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How much FFFg powder fits within this short cylinder?

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07 June 2015, 09:09
Naphtali
How much FFFg powder fits within this short cylinder?
This question appears to fit comfortably into no subforum. But since I ask about black powder and a short cylindrical shape Black Powder Cartridge Rifles seems to be closer than any other. How much FFFg powder can be put into a .310-inch cylinder that is .125-inch deep?


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07 June 2015, 11:30
RIP
The volume of your cylinder is pi-R-squared-times-depth = 3.1416 x .155 x .155 x .125 = 0.0094346 cubic inch

From the internet: FFFg Goex density = 238 grains per cubic inch, trusted but not verified coffee

238 x .0094346 = 2.25 grains of powder

Is that for a .31-cal wildcat miniature BPCR?
08 June 2015, 03:29
dpcd
Very miniature.
You can compress black powder you know... And it burns better if you do.
What are you doing; this can't be a cartridge, obviously.
08 June 2015, 07:50
RIP
Doing a tiny cylinder like this, an eighth-inch long 31-caliber volume, suggests what difference a longer neck might make on a cartridge ...
But BP and only .31-caliber?
The suspense is killing me. Wink
08 June 2015, 08:47
Grenadier
It sounds like a gas check for a lead bullet.




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08 June 2015, 08:50
dpcd
Yeah, inquiring minds want to know,
But I can tell you that, this much FFFG is not enough to blow the brains out of a gnat.