapy water (in one end and out the other), dry thoroughly and oil, then reassemble. Patched round balls, 3 inch groups at 50 yards, I call that a good day!

Shad