As a storage perspective there was a man who had a civil war cannonball he decided to see what was inside of it and while cutting it in half yeah you guessed it Kapow///////////// . I had the news report somewhere can't find it now.
As a storage perspective there was a man who had a civil war cannonball he decided to see what was inside of it and while cutting it in half yeah you guessed it Kapow///////////// . I had the news report somewhere can't find it now.
I pulled a load wadded with newspaper dated 1862. The powder worked just fine and it was in a gun barrel that long. I have tested 100 year old powder in doing 45-70 research and it ran through the chrony within 50 fps of modern powders. I don't think it can go bad unless you soak it.
I watched a man tare the end off a paper cartridge loaded in 1863 at the St Louis Arsenal and light it. He lost the hair on his right hand.
A GUN THAT'S COCKED AND UNLOADED AIN'T GOOD FOR NUTHIN'........... ROOSTER COGBURN
black powder can be shipped with the right paperwork.
a few fellow shooters shoot BPCR and go through lots of the stuff, they order like 25 lbs at a time. Find someone like that and see if you can piggy back a pound or two on the order.
I have BP from 20 yrs or more ago, it's fine, no issues here. Killed a doe with it this year as a matter of fact. of course it was shoving a saboted cast bullet out the end of a rifle.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |