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I've decided to go to side lock (both percussion and flint) rifles. I've read somewhere swiss is "glazed" with graphite.. Any advantage or quality difference in these 3?
I read somewhere where the “g” in the ffg, fffg & so on stood for “granite”. I just thought it meant “ granulation”.I've decided to go to side lock (both percussion and flint) rifles. I've read somewhere swiss is "glazed" with graphite.. Any advantage or quality difference in these 3?
I think you mean graphite and no it does not stand for either. "G" simply means its a sporting grade powder which are often tumbled with graphite. Blasting grade would be labeled with "A" instead and the tumbling process is not needed.I read somewhere where the “g” in the ffg, fffg & so on stood for “granite”. I just thought it meant “ granulation”.
That's all I use in my guns too, I do still have some shutzen powder I use for patched round ball guns it's my second choice thoughI love Swiss powder and it's all I used to use. It was only $15 lb back then. It's hard for me to swallow todays prices. It has the most power of all real black powders. Although OE is a close 2nd place. Swiss does use a graphite coating but it's not as thick as Goex. Swiss gets it's power from the whole process of making it along with better materials.
I use the swiss exclusively in my bpcr loadsMuzzlestuffer, do you think round balls are less fussy when it comes to black powder? I ask cause I dont see any difference between Swiss, Goex or Old Eyes. The only thing I see is that my 54 cal. prefers 2F than 3f . It does not matter what brand in my w side locks.
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