Accra-shot,small rifle primers temperature

[northport10021]

I was gifted a TC Hawken by my uncle. The Hawken is a kit muzzleloader and it has an Accra-shot nipple. I was looking for information on the temperature and velocity of the spark from a small rife powder as I intended to use T7 as my propellant.

 

[Duk]

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[toot]

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[kelljp]

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[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[nit wit]

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[Eterry]

One more Howdy from the Great State of Texas. Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your new to you muzzleloader.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome from New York State's Central-Leatherstocking region.

Don't believe I have ever seen a description of primer temperature or "spark". I have to believe it would be supersonic and somewhere below the melting point of brass (which is just above 900 degrees F).

 

[ppg1949]

Welcome from Indiana.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

I was gifted a TC Hawken by my uncle. The Hawken is a kit muzzleloader and it has an Accra-shot nipple. I was looking for information on the temperature and velocity of the spark from a small rife powder as I intended to use T7 as my propellant.

Howdy. Just get a musket cap nipple and use musket caps, plenty hot enough. Also if you're not aware T7 is hotter than black powder so the charges should be reduced some.

 

[boberator]

Welcome from central Texas!

 

[Eric Krewson]

I would ditch the Accra Shot which is a pain to use and get a good old standard #11 nipple, I like a Hot Shot. At one time I shot a lot of substitute powders, all went off just fine with a standard nipple and a #11 cap.

I didn't know that an Accra Shot took small pistol primers, the ones we used back in the day used 209 shotgun primers. We ditched them because priming a gun took so long, extracting the spent primer was a pain and added more time to the loading procedure.