Howdy
Not to me it ain't.
First of all, I would like to address a misconception many of you are laboring under, the cohesiveness of real Black Powder. Real Black Powder is not as corrosive as most people think. I go through close to twenty, yes twenty pounds of real Black Powder every year in Cowboy Action Shooting. Contrary to popular belief, it was the combination of Black Powder AND corrosive primers that caused Black Powder fouling to be so corrosive. We don't use corrosive primers any more, so the fouling is not as corrosive as it used to be.
In point of fact, I seldom clean my firearms that I have shot with Black Powder the same day, I'm just too tired at the end of a day of CAS to clean two revolvers, a rifle, and a shotgun. I do try to clean them within a week, but I can tell you there are many times I have gone much more than a week before getting around to cleaning my guns. I am too embarrassed to tell you how long I have actually gone. When cleaned properly, after many days of sitting with Black Powder fouling, my guns come out squeaky clean with no corrosion.
Secondly, cleaning guns after shooting real Black Powder is not difficult. It is messy, but so is cleaning the subs. Any good Black Powder solvent, I use a home made mix, with plenty of water in it will clean BP fouling just fine. It actually requires LESS elbow grease for me to clean my BP guns than it does to clean my Smokeless guns with Smokeless fouling in them. Messy, yes, but it is not difficult.
Finally, everybody here seems to have missed the real advantage of both 777 and APP. They can be used with regular Smokeless bullets with regular Smokeless Bullet lube. When loading cartridges with real Black Powder, BP compatible bullet lube is required to prevent the fouling from hardening in the bore. I go through considerable work casting my own bullets for Black Powder cartridges and lube/sizing them with SPG. Having done all that work, 777 has no appeal to me, also it costs more than real Black Powder. But if you want to shoot cartridges and get lots of smoke, but don't want to go through the hassle of preparing your bullets, then both APP and 777 are the ticket.
