Black powder measure?

[Tazman1602]

Art,

Back in those early days, mine started in the 50's those front stuffers were fun and still are for me. The more powder down the barrel the more smoke and ball of fire .
They also shoot a arrow farther than a Bow LOL, yes were very fortunate the good lord watched over us and still is for some.
Yes I hunted in your woods for many years as well as when they opened a special black powder season I think was back in the late 70 or 80's.

Hey Lead….I didn’t know about the arrow trick until I was about 24 or so and needed to feed the family, an old guy (about my age now…) told me that if I emptied the shot out of that 20 gauge shell and was real careful curling the arrow feathers into it and sawed off the barrel of that SS Kreske $25 shotgun —- still legal, 18.250”…..probably……it would shoot arrows real well.

In those days if we didn’t limit out on deer we ate a lot of hamburger helper or whatever it was at that time….thank God the statute of limitations ran out on everything I ever did about 25 years ago….I never touched black powder again until about ten years ago ……

Art

[FrankJD]

I'm using the new Lyman orange measure, works just fine for me and black powder.

[sharps4590]

Static can’t set off BP.

This old urban legend needs to be put to bed permanently.

https://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml...ks/sparks.html

Kenny W

^^ This. I used my RCBS for 20 years before I knew I wasn't supposed to. I do have a Belding & Mull I use now but mostly because I bought it as an antique and like to use it. They are accurate. If my RCBS was all I had I'd still be using it.

The vacuum cleaner is another myth that needs to be laid to rest. The dirt, dust and other stuff picked up by a vac doesn't pass anywhere close to the motor, it's sucked up by an impeller, driven by a motor driving the suction force. I've nev3er so much as had a whiff of smoke and I've used a vac for 50+ years, central and upright, to clean up droppings.

Liquids with fumes are another matter entirely.

[59sharps]

I've been using my RCBS uniflo for 30 yrs now. But won't tell you you should or could use it.
I also have a lock and load In use now. But won't tell you you should or could.

[Lead pot]

The vacuum cleaner is another myth that needs to be laid to rest.

Yes I did just that

[namsag]

Well I’m like a lot of others above, I threw probably at least 200 black powder charges in my RCBS Uniflow before I found out it was supposed to have killed me. I don’t use it anymore because after finding that out I got a Belding and Mull and then a MVA measure, they are way cooler and they are more accurate too.

[FrankJD]

Lyman 55 for more than a few decades, ain't been blowed up ... yet!