Are any of these statements wrong?

[EljaySL]

Yeah, but then you'd be at the range measuring with a scale and worrying about tenths of a grain instead of having a huge window where the loads safe. If you really want to run smokeless in a cap and ball revolver (since you mentioned cylinder, I'm guessing this is the case) just get a cartridge conversion and load some light 45 Colt (or whatever) rounds below whatever threshold the cylinder maker specified as OK. Get a chrono and start low so you can make sure you're getting the result you think you're getting.

I've done it, and it's kind of fun for the novelty of it all, but you know what? Even with cartridges it's way better to load with Goex or 777 and have the big cloud of smoke and the boom and the mess even if you do need to relube the arbor every other cylinder (which just takes a moment and prevents a lot of frustration).

 

[BowerR64]

I use those quick charge tubes at the range, i could weigh it at home and dump the powder into those to load at the range.

Sometimes i have a few little granuals left in the tubes though that sometimes cling to the sides of the tubes.

It doesnt matter though i dont want to do any of the testing of this. I just mention why i would want to use smokeless if there was a way.

 

[Bezoar]

the rules are misleading.


Dupont made a bulk smokeless powder before ww2 that could be loaded into any firearm. regardless of if it was a modern 357 magnum fresh off the sw factory line, or a civial war made percussion revovler or musket.
They dupont people say "we have no idea of what your talking about as we are not the same company from that time period' but they should still have asamplefoevery batch of that powder they ever made in their super duper storage center.

 

[BowerR64]

Here is some info that was in the August issues of Handloader mag

They used 2400 also but i guess not in the cartridges.

If i tried any of this it would be in a clamp with a LOOOOONG string tied to the trigger.

Its crazy, 27 grains of black compaired to like 4-5 and 6 of smokeless.

 

[buttrap]

What is more crazy is people that dont look at balistic tables and lab tests and dont get that 35 grains of rock blasting powder is harder on a gun than 100 years of pressure tests with the 6 grains of smokless powder.

 

[Col4570]

This is one of my Barrels that Kaboomed fortunately at the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House.The Material proved to be of the wrong Specs.