pyrodex in a caplock?????

[Bad Karma]

So are you sure I can use it :hmm: ? I'm trusting you guys. The store clerk did say people had brought guns back, because the barrel had exploded from using Pyrodex.

How to you post pictures on this forum anyway?

I would take anything that clerk says with about a cup of salt... maybe speak with the proprietor and ask him how much stock you can put in those claims.

 

[CaptainKirk]

So it's 100 percent safe to use?

100%. I used nothing but Pyrodex in my Trade Rifle for years.
Whoops...bitten by another Zombie thread...looks like 2008 this time.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Do measure the Pyrodex by using a volume measure. Pyrodex is less dense than black powder, so using Pyrodex by measuring on a scale for weight can result in an over load.

 

[TFoley]

And now, for our non-British readers -

Here in UK black powder is classed as a Class 1 Explosive, for which you must have an Explosives License to buy, transport and store. You are limited to a total of 25kg at any one time. It lasts five years, and is free. Many of us have one running alongside our Section 1 or Section 2 Firearms Certificate for ease of renewal.

It must be stored in a Home Office-approved safe container, made of wood, with flameproof contact points around the lid to prevent flames getting in [easily]. You can buy them. or make them using plans off the internet, but it must be compartmentalised so as to hold a number of containers, each one of which may not hold more than 250gr/1 lb of black powder.