Startup advice please....

[robpark]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

[Turnup]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

Find out whatever any of your shooting buddies have, buy the other one and swap some. Then you can try both

[tacfoley]

...at this point I'd like to point out that I'm very grateful for all the advice, I just haven't been able to put any of it into practice as I'm still waiting for my variation

...anyone care to comment on whether I should start with Pyrodex (cheaper) or Triple Seven (expensive, sensitive to compression, but easier to clean)? (Black powder not an option, as I decided not to apply for an explosives license to begin with)

Pyrodex P is for pistols - uses 90% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge.. Triple 7 is also good, and uses 85% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge. Both clean up with water, and notwithstanding what folks say, they BOTH need a quick clean-up, post shooting.

Pyrodex P is energetic, but Triple 7, by comparison, is just plain frantic. Smells odd, too, a bit like sugar beets - not surprising, since it is a sugar-based propellant.

Your choice - I use both Pyrodex Select and Triple 7 in my two revolvers, but there really is nothing like the holy black.

tac

[airgunnut]

Pyrodex P is for pistols - uses 90% by WEIGHT of an equivalent BP charge.. but there really is nothing like the holy black.

tac

Amen to that!!!!!!!!!

[Livefast123]

I must be the devils spawn.......use Triple 7, you'll not regret it when you experience the easy hot water cleaning and effortless power.

[Buckle]

Might be worth having a read here:

http://www.geojohn.org/BlackPowder/Revolver.html

Lots of advice, and I can vouch for the cleaning tips and bees wax / lard solution!

Haven't tried the chamfered cylinder idea yet though. What do you guys think?

[robpark]

Might be worth having a read here:

http://www.geojohn.org/BlackPowder/Revolver.html......

Yes, I read that & it all sounds very plausible - can't wait to try some of it out

[airgunnut]

I must be the devils spawn.......use Triple 7, you'll not regret it when you experience the easy hot water cleaning and effortless power.

i use black powder, i also use hot soapy water to clean the gun so using Triple 7 (because it can be cleaned up with water) is pointless, how many bp substitute shooters go home after a shoot and put the guns in the safe without cleaning them? not many, all bp and bp substitute shooters i know go home and clean the guns in hot soapy water (the posh one even uses the dish washer)

[tacfoley]

i use black powder, i also use hot soapy water to clean the gun so using Triple 7 (because it can be cleaned up with water) is pointless, how many bp substitute shooters go home after a shoot and put the guns in the safe without cleaning them? not many, all bp and bp substitute shooters i know go home and clean the guns in hot soapy water (the posh one even uses the dish washer)

Why subs? Many folks I know use them because of a number of important reasons.

1. Subs are easier to obtain than ANY BP - with so many different variants of BP around, and the best only available at one or two locations in the entire UK. The HAZMAT carriage cost added to the base price makes it costy, to say the least. What do you do if you live in the South West, and Kranks is 250 miles away?

2. Ease of storage - no fancy Home Office-approved box needed - although some of us, me included, store our propellant in a large wooden ammunition box anyhow.

3. No extra license is needed for subs.

tac

[airgunnut]

sorry i keep forgetting that some have difficulty obtaining black powder
on the 2 other points, the licence is free and the box is easy to make