Black powder burn MUCH faster than smokless
BUt under pressure or contained smokless burn rate changes and black does not.
Smokless as the pressure goes up the burn rate goes up which caues the pressure to go up which causes the burn rate to,,,, well you get the idea.
For cap and ball revolvers I use a volume measure, Its a flask with a tube and a spring loaded valve.
I can get consistant loads to with in 1 or 2 granes of black and for round ball shooting thats really good enough,
The big thing with volume measurements you need to make sure they are completle full before dumping them in the chamber.
I for one would never even think of using smokless in a black powder gun.
There was one stupid person at the range that I shoot at several years ago blew a colt repo into about 20 parts.
The range officer confisgated the gun and what they found in one or the remaining chambers still full of powder was it was 1/4 filled with smokless and the remainder was black FFF.
This num nuts said he was trying to get the black powder to ignite faster.
He actualy fired two rounds before parts of the gun was inbedded in his face and hands.
BUt under pressure or contained smokless burn rate changes and black does not.
Smokless as the pressure goes up the burn rate goes up which caues the pressure to go up which causes the burn rate to,,,, well you get the idea.
For cap and ball revolvers I use a volume measure, Its a flask with a tube and a spring loaded valve.
I can get consistant loads to with in 1 or 2 granes of black and for round ball shooting thats really good enough,
The big thing with volume measurements you need to make sure they are completle full before dumping them in the chamber.
I for one would never even think of using smokless in a black powder gun.
There was one stupid person at the range that I shoot at several years ago blew a colt repo into about 20 parts.
The range officer confisgated the gun and what they found in one or the remaining chambers still full of powder was it was 1/4 filled with smokless and the remainder was black FFF.
This num nuts said he was trying to get the black powder to ignite faster.
He actualy fired two rounds before parts of the gun was inbedded in his face and hands.
