'Triple 7' for .38 Special (aka: 9x29mmR )

[Oyeboten]

Hi Jim Watson,



Scale should be here in a few days...(though I was consistent with my 'Scoop')


Ohhhhhh, okay, 'a little compression'...


I had 'none'...Lol...


So...'Swiss' Powder is understood to give higher FPS then 'GOEX'..?


Heck...wish I'd known!!

 

[BHP FAN]

I remain unimpressed by Swiss. I bought some on the recomendation of other BP cartridge shooters.the only way I could tell it wasn't Goex was by the deposit of unburnt powder or graphite it left in my gun.as for performance,eh...the same.

 

[Oyeboten]

Well...where can I order some more early 1960s "DUPONT" then?


(Lol...)


You'd think the idiots could make Powder now, as well as they were when Jack Kennedy was waving to the crowds for Pete's sake...


Yeeeeeeeesh...


I'll probably end up following Old Fuff's example, and, learn how to make my own.

It'd sure save on those BS jive 'hazmat' fees...



At least, with a Chronograph, any boy or girl can tell what's what in the FPS department, and, thusly, gauge the merit of their Powder.


Goex-schmoex...

 

[Oyeboten]

Hi BHP FAN,


Ye'd said-

I remain unimpressed by Swiss. I bought some on the recomendation of other BP cartridge shooters.the only way I could tell it wasn't Goex was by the deposit of unburnt powder or graphite it left in my gun.as for performance,eh...the same.

What Arm?

What Loading/Bullet? etc?


Not your 'BHP' I trust...though it'd probbly work! ( Just being playful...)

 

[Jim Watson]

I use Swiss, largely on the recommendation of shooters who got some very bad Goex in the 1998-1999 lots and have not forgiven them yet.

Goex Express is reportedly pretty good stuff, but whether Hodgdon will keep it in production remains to be seen.

There was a gunzine article about the .32 Winchester Special, the cartridge made to be factory loaded with smokeless and reloaded with black, in the early days of inconsistent quality and little experience with nitro. The author was disappointed in the performance with Goex, but found a can of pre WW I DuPont which gave higher velocity, smaller groups, and less fouling.

 

[Oyeboten]

How sad...