BlackPowderBen
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any issues with corrosion from the rollcaps on the nipples assuming you thoroughly clean it after shooting?
I haven't had any corrosion issues with the roll caps
any issues with corrosion from the rollcaps on the nipples assuming you thoroughly clean it after shooting?
BlackPowderBen said:You can get a cap making tool for $45 at .22lr reloader, percussion caps are easy to make, but a bit tedious. You can also use their .22 primer compound for the primer. http://sharpshooter-22lr-reloader.myshopify.com/products/11-percussion-cap-maker
I wasn't either until I had issues finding projectiles to shoot or finding ones I liked were far too expensive (I have an issue with overpaying). These were/are very big deals to me. Not much worse than being ready to go to the range but having nothing to sling downrange...
A pound of scrap lead cost me $1/lb and I could make thirty-five of my 195 grn bullets. Buying mostly Lee equipment got me started fairly cheaply. I easily came out ahead and cast quite a few different projectiles now.
[BlackPowderBen] For making black powder, you can get some potasium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, use the 75% Kno3, 15% charcoal, and 10% sulfur ratio, (you can simply use 75 grams Kno3, 15 grams charcoal, and 10 grams of sulfur) mix it in a rock tumbler for 8 hours with lead round balls, spritz some water on the powder, rub it through a piece of window screen onto a tray, let it dry and you've got your own black powder. Not dangerous at all.
Why turn your home and neighborhood into a potential hazard area when BP is doesn't cost much? Besides, you won't be able to match the quality of commercially made BP. And , if you think it isn't dangerous to make, manufacturers would not be making BP substitutes with higher ignition points.
You can try the Castboolits Gun Forum and post in the want to buy section that you're looking for some conicals, I'm sure someone will sell you some.
You can try the Castboolits Gun Forum and post in the want to buy section that you're looking for some conicals, I'm sure someone will sell you some.
you won't be able to match the quality of commercially made BP. And , if you think it isn't dangerous to make, manufacturers would not be making BP substitutes with higher ignition points.
[Hawg] At a cost prohibitive price for a lot of us when you can make it for pennies on the dollar.
Considering the available options and affordable BP substitutes like Triple 7 and Alliant Black MZ, it makes perfect sense to look at those available options.
There are all kinds of anecdotal claims made over the internet, it doesn't mean however there is any scientific evidence to support it, or whether the test conditions were verified by a neutral third party. By contrast, consumers are more inclined to believe commercial manufactures of powder, since they have the resources to manufacture and test their products more thoroughly, over the person making BP in the garage under uncontrolled or unsupervised dangerous conditions.
...and affordable BP substitutes like Triple 7 and Alliant Black MZ, it makes perfect sense to look at those available options.
[rodwhaincamo] Actually I talk to a couple of pyrotechnic guys who make their own that is quite consistent and energetic, along with another fellow who has learned to.