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Most all know that black powder be measured when loading, this makes sense because of days gone by, no one had the accurate means of weighing a charge. however with the advent of the metalic cartridge I wonder why ( except for the muzzle loader) we haven't consider weighing. my questions are; how does one know if their volume powder measure is really accurate? does anyone know the volume dimentions or equation for a single grain of BP? and once our volume of powder is carefully measured out, can we not begin to just weigh our Black Powder as we load our BP cartridges? | ||
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JDS makes a black powder version of their Quick Measure. This is a verry accurate measure for black powder. Check it out at www.quick-measure.com | |||
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Just weigh the amount you drop and see for yourself! Are all you "greenies" so stupid?  If a day goes by when you don't learn something - it was a Total Loss! | |||
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In addition,one can find this note in Dixies catalog. That in volume 10grs of ffg BP== 8grs of Pyrodex. van | |||
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Black powder is more accurately loaded by volumn because it is so hygroscopic. It soaks up water so readily your weights vary more than you want according to humidity. Buy a good Black Powder volumn measure with a long drop tube, some Walters Wads and go shooting. Why weigh them when it's more accurate to drop them?.....................DJ ....Remember that this is all supposed to be for fun!.................. | |||
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