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Josh Smith · September 30, 2010, 03:32 PM

Thank you for the information.

I'm going to try to get my hands on true black, but for now I had to go with Pyrodex just to get away from that Shockey's Gold stuff that came with the muzzleloader.

I never stopped to consider what the charcoal was made from. I always figured carbon was carbon. Then I stumbled across something called brown powder that seemed to compete with black for a bit... so I'm going to have to read up more on this subject. I'm NOT a chemist by any stretch of the imagination.

I did see I made a typo: Pyrodex contains POTASSIUM NITRATE as well; I put sodium nitrate.

I was thinking ahead to a future paragraph where I would address the sodium nitrate thing in old black.

Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you, again, for the info!

Josh

September 30, 2010, 03:32 PM	#10
Josh Smith member Join Date: November 5, 2000 Location: Wabash IN Posts: 740	Thank you for the information. I'm going to try to get my hands on true black, but for now I had to go with Pyrodex just to get away from that Shockey's Gold stuff that came with the muzzleloader. I never stopped to consider what the charcoal was made from. I always figured carbon was carbon. Then I stumbled across something called brown powder that seemed to compete with black for a bit... so I'm going to have to read up more on this subject. I'm NOT a chemist by any stretch of the imagination. I did see I made a typo: Pyrodex contains POTASSIUM NITRATE as well; I put sodium nitrate. I was thinking ahead to a future paragraph where I would address the sodium nitrate thing in old black. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you, again, for the info! Josh