Ribcracker
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The recommended charge of black powder for my .50 Plains Pistol is 40 grains. If I adjust my brass measuring tool to 40 grains and use it to dispense Pyrodex, will my gun be overcharged, undercharged, or correctly charged?
Triple Seven and Black Mag3 are far hotter (or more energetic) than good old black powder, and produce higher velocities and pressures. Still burning carbon, the carbon-based fuel burned here is from the sugar family, not from wood (charcoal). These propellants are actually far more modern than nitrocellulose based powders. Triple Seven and Black Mag3 only become available in the 21st Century.