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Hawg · April 18, 2009, 05:12 PM

You can actually get over 40 grs. of Pyrodex because Pyro will compress more than black. It's possible to fill the chamber and compress the charge enough to seat a ball on top of it but 35 is easy to load with a wad under it with no pre compressing

April 18, 2009, 05:12 PM	#8
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	You can actually get over 40 grs. of Pyrodex because Pyro will compress more than black. It's possible to fill the chamber and compress the charge enough to seat a ball on top of it but 35 is easy to load with a wad under it with no pre compressing