ORIGINAL: Sharp Shooter
Cayugad, You need to get a Chrono. I am thought you would have one by now. Anyone have a chrono who has compared Pyro and Black?
Truthfully, I do not notice any difference between Goex and Pyrodex. They both smell like sulfer, they both smoke a lot, and they both ignite fine for me. I think Pyrodexreally close toGoex. I would not guess there would be that much difference. I know they probably did some tests before they put that in there though. That is very interesting.
Hogdon indicated back in the 70s that there was *roughly* a 20% difference (in weight! ) twixt Pyrodex and the true black powders. As I understand it, Hodgdon specifically designed the stuff so a typical shootist could do the 1:1 volume analog because folks were used to doing the voulume measurements and didnt-dont typically weigh out black powder or its analogs...
Keep yer powder dry,
D.