Loading Pyrodex pellets

[sjsfire]

I'm bored and looking at my Pyrodex pellet loading instructions. The paper said "Each Pyrodex pellet contains a black ignitor on one end" Now, I'm looking at this and the only difference I see in the ends of the pellet is one end has a slight bevel. Is this the "black ignitor"? Is there a certain end of the pellet your suppose to drop into the barrel first? Thanks

[cayugad]

As they sit in the box, take the piece of pipe cleaner, lift them out by pushing that through the center of two of them, then as if you were a crane, simply move them over and load down the barrel... There is a Goex base on the bottom of the Pyrodex I was told to help them explode with the flash from the heat source. They work really good.

[sabotloader]

sjsfire

I have not used pyro pellets for years so I can not tell you much about the new ones, but in the old days there was a definite difference between the two end of the pellet. The bottom, the end that goes down in the barrel first had a definite black pack of BP powder adhered to the grey pyrodex... Maybe they have changed production methods, might want to contact the company...