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RememberKosciuszko 4 points ago +4 / -0

Say what?

Then show me some of those videos. Not being a cunt here, generally curious. As far as I read and watched the pressure curve of blackpowder is too different from the smokeless powder and that it simply won't work + it will make all the wrong places all kind of dirty.

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Oldguard08 5 points ago +5 / -0

Just buy a 45-70 if you want to use this. You're correct and should not get black powder anywhere near your modern firearms. Don't be fooled gentleman and go read about reloading and how different burn rates effect pressure. You shouldn't be able to overpressure a modern barrel with black powder but you will kill the barrel life with such a corrosive powder. Like you're saying above about how this will foul up your gas operated semi-auto's to a point of complete failure. People can have issues with cycling just because of a different grain bullet being used and the corelating powder difference to create a proper pressure level and speed. I recommend to read this book if you want to learn to reload. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/101284116/

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RememberKosciuszko 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yeah I know you won't overpressure modern firearm with blackpowder.

It's more likely to be the the other way around - old, old Colt Single Action revolvers for example, replicas of old cap n ball revolvers, muskets, Civil War rifles etc would blow up if loaded with smokeless powder.

What I'm saying is that blackpowder in many cases probably wouldn't even properly push the piston to cycle another cartridge because of lower pressure it generates and pressure curve being generally more flat than the pressure curve of smokeless powder.

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Oldguard08 4 points ago +4 / -0

Apologies if my reply seemed to disagree with you, I replied to your response instead of the handshake to avoid engaging an obvious bad idea and further support your position. You are absolutely correct about the black powder likely not creating a proper impulse to cycle. There is a pretty interesting history to how smokeless powder is what allowed for semi-auto designs to be a viable option along with militaries getting away from not trusting their soldiers to not just waste ammo. I'm by no means an expert, just a hobbyist. There is a cool channel on you tube that goes over this history and technicalities in extreme depth over 1860's-1919 firearms, for those who like to nerd out on weapons design and history. https://www.youtube.com/c/Candrsenal/featured