Cool Looking Powder

[Steve Koski]

I pulled 5.4 grains of this out of a factory Fiocchi 230 ball 45 ACP round. Pretty cool eh?

 

[LiveLife]

Neat! So would you classify that powder as "cut sheet" powder in addition to ball and flake powders?

 

[rcmodel]

Looks like Hanging Chads to me.

It's about that time again!

rc

 

[Uniquedot]

I had some old Alcan powder that looked like that. I don't recall the numbers, but one of them was the same cut, but was green powder while the other one was the same color as what you have.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

That is what I immediately thought. Alcan powders. Its been a while and I don't recall the number either. I remember using the darker stuff and green was for shotguns(?)

 

[JLDickmon]

didn't some say that Vectan was square flaked?

 

[TonyT]

A number of European powders are produced with square flakes.

 

[45lcshooter]

Hanging CHADS, good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[simao.a]

Ain´t Vectan ...

hello people, that cool looking powder is not a vectan powder, it is an italian one, it´s bashieri&Pellagri G2000x24, a very common powderin italian ammo manufacturers, burns clean and it´s fast.
Hope this helps.

Salute.

 

[kingmt]

I have some that looks like that. It is 10B101 & just a little slower than Blue Dot. Mine is really good powder. It is a little hard on the powder hopper tho.

 

[ironworkerwill]

As a young'n I pulled apart an old 7mm mauser round ( I'm guessing WWII era) and to my surprise it had cut up rubber tubing inside. It was very flammable!

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

that "cut up rubber tubing" was cordite

 

[gspn]

I'm not sure you can shoot round-base bullets with that.

 

[Havok7416]

That powder looks pretty neat. I can't imagine it would meter very well. 5.4 grains of powder in a .45 case would put it right in the ballpark of Bullseye powder for burn rate.

As a young'n I pulled apart an old 7mm mauser round ( I'm guessing WWII era) and to my surprise it had cut up rubber tubing inside. It was very flammable!

More to the point, the 7mm Mauser was out of military production by the turn of the century. If I'm not mistaken cordite was also well on it's way out. That bullet would be much older than WWII if that is all correct.

 

[kyhunter]

seen several .303 rounds filled with cordite "rubber tubing"

 

[jstein650]

Cordite was the standard Mk VII load propellant.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Back in the day some used cut up photo film until they switched to safety film. That's what an old timer told me once.

 

[jstein650]

Well, old time photo film was actually nitrocellulose based. 'Celluloid' was a term used to refer to film and filming in general.
I found some of that square cut NC powder in a shotshell - Fiocchi maybe? It was a grey/green color. Did take me a bit by surprise. Guess you can extrude/shape the stuff into most anything. I'm still waiting for Hodgdon Fusilli, or maybe an Alliant Gnochi line...

 

[NCsmitty]

I broke down a bunch of Turkish 8mm Mauser made in the early 40's for components a few years ago,and the powder looked like that shown by the OP. That powder was reported to have a burn rate similar to IMR3031 and was very dirty burning. Some Turk 8mm had a reputation for running high pressure, and some headstamped years would run over 2900fps with their 154gr bullet.
I ended up sprinkling the extra Turk powder on the lawn.


NCsmitty

 

[italy176]

I wonder how they get it to meter consistently.

 

[Buck13]

I'm still waiting for Hodgdon Fusilli, or maybe an Alliant Gnochi line...

 

[ironworkerwill]

The "rubber tubing" was through the eyes of a ignorant boy. I guess the subtlety was lost.

 

[jr_roosa]

the subtlety was lost.

I got it.

J.