As one who was around pyrodex in about 1976, 1978, that was all that was available and it worked just fine in my friend's 45 caliber percussion. We didn't know any different, pyrodex was almost brand new on the scene at that time. I still have some of that first powder, I think, in a container and I will try and see if it will work when I get out to the range.I know I know wagons circled lines drawn But eh I hear and read pyrodex bad fails to go off in cap locks, #11 percussion caps time infinity fail. Well "REAL" world been shooting it over a year now, I must be in a different class or dimension because I never had a failure from caps or pyrodex or the combination there of. Another wives tale just shot to snot. Pyrodex is as good as black if kept dry. You can not get it wet before use, then again black not as good wet either
I am not attempting to start war, I want to learn, this Jim Shockley I hear about never seen it around my neck of the woods. I am reading it performs bottom scale, Actual Black Powder forget it around 200 mile round trip to get it. unless one likes paying hazmat fees on top of delivery fees.Triple Seven rocks, and it cleans up super easy. I don't understand all the powder wars here.......I see no reason for it!
But dry black out and shoot ,not so with pyrodex ,leave the lid off and it's good for fertilizer !/EdI know I know wagons circled lines drawn But eh I hear and read pyrodex bad fails to go off in cap locks, #11 percussion caps time infinity fail. Well "REAL" world been shooting it over a year now, I must be in a different class or dimension because I never had a failure from caps or pyrodex or the combination there of. Another wives tale just shot to snot. Pyrodex is as good as black if kept dry. You can not get it wet before use, then again black not as good wet either
I think it's been discontinued.I am not attempting to start war, I want to learn, this Jim Shockley I hear about never seen it around my neck of the woods. I am reading it performs bottom scale, Actual Black Powder forget it around 200 mile round trip to get it. unless one likes paying hazmat fees on top of delivery fees.
About a year ago I went to a gun store that handled powder and such and was supposed to have some black and he didn't, the only thing he had was Jim Shockley and he said that's all he sold. For muzzleloaders. I've tried a lot of things, but the reason I wanted the black was for my Flintlock. He claimed shockley's powder would work in a Flintlock, so I did buy a pound and in a few days I was able to get out to the range and try it out. Only shot twice and I was using 4f for pan primer powder and they both shot, the first one was a slight Hang Fire, the second one quite noticeable, still probably only one second. I'm sure a duplex load with a little black in back of it would make it work just fine, but I do have enough black at this time and I was just curious. I do use triple seven in my percussions with very good results I've never tried it in my Flintlock, something I will do this summer and I will chronograph at the same time. In the flintlock I shoot 55 grains in a 50. In my percussions .50 I shoot 45 grains of triple seven. I think it figures out about the Same by recoil but I will chronograph.I am not attempting to start war, I want to learn, this Jim Shockley I hear about never seen it around my neck of the woods. I am reading it performs bottom scale, Actual Black Powder forget it around 200 mile round trip to get it. unless one likes paying hazmat fees on top of delivery fees.
understandable, flints without 4f for flash, difficult to shootAbout a year ago I went to a gun store that handled powder and such and was supposed to have some black and he didn't, the only thing he had was Jim Shockley and he said that's all he sold. For muzzleloaders. I've tried a lot of things, but the reason I wanted the black was for my Flintlock. He claimed shockley's powder would work in a Flintlock, so I did buy a pound and in a few days I was able to get out to the range and try it out. Only shot twice and I was using 4f for pan primer powder and they both shot, the first one was a slight Hang Fire, the second one quite noticeable, still probably only one second. I'm sure a duplex load with a little black in back of it would make it work just fine, but I do have enough black at this time and I was just curious. I do use triple seven in my percussions with very good results I've never tried it in my Flintlock, something I will do this summer and I will chronograph at the same time. In the flintlock I shoot 55 grains in a 50. In my percussions .50 I shoot 45 grains of triple seven. I think it figures out about the Same by recoil but I will chronograph.
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