priming powder

[Will Penny]

has anybody ever loaded up 38 sp. or 45 colt with FFFFg?? I have a couple of lbs. left over from my flintlock days and was wondering if I could use it for cowboy shooting?

[44caliberkid]

In a discussion about black powder loads for 45 ACP, I suggested trying 4F (didn't really know, just bouncing an idea) and was strongly cautioned that it was not the thing to do.   I'd hate to send a piece of cylinder into orbit just to find out it was a bad idea.

[Will Penny]

In a discussion about black powder loads for 45 ACP, I suggested trying 4F (didn't really know, just bouncing an idea) and was strongly cautioned that it was not the thing to do.   I'd hate to send a piece of cylinder into orbit just to find out it was a bad idea.

ah so, thats where I got the idea, I thought maybe there was somthing I didn't know about it..shame I got quite a bit of it left to..oh well, stick to 2 and 3f I guess..

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[44caliberkid]

Make home-made fireworks with it.  Knock the primer out of an empty shotgun shell.  Install a length of cannon fuse through the primer hole.  Add powder through the open end and them plug it with a slice of wooden dowel rod.   Makes a big boom, but give yourself enough fuse to get away from it.
   You could also use it for stump removal.

[Delmonico]

Send a PM to Silver Creek Slim, If I remember right he did it with 45 Colt but he did use a Ruger, I wouldn't try it with any thing less.

[Forty Rod]

FFFFg is perfect for getting rid of gophers.

Seriously, but you have to have understanding neighbors.

[Professor Marvel]

We can learn from the mistakes of others :-)

In "Sixguns" by  Elmer Keith, he relates how he blew up a .45 SAA revolver by loading it with highly compressed FFFFG powder.

However some NZ target shooters use 4F in C&B revolvers - using 17gns in the revolver, adding Cream of Wheat; one shooter related he gets more consistent accuracy.

yhs
prof marvel