Okay, I've been trying to find an answer to this question, and I seem to have a hard time finding a consistent answer. So, I'll reach out to some of you fine NWFA folks that have experience in these things to see if I can get properly educated on this.
So my question is this - is it safe to assume volume measurements of various black powders are close enough for consistency and safety?
The reason I ask is that I know various black powders, like smokeless powders, have differing grain sizes and shapes which can lead to differing compaction in the measure. So is 60 grains of one powder, measured by volume, going to be close enough to 60 grains of another powder? Is 60 grains of Pyrodex roughly equivalent to 60 grains of 2F?
I'm just curious now that I've got everything I need to finally get my Hawken to the range. I just don't want to mess anything up along the way. I've checked out YT videos, read posts here on NWFA and had the benefit of info provided directly to me by folks like @AndyinEverson
Anyway, I thought I'd do a thread on this in case any other newbie BP shooters could benefit from this discussion topic.
So my question is this - is it safe to assume volume measurements of various black powders are close enough for consistency and safety?
The reason I ask is that I know various black powders, like smokeless powders, have differing grain sizes and shapes which can lead to differing compaction in the measure. So is 60 grains of one powder, measured by volume, going to be close enough to 60 grains of another powder? Is 60 grains of Pyrodex roughly equivalent to 60 grains of 2F?
I'm just curious now that I've got everything I need to finally get my Hawken to the range. I just don't want to mess anything up along the way. I've checked out YT videos, read posts here on NWFA and had the benefit of info provided directly to me by folks like @AndyinEverson
Anyway, I thought I'd do a thread on this in case any other newbie BP shooters could benefit from this discussion topic.