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    12g BLACK POWDER

    Just loaded myself a couple of boxes of black powder to whang at the clays.
    Anyone else get the pleasure I do with a foot of flame a big bang and lots of smoke?
    Surprised at the number of folk who "want ago" and the smile it brings to shoot my old Wild hammergun which is only proofed for black powder.

    If only the black powder was easier to obtain.
    When I die don't let my wife sell my guns for what she thinks I gave for them!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Dunkley View Post
    Just loaded myself a couple of boxes of black powder to whang at the clays.
    Anyone else get the pleasure I do with a foot of flame a big bang and lots of smoke?
    Surprised at the number of folk who "want ago" and the smile it brings to shoot my old Wild hammergun which is only proofed for black powder.

    If only the black powder was easier to obtain.
    I luv blackpowder! I've loaded lots of 12b just for fun. It has a totally different feel to firing nitro. Most clay ranges don't allow them though. They claim the smoke cloud puts off the next shooter! I don't have a problem getting the black stuff though. I had a couple of kilos at the gun show last week and Kranks and Swiss are easy enough to get down here in deepest Wales.
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    Black powder

    Quote Originally Posted by DesG View Post
    I luv blackpowder! I've loaded lots of 12b just for fun. It has a totally different feel to firing nitro. Most clay ranges don't allow them though. They claim the smoke cloud puts off the next shooter! I don't have a problem getting the black stuff though. I had a couple of kilos at the gun show last week and Kranks and Swiss are easy enough to get down here in deepest Wales.

    Who was it selling at the show? I asked Clay and Game and they said they were not allowed to take it to the show!
    I can get it from Kranks but it's a long ride.
    When I die don't let my wife sell my guns for what she thinks I gave for them!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Dunkley View Post
    Who was it selling at the show? I asked Clay and Game and they said they were not allowed to take it to the show!
    I can get it from Kranks but it's a long ride.
    Westlander. From west Yorkshire I think. He sells loads of ammo each year and Lovex powder galore. I had it there last year as well, £48 a kilo. It's a make I've not heard of before- vesuvit, but it goes bang well enough.
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    find it hard to get around the north west Lancashire , either a trip to kranks or Skipton gun room these days about hour and half each way minimum argh
    There is no such thing as a dangerous gun, there are dangeruous people though

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    I shoot BP at my local clay club and no one minds- always have two or three people wanting to try a 160
    Year old sxs! It’s the only gun I know that when people miss a clay they still smile when they hand it back!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Dunkley View Post
    Anyone else get the pleasure I do with a foot of flame a big bang and lots of smoke?
    Surprised at the number of folk who "want ago" and the smile it brings to shoot my old Wild hammergun which is only proofed for black powder.
    We hold the MLAGB Autumn Nationals at Cheltenham & District Clay Club...and it's always popular amongst many club members who normally stick to nitro.

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