New black powder

[FrontierGander]

Fresh out of the screener! Next step, glazing.

 

[RockAndSage]

Cool stuff. What are you using for charcoal/carbon stock?

 

[FrontierGander]

Juniper

 

[FrontierGander]

9 shots today. Super clean!

 

[ihookem]

I have yet to make my own. I have read that if you make it right, it will be more powerful and cleaner. Many say it's in the charcoal and how long you mix it.

 

[FrontierGander]

It really depends on your charcoal and processing. This was a 72hr mill job.

Today my brother and i pucked a pound, but our next batch will be with cottonwood charcoal instead of Juniper.

2 days into the dehydrator, then itll get corned, screened and back into the dehydrator.

 

[ihookem]

Frontier , I made some charcoal out of a hybrid popplar / willow wood. Some say it shoule work pretty good. I never got further than that though.

 

[FrontierGander]

Yesterday's pucks, into powder.

 

[FrontierGander]

Misspoke, this is 2f.

3f

 

[RockAndSage]

Great stuff. Pretty cool to get those velocities with it also being as clean as it seems to be burning. Is that patch lube homebrew?

 

[HighUintas]

Try some cottonelle TP

 

[HighUintas]

It really depends on your charcoal and processing. This was a 72hr mill job.

Today my brother and i pucked a pound, but our next batch will be with cottonwood charcoal instead of Juniper.

2 days into the dehydrator, then itll get corned, screened and back into the dehydrator.
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What are the dimensions on those? They'd be a bear to break up. Why not use dividers to make your pucks thinner?

 

[FrontierGander]

What are the dimensions on those? They'd be a bear to break up. Why not use dividers to make your pucks thinner?

A bit over 1". Not a bear at all if they are not over compressed. They have a density in the 1.75 to 1.77 range. A chisel and rubber mallet make easy work.

 

[FrontierGander]

Try some cottonelle TP

That's on the list, but first we're going to try cottonwood.

 

[HighUintas]

A bit over 1". Not a bear at all if they are not over compressed. They have a density in the 1.75 to 1.77 range. A chisel and rubber mallet make easy work.View attachment 813955

They're a bit smaller than they look. My die is 2.5" diameter and if I made one solid puck as tall as yours (proportionally) it would take me a day to bust up! I do 1/8" pucks using spacers and then use some small side cutters to break them up. However, it's been quite awhile since I've made some.

Do you follow the BP thread over on castboolits? They've made quite a bit of progress in the last couple of years.

It looks like you've got some quality powder going. Great job!

 

[RockAndSage]

They're a bit smaller than they look. My die is 2.5" diameter and if I made one solid puck as tall as yours (proportionally) it would take me a day to bust up! I do 1/8" pucks using spacers and then use some small side cutters to break them up. However, it's been quite awhile since I've made some.

Do you follow the BP thread over on castboolits? They've made quite a bit of progress in the last couple of years.

It looks like you've got some quality powder going. Great job!

Do you have a link to that?

 

[ihookem]

For a while, I was seriously thinking of just making black powder if smokeless got any harder to get. I already make my own round balls and patches so after the powder , a primer is all I would need.