black powder

[trouttracker]

Does anyone on here doany black powder reloading

 

[Frontstuffers]

I load for 45-70.

 

[dennyntx]

I reload some shotgun shells and 38/357

 

[Chief Snorkel]

I reload .45 Colt with my home brewed BP for my Remington NMA with Howells conversion cylinder and my T/C Hawken.

 

[dennyntx]

I reload .45 Colt with my home brewed BP for my Remington NMA with Howells conversion cylinder and my T/C Hawk

 

[dennyntx]

I reload .45 Colt with my home brewed BP for my Remington NMA with Howells conversion cylinder and my T/C Hawken.

Do you make your own charcoal if so what kind of wood are you using

 

[Chief Snorkel]

I use Cottonelle toilet paper to make charcoal. It's more powerful and cleaner than the wood I've tried.

 

[dennyntx]

Ok yup I've heard of using that I've been using the tallow trees for years that grow like weeds here in southeast texas seem to be pretty good toilet paper wood probably be easier does it wipe the barrel clean when you shoot

 

[Chief Snorkel]

Only when I make a (bleep) shot.

 

[dennyntx]

Only when I make a (bleep) shot.

 

[Chief Snorkel]

I just got back from the range testing some black powder hand loads. My 90-15-10 (parts, not %) toilet paper charcoal, 35gn under 230 lead bullet loads produced an average of 866 fps, Extreme Sprad 32.3 and Standard Deviation 12.7 from my Remington NMA with .45 Colt Howells conversion cylinder. Screened powder was weighed and compressed. Accuracy was impressive.

 

[dennyntx]

I just got back from the range testing some black powder hand loads. My 90-15-10 (parts, not %) toilet paper charcoal, 35gn under 230 lead bullet loads produced an average of 866 fps, Extreme Sprad 32.3 and Standard Deviation 12.7 from my Remington NMA with .45 Colt Howells conversion cylinder. Powder was weighed and compressed. Accuracy was impressive.

I've been using the old tried and true 75/15/10 % does you formula 90/15/10 work better then the 75/15/10 thanks

 

[Chief Snorkel]

Yes, it does, by a significant margin. Expressed as % it works out to 78/13/9 but I find it much easier to measure by using portions. The gang at CastBoolits (https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?103852-My-homemade-black-powder) have done a lot experimenting with ratios and charcoal making.

 

[dennyntx]

Yes, it does, by a significant margin. Expressed as % it works out to 78/13/9 but I find it much easier to measure by using portions. The gang at CastBoolits (https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?103852-My-homemade-black-powder) have done a lot experimenting with ratios and charcoal making.

I will definitely have to give it a try