Best place to get black powder

[Dapaki]

You can also get BP at addictedtoblackpowder.com and acepyro.com/Shop/Supplies#blackpowder.

[Sasquatch-1]

Glad you were able to solve it that easily.

[T-Bird]

Me too! Every now and then even a blind hog can find an acorn.

[T-Bird]

One additional question. Looks like the most available is Scheutzen due to a fire at the Goex Plant. Should I wait for Goex or is Scheutzen ok?

[Sasquatch-1]

Scheutzen is a good powder.

[T-Bird]

OK, thank's

[megasupermagnum]

I've never tried Schutzen, but I've not heard too many bad things about it. I don't think we currently have a "bad" blackpowder imported into the USA. There are some in the world that are junk, but I've only heard of them from second hand experience, seemingly mostly in South America. Elephant brand comes to mind.

[waksupi]

I've never tried Schutzen, but I've not heard too many bad things about it. I don't think we currently have a "bad" blackpowder imported into the USA. There are some in the world that are junk, but I've only heard of them from second hand experience, seemingly mostly in South America. Elephant brand comes to mind.

I used to shoot Elephant quite a bit, went through a few cases of it. I did get one bad lot. I contacted Petrochemical, and they sent me a new full case. The bad stuff got shot up in the local cannons. During the same time period, GOEX also had a bad lot of powder out.

[FrankJD]

I used to shoot Elephant quite a bit, went through a few cases of it. I did get one bad lot. I contacted Petrochemical, and they sent me a new full case. The bad stuff got shot up in the local cannons. During the same time period, GOEX also had a bad lot of powder out.

A few years back, some of us also had a bad case (25#) of Swiss.

[Static line]

Scheutzen is just fine.

[T-Bird]

ordered 5# of FF from Grafs, that's what their brand is, the fine print says. Just missed it being on sale

[T-Bird]

as it turns out, I found the 1/2 lb of 3F the same friend gave me 20 yrs ago. I thought I remembered it being Goex but it was Elephant. He gave it to me in 2002 and had had it "some years" he said. I've seen VERY mixed reviews on Elephant so I don't know if I have 1/2 lb of useable powder or 1/2 lb of junk. We'll see

[Sasquatch-1]

as it turns out, I found the 1/2 lb of 3F the same friend gave me 20 yrs ago. I thought I remembered it being Goex but it was Elephant. He gave it to me in 2002 and had had it "some years" he said. I've seen VERY mixed reviews on Elephant so I don't know if I have 1/2 lb of useable powder or 1/2 lb of junk. We'll see

Try about 25 grains down the pipe with nothing but a patch over top. If it goes bang, try it with a ball. But, make sure you have a good way to remove the ball if it doesn't.

[megasupermagnum]

as it turns out, I found the 1/2 lb of 3F the same friend gave me 20 yrs ago. I thought I remembered it being Goex but it was Elephant. He gave it to me in 2002 and had had it "some years" he said. I've seen VERY mixed reviews on Elephant so I don't know if I have 1/2 lb of useable powder or 1/2 lb of junk. We'll see

I could be completely wrong on Elephant, I just threw out a name that I remembered. It will almost certainly go bang, but the bad reports of whatever brand it was, I remember it was super underpowered and dirty as heck. Something like 100gr of the stuff only did 800 fps in a 50 caliber rifle.

[T-Bird]

Yeah, I took it to the range yesterday, it's 3F so I was gonna try it in my 32. It went bang just fine, but there was a lot more fouling than Goex and in a 32, it's a no go. I'll try to burn it up on cans with my 54 pistol. Unless I decide to use it on tomatoes

[Sasquatch-1]

so I was gonna try it in my 32. It went bang just fine, but there was a lot more fouling than Goex and in a 32, it's a no go.

Just make some alcohol-soaked patches and swab the barrel between shots. As long as you are not in the field this will work well. I use alcohol because it dries very quickly in a hot barrel.

[T-Bird]

I'll try that