Black powder how many scoops

For the powder, I'd start with 50 grains of fffG. Shoot several rounds at a target from a bench rest position. Wipe the bore between each shot with a patch that is very slightly dampened with a bore cleaner.

Follow the damp patch with a dry one. After five rounds, remove your target and replace it with a fresh one. Now, increase your powder charge by 5 grains to 55 grains of fffG powder and repeat wihjt five more rounds just as you did wiht the first five rounds. Keep this up until you have worked your way up to about 80 grains. Now examine your target and see which charge gave you the smallest group.

This is the charge you want to use for your rifle. Now, you will need to determine which patch lube gives you the best group. There are many store bought patch lubes and even more home made lubes. You will just have to repeat the test you did to determine which powder charge your gun likes by shooting your gun's favorite charge wiht various patch lubes.

Do not change the charge at any time. After determining the lube that your gun likes, start trying different patch materials until yoiu find the best patch material for your gun. Finally, get some. When you have done all of this, you will have worked up a load for your particualr gun. Other guns just like it may not shoot well with the load that you have found best for your gun but just realize that your gun is unique and that you have spent the time and money to determine exactly what your gun likes.

Sure it is a lot of work and may take you weeks to do it all but what the heck, you are having fun shooting your rifle. All of us who are really into muzzleloading can tell you that we have done this with EVERY gun that we own. I have 5 muzzleloading rifles, one shotgun and one pistol that I have gone through all of this with just to be able to shoot as accurately as I can.

Each rifle, my pistol and my shotgun has it's own powderhorn with its own powder measure, it own bag of balls, its own patch material and its own patch lube. Whenever I go to the range or to the woods to hunt, I just grab the things that go to the gun that I am using that day and I know I have the exactly right load to give me the best accuracy. Be sure to thoroughly clean your gun when you return home.

Do not put it off until the next day. Black powder is corrosive and will corrode up your gun in no time. I ust hot water and soap to wash out my bore, rinse it with boiling water, spray it wiht WD, run a few dry patches through it and then run a patch with GUN oil on it. Don't forget to clean the hammer and the pan. Oh, by the way, don't bother with black powder substitutes such as Pyrodex, Triple 7, etc. They do not work worth a dang in a flintlock. You will have an aggrivatingly high number of misfires wiht them.

They are good for capl;ocks and in-line guns but just not a flintlock. Use fffG powder for the charge. I use ffffG for the pan but the fffG will work fine and you won't have to buy a separate can of powder just for the pan. When you put powder in the pan, do not cover up the touch hole.

If you cover the touch hole, you will cause the gun to delay a fraction of a second and that is enough to mess up your sight picture. Just put enough powder in the pan to come up to near the bottom of the touch hole but not over it. When the pan is properly charged, you will not notice any delay between the pan flash and the charge going off. If you can detect a slight delay, you need to clean out the touch hole or use less powder in the pan.

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Find out more here. How many scoops of protein powder should you take? Are you ready for a worthy investment? As an example, I load 38 Colt Short with 2. If I'm a tenth of a grain under or over, they still work just fine.

I "practice" dipping and checking weights just to keep consistent and I'm usually "right on". So in a case of what I'm doing where the target load is 2.

Weigh each charge or just check every 5 or 10 as you load? Of course safety is the primary importance but I'm curious of what the "old timers" who have done this for ages do and I'm an old fart. Normally I load on a Lee Turret and use a Lee Perfect Measure attached to the powder thru die - it throws very consistent charges for me but I still check every 10th round with the scales. I like using the dippers though - especially in conjunction with the tool when I'm loading 38s and also when I'm loading RD in my 8 X 57 but those are "cat sneeze" loads and even then, I check each one and adjust as necessary to hit the exact grain weight..

I will also measure a few during the session, usually at one end of the loading block. Robert - thanks! For my "dipper sessions" when I'm not weighing each dipper full, that's pretty much how I have been doing it. If I know I'm going to be "dipping", I'll practice for a few minutes to make sure I'm consistent and then start in.

I also use loading blocks and have several when I do it - I place my empty casings in one - take from that to a block that holds a single cartridge - drop the charge with a funnel and then it goes to a separate loading block. I make sure I'm not distracted in any way - what can I say? I'm old and need all the help I can get!

LOL Thanks for your reply - it's nice to hear how others do it as a person can always learn something new!

I hate using a scale. Dippers are the safest way to charge. No moving parts and static volume. Fast and efficient. The key is getting a standardized, repeatable, predictable dip or scoop. I like to scoop as the standard dippers tend to throw light charges. I scoop and shake off excess powder to level top. Close enough for me, but not for benchrest shooters. Originally Posted by nitro-express. Attached Thumbnails. Originally Posted by jmortimer. Thanks for posting the chart.

It will prove to be useful to me. Here is a list of cartridge cases and their capacity in grains of water, H2O. This should get you close but actual capacity in powder will depend on the density of the powder. Pick a case a little oversize then weigh test charges and file the case down until you get to the charge weight you want. NE Purdey Mag