Thread: Black Powder 1000 years old. Nitro 140 years young

Originally Posted by Tasbay

Attachment 275348Attachment 275349Attachment 275347 Don`t know who supplies Black Powder in the South Island but have been making my own for over 30 years because I couldn`t get it. At around $2 a kilo I`m quite happy making it.

Homemade BP is great in muzzleloaders because you can just add more until it shoots to the sights and you are sorted.

In BP cartridge rifles you have a fixed volume available and therefore need a BP that is of a known volume and power to shoot to sights

But Homemade is always an option if availability becomes an issue.
You can bring Holy Smoke across on the ferry in a private vehicle up to 5 kgs
So you can get BP in the South Island that way