Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
I'm not a fan of shooting over white paper, or snow. Black powder is very inefficient, and will always blow out unburned powder. A lot of what is unburned powder is really residue. Of course the more you use the more will blow out. It doesn't mean the load is wrong. I'm not the only one who feels this way.
Sort of falls into the old wives tales of black powder.
Yep and you can pretty easily tell what's residue and what is actually unburnt powder. Quality of the powder also has a LOT to do with that as well.