Blackpowder Supplies in Portland Area?

[HuckleberryFun]

Where in the Portland metro area is a good place to find Blackpowder supplies?
I'm in need of #11 percussion caps and Goex f4 powder.

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[Rocklock]

Where in the Portland metro area is a good place to find Blackpowder supplies?
I'm in need of #11 percussion caps and Goex f4 powder.

Hope you mean 3F Goex. 4F is strictly for priming flintlocks and might be a tad rough on your new Wesson rifle.

Sportsman's Warehouse on 82nd has CCI, Remington and RWS #11 caps for $6 per hundred (was just in there yesterday). Fisherman's Marine also carries them but they're pricier by a buck or two. Both also have RB and patches, but you pay thru the nose. Significantly cheaper to get a yard of Drill at JoAnne's fabrics and cast your own ball.

Unfortunately, real BP isn't available in Portland. You can get the substitutes (Pyrodex, etc.) at Sportsman's. Pyrodex should work fine in your rifle.

Over the counter real BP can be gotten from The Gun Works Muzzleloading Emporium in Springfield or Muzzleloading and More in Keizer. They both have websites. Otherwise it's strictly mail order or find a muzzleloading club doing a powder order.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Thank you. I obviously have a lot to learn.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Where in the Portland metro area is a good place to find Blackpowder supplies?
I'm in need of #11 percussion caps and Goex f4 powder.

Where do you blackpowder shooters find percussion caps?

 

[Rocklock]

Thank you. I obviously have a lot to learn.

If you get stuck I can take you out to the TCGC BP range as a guest and get you unstuck.

 

[tac]

I bought 2000 #11 caps yesterday here in yUK, but I guess they are not much use to you, right? But I strongly recommend a trip down the Joe & Suzi's place in Springfield.

Lots of good places to eat around the neighbourhood, too.

Tell us more about your new rifle?

tac

 

[HuckleberryFun]

I bought 2000 #11 caps yesterday here in yUK, but I guess they are not much use to you, right? But I strongly recommend a trip down the Joe & Suzi's place in Springfield.

Lots of good places to eat around the neighbourhood, too.

Tell us more about your new rifle?

tac

I've been looking at their website. It looks like a fantastic place, so I'll be going to Springfield to check them out. Today, though, I'm heading to the range for a Bullseye pistol postal match I need to get done before the deadline. I'll bring along the new rifle too since I'll swing by Sportsmans Warehouse on the way to see if I can get some caps and some good-enough-for-now Pyrodex or Goex for some test shots. If they don't have what I need on the shelf I'll have to wait until next weekend to fire it. Until then the Wesson rifle is an unknown as far as performance and accuracy.

 

[Lightborne]

Cabela's in Tualatin does carry a small assortment of muzzleloader supplies.

 

[BWH]

Bi Mart, least ways Newberg store always seems to have 10 tins +/- on shelf.

 

[tac]

I've been looking at their website. It looks like a fantastic place

There is, TBH, nothing like it anywhere else. Tell 'em I sent you, eh?

Besp

tac

 

[tac]

Cabela's in Tualatin does carry a small assortment of muzzleloader supplies.

Cabela's CAN be iffy with their knowledge about the difference between BLACK POWDER and NITRO POWDER - as one of their clerks was overheard to remark 'it's ALL black, isn't it?'

PLEASE be sure to check what you are getting.

All I buy there are shirts and other clothing items, none of which are available here in yUK.

tac

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Another hearty endorsement for The GunWorks ... Joe , Suzi and the rest of the crew there will treat you right.
Andy

 

[NWOREGONMAN]

Kind of a late reply, but check out the Forest Hills Black Power Brigade. Muzzleloading an More are members as am I. If you become a member, there are collective club powder buys once in a while, or you can pick up orders from MaM at the club shoots. Truly a great group and willing to teach folks that want to learn.

 

[tac]

Cabela's in Tualatin does carry a small assortment of muzzleloader supplies.

Meanwhile, Joe and Suzi's place down in Springfield has a HUGE assortment of muzzleloader supplies, in fact, they have very little else.

tac

 

[NWOREGONMAN]

Meanwhile, Joe and Suzi's place down in Springfield has a HUGE assortment of muzzleloader supplies, in fact, they have very little else.

tac

Yup, Agree. They have been very nice to me over the years. They are great!

 

[arakboss]

Have any new Metro area suppliers popped up that carry real black powder?

 

[Quirt Evans]

Have any new Metro area suppliers popped up that carry real black powder?

AFAIK, "real" black powder has not been legal for sale in Multnomah County for many years.

 

[arakboss]

AFAIK, "real" black powder has not been legal for sale in Multnomah County for many years.

Interesting. I don't think I have ever seen it in any Metro area stores. I guess I will have to place an order with powder valley, or watch the classifieds closer, or settle for BP substitutes, or try making my own, or experiment with smokeless powder in BP firearms (carefully of course) Choices, choices.

 

[Quirt Evans]

Much better to play around with the BP substitutes than smokeless in BP firearms.
BP is classified as an "explosive", smokeless is not.
Even though it may seem counter-intuitive, smokeless powder does not "explode".

 

[Andy54Hawken]

experiment with smokeless powder in BP firearms (carefully of course) Choices, choices.

The only "carefully" in this case is Don't do that.
Do not use smokeless powder in a firearm designed for use with black powder.
Using a Black powder substitute is one thing...yuck...but never , never use smokeless powder in a firearm designed for black powder.
Remember that thread you made about black powder and pressure...?
This idea of yours to use smokeless powder in a black powder firearm , will wreck your firearm...and maybe your life.
Andy