I've heard that black powder will not rise above a certain pressure, no matter how much you overcharge a muzzleloader.
I also understand that black powder guns won't hold up to smokeless powder pressures.
But I have it on no good authority either way. Neither one smells quite right (with plenty of caveats of course).
Can anyone offer real information?
1. What is the peak CUP of a black powder load, or will it go up and up as you add powder?
2. What's a typical BP load pressure?
3. How does the pressure curve of a BP load differ from black-powder-like smokeless loads, e.g. a few grains of Trail Boss in a 19th-century cartridge and gun design, as used in CAS? Or does it differ?
4. Is it REALLY not possible to use a low-velocity, carefully-weighed charge of bulky low-pressure smokeless powder in a cap-n-ball revolver? Or is it just hard to do it safely, so we're told not to?
Any other comments...
Thanks to anyone who knows the real scoop on this stuff.
I also understand that black powder guns won't hold up to smokeless powder pressures.
But I have it on no good authority either way. Neither one smells quite right (with plenty of caveats of course).
Can anyone offer real information?
1. What is the peak CUP of a black powder load, or will it go up and up as you add powder?
2. What's a typical BP load pressure?
3. How does the pressure curve of a BP load differ from black-powder-like smokeless loads, e.g. a few grains of Trail Boss in a 19th-century cartridge and gun design, as used in CAS? Or does it differ?
4. Is it REALLY not possible to use a low-velocity, carefully-weighed charge of bulky low-pressure smokeless powder in a cap-n-ball revolver? Or is it just hard to do it safely, so we're told not to?
Any other comments...
Thanks to anyone who knows the real scoop on this stuff.