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In reply to the discussion: How Powerful are Black Powder Guns? [View all]

yagotme

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6. I used Pyrodex in my BP guns, a substitute, fouled less, but still fouled.
Reply to mitch96 (Reply #2)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:21 PM
Jul 17

Got about 20 shots out of my .45 rifle before I couldn't get a load down it anymore. Still corrosive.

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How Powerful are Black Powder Guns? [View all] struggle4progress Jul 13 OP
Interesting, I have a 44 cap and ball black powder revolver. Compared to my 9mm Ruger LCP doc03 Jul 13 #1
" I used to have 50 cal Hawkins" When I was a kid I had one also.. .After the third shot, it got so fouled mitch96 Jul 13 #2
I bought my Ruger Old Army 44 cal. in doc03 Jul 13 #3
It just amazed me how anybody with a smooth bore musket could hit anything unless up close... I remember mitch96 Jul 14 #4
And, to top it all off, those smoothbores were usually BIG. yagotme Jul 17 #5
Love shooting my pistols, HATE cleaning them, lol. nt yagotme Jul 17 #7
I used Pyrodex in my BP guns, a substitute, fouled less, but still fouled. yagotme Jul 17 #6
BP firearms have a completely different melm00se Jul 20 #8
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