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These Just arrived, I've got caps, made lubed wads, made 2 pounds of black powder (made since I was a kid) now just waiting on the pistol

looks like you have enough on hand to really get to know your new smoker .... looking forward to your coming range reports and use impressions

Same balls I have....only mine are .50...consistent in size and quality so far. Have fun...

Oldbrass wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:59 pm

... made 2 pounds of black powder (made since I was a kid)...

What's your recipe and process for making black powder and where do you get your components? Thanks.

Just got 500 535 balls myself for 45.00 shipped to my door.

CT shooter I use 75% potassium nitrate 15% charcoal 10% sulfar. There are different methods ,I use a rock tumbler with lead balls for powder mill. Do your research as there are safety concerns. Components are available at any Walmart, I make my own charcoal. I prefer fir. Never use lumber to make charcoal.

Oldbrass wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:49 pm

CT shooter I use 75% potassium nitrate 15% charcoal 10% sulfar. There are different methods ,I use a rock tumbler with lead balls for powder mill. Do your research as there are safety concerns. Components are available at any Walmart, I make my own charcoal. I prefer fir. Never use lumber to make charcoal.

That is very cool, Oldbrass. Thanks. I watched a presentation on C-SPAN last year that you might find interesting, too.

FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Gunpowder Manufacturing Between 1850-65
West Point history instructor Major David Lambert discussed how gunpowder was outsourced and manufactured in the mid-19th century. The New York Military Affairs Symposium hosted this event.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?457655-1/ ... ng-1850-65

Yep that's cool. People think black powder is something special. It's first documented in 142 AD but probably long before that.

Ive never made any but have read about alot of people that do. But I still think BP is cool even though I don’t make it. I love shooting BP. Its especially great right now cause Im still shooting while others are out of ammo.