So, whats the difference between blackpower and pyrodex?

Sundance44s

Come on guys ya just don`t use Pyrodex in a flinter ..it just won`t work there unless you back the charge with a little real black powder ..then it might be ok ... but too much extra trouble for my likeing .
Don`t get me wrong i really don`t like Pyrodex but there`s times when i just can`t find any Goex no where except by mail order over the net , ... I have to say though compaired to the Pyrodex i used when it first showed its face on the planet , the stuff now days is very consistant and a little more powerful than real black ..but Pyrodex smells like an out house full of chemicals burning .
BTW i order Real black by the case these days , shoot only Goex 3 f in everything i own and breath deep with the wind in my face ...

They do market it as some sort of improvement, which it is not. I was shooting BP when Pyrodex first hit the market. Being young and impressionable, I bought into the hype and shot it for a few years. Disheartened, I went back to the real stuff and prefer it to this day. I still shoot Pyrodex occasionally when I run out of BP and don't have the money to make a bulk order. It seems to have gotten better, but I still prefer the real stuff, especially during cleanup.

BP for me

I live up here in western Washington, Durring muzzle seasons it rains a lot, If it's not raining it's fixing to. Just high humidity causes bp substitutes to go inert and not ignite, If you use the stuff around here you need a fresh load every day, not so with real BP, a well sealed load will ignite when needed no matter how many days you run around in the rain. the old timers used to load old Betsy with good grease seal when they needed er she'd go off, sometimes after being loaded for years.

There's nothing better and more consistant, and better for your revolver than Black Powder...fffg for Revs.
In my opinion Pyrodex Pistol powder just plain sucks. And Pellets should never be used in a revolver. Waytoo light and even more inaccurtate. Pyrodex 777 ffg works ok, but reduce the load 15% by volume...it weighs less. I don't like using 777 in especially Colts as I sheared the locating pins off the frame with a 32gr equivlent to BP.(1860 Army Pietta)
Get the Holy Black and don't go back no more no more...

My personal experience:
I can force about 4 or 5 patched round balls down my TC Grey Hawk using FF Goex before needing to wet swab the barrel.
Using Pyrodex in the TC, I have shot at least 30 rounds without any swabbing,and could likely do many more as the loading resistance doesn't increase. I use all natural lubes for all of my shooting,but Goex BP still stubbornly cakes.
BP always ignites quickly. Pyrodex only ignites reliably in my percussion sidelocks if I use musket caps. #11s are good for a few shots only. I haven't even tried it in my flintlock,though I may try duplexing it with regular BP to see if I can get more shots.
Both have their place,IMO.

Always come back to BP but - way back did test out some ''CleanShot'' and found it quite effective in my .50 cal Traditions.

Meant to evaluate that more because it did make fouling a very minor hassle - but the call of BP got the better of me!

FWIW....don't know how much this applies here, but I bought some Shockey's Gold for my Knight (yeah, I know. Not real BP firearm)

Anyway....got over 20 rounds before swabbing the bore. One wet patch, one more, a dry patch and you're clean. I can tell you that it's really coarse and doesn't flow well.

And it's (supposedly) no more corrosive than smokeless

Mine is the 1st year production of the Knight and uses regular #11 caps.