ORIGINAL: Landngroove
Is Swiss less fouling than Goex? I have never shot Swiss, as it also, is not available around here. Since I switched to FFFG Goex, in my flinters, fouling has been less, than FFG. I thought I read in another post that you also use FFFG. Maybe someday I will order a case of different powders, so I can see for myself what the others are like.
The Swiss 3f I was shooting yesterday was excellent. Yes there is a lot less fowling then Goex 3f. I was shooting it out of a T/C .50 caliber Hawkins Flintlock and using it to prime the pan also. It worked excellent. Although I have to adjust the load if I were going to shoot this full time. I was shooting some roundball and some Buffalo Ball-et and it shot almost an inch higher then it normally does when I shoot Goex...
I shoot 3f in all of my .50 & .54 calibers, Traditional or Inline. I shoot FFg in my .58 & .62 caliber. Actually Goex 3f is not all that bad for fowling. The way I look at it, I have to swab for the most part no matter what I am shooting. If you want to really be fair to a projectile then you should swab. So swabbing does not bother me. Its all part of the shooting.
After I have a projectile accuracy down cold. I then like to make sure I can shoot at least three shots without swabbing. I figure this would make a fair hunting test. Shooting Goex 3f three shots are more then possible.
I ordered the Swiss when I got my last case of powder. And I wish it was not almost twice the price of Goex, I would use it more often. It is a little more powerful then Goex also. I had to tune some of the charges down about 10% otherwise the rifles were really barking out there....
I heard the the Graf's Black Powder was about the same as the Goex. Although one person claims if fowled less. We will see on the next case of powder.