Thread: Black Powder Supply

Originally Posted by akaroa1

The modern substitutes will be hopeless in a flintlock

There will be plenty of BP hoarded in your district.
You just need to dig a little

Contact Holly Smoke via their website and ask who in your area might have stocks.
We are lucky to have a world class BP commercial manufacturer in NZ

Buy some 2 or 3 FG powder.
You can grind it finer for pan priming rather than buying 4 FG specially

Good luck

this is awesome to know, thanks

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Keep posting and get in touch when you can send PMs....making your own is piece of piss( and you don't HAVE to use irine either) only three ingredients needed charcoal you make yourself from willows,sulphur you get from garden centre/ hydroponic supplies who will also have the third ingredient.....my tag line is the % there of lol

will do!

Originally Posted by norsk

Impressive Anvil,looks like a nice one. Seems a decent length barrel on your rifle,so 1.5F or 2FG should be about right if its.50 or larger. You can grind up your own priming charge from the main charge powder. Its nice to have a propper flintlock " doser" for priming the pan but you can get around that.

I was kindly gifted this from a farrier i trained at the gym, Peter write Anvil, about 120kg. Has kicked off a cascade of hobbies leading to muzzle loaders haha.

Good to know i can just grind of the powder for the pan

@Dane Taranaki used to have a very strong Black Powder club but I can find no evidence of it now. Maybe all the members (except me) have died off?
I was a member for several years and we had a range on Mountain Road south of Eltham.
Otherwise, the New Plymouth Pistol Club appears to shoot BP (pistols) so that may be a source of powder.
Whatever you do, don't attempt to try smokeless, but I'm sure you're already aware of that.

Originally Posted by zimmer

@Dane Taranaki used to have a very strong Black Powder club but I can find no evidence of it now. Maybe all the members (except me) have died off?
I was a member for several years and we had a range on Mountain Road south of Eltham.
Otherwise, the New Plymouth Pistol Club appears to shoot BP (pistols) so that may be a source of powder.
Whatever you do, don't attempt to try smokeless, but I'm sure you're already aware of that.

What a shame about the club, i grew up around Eltham

Good to know not to use the smokeless stuff

Originally Posted by Crusty

Holy Smoke is the good stuff. Clean burning (relative to others), reasonable power too. Made in NZ, so easier to get. Try contacting Martin at pyroworks@pyroworks.co.nz

Have dealt with Martin in the past at his place of manufacture outside Hamilton - nice friendly guy and a wealth if info if you're prepared to absorb it

Originally Posted by zimmer

@Dane Taranaki used to have a very strong Black Powder club but I can find no evidence of it now. Maybe all the members (except me) have died off?
I was a member for several years and we had a range on Mountain Road south of Eltham.
Otherwise, the New Plymouth Pistol Club appears to shoot BP (pistols) so that may be a source of powder.
Whatever you do, don't attempt to try smokeless, but I'm sure you're already aware of that.

The main 3 clubs are (tmla) taumarnui muzzle loaders probaly dane's local
Rotorua black powder club
Murcury bay black powder club

There are several less active clubs about
Attactched to pistol clubs etc but thats the 3 that are very atctive
I can get you contact details of all 3 clubs
Rotorua also has a website
As dose the nz black powder shooters federation