Hodgdon Pyrodex RS ...

[kc_hhsl]

Given that finding powder is difficult ...

Just curious what the going rate is on one pound containers of this stuff.

Midway USA lists it for about $18/container ... is this stuff going for a premium as well?

Thanks

 

[necchi]

Not really, that's typical for the stuff. Been around that price for years.

 

[kelbro]

One of the few powders that my local Sportsmans Warehouse still has in stock. $20 here. I'm just using the pellets these days.

 

[articmp]

I went to 777 and never looked back. Cut my teeth on spit patch, round ball, FFFg through a .50 T/C Hawkens. Used to feed it about 45 grains of the stuff. Snuff can groups off hand at 75 yards. I have a buddy that swears by FFFg in the pan and down the tube in a .68 smoothbore that he built. Kinda curious as to how much his horn throws down the hole.

 

[timeout]

I have not shot black powder in many years. In the mid to late 70's I bought a SS Ruger Old Army 45 cal wheel gun. I did not have any powder yet, so borrowed some Pyrodex. Stuffed as much in the cylinders as possible and still seat the balls. I proceeded to shoot at probably about a 3/8" plate steel. The gun had no kick and only dented the steel. A week later I picked up my triple F black powder. I filled the cylinders the same as with the Pyrodex. This time when I fired it she jumped, snorted a cloud of white smoke, and punched a hole right through the steel plate. I never used another drop of Pyrodex in my black powder guns. I built a couple of 50 cal. TC Hawkens and my wife and myself shot local shoots. We practiced nearly every day. The Hawkens shot well with round balls, patches and tripleF. I had not such good luck with the round balls and whitetail. After some penetration tests in newspaper, I switched to what was at the time called buffalo bullets. Seems like they were in the neighborhood of 350 gr. I put one of those on top of 100 gr. of tripleF for whitetail. When you touched that off it was lethal. I know there are a ton of different powders available now for "black powder" guns and I cannot speak to them as I have no experience with them. As for the original Pyrodex, I will not use it.

 

[wapiti25]

My suggestion is to check with other suppliers and see what the going rate is now. I have killed several elk and mule deer with Pyrodex, it worked good for me. When it did not it was not the powders fault.

 

[Valar]

Pyrodex is redilly available at the local rural king store here. I use it in my Hawken 50 cal flint lock at 90 grains. I us IMR white Hots powder pellets in front of a 285 g bullet in my buckhorn. 150 Grains of powder man does it shoot . When the smoke clears its cool. I shot a coyote with it at 75 yards last deer season . What a mess!!