12 gauge BP shotshells

[Lefty Dude]

I use 3F Goex in my all brass shells, 3.1cc does a nice job with 1 0z. of shot.

[Good Troy]

3.1cc does a nice job

...I used more....too much more...I think it was 2 scoop sizes up from 3.1!   Not recommended.

[Blackpowder Burn]

I use 65 grains (~4 cc) of FFg - can never have too much smoke and fire! 

And y'all have obviously never had Lima beans cooked the way my wife does.  That's OK, however - leaves more for us! 

[longinosoap]

Lima beans cooked with a ham hock...mmmm, make ya slap your sister!

2.9 cc 3f with one oz shot with a claybuster pink wad...perfect crimp every time.

[wildman1]

4.3 of 2f and 4.3 of #7 shot in 12 ga. If you are shooting at nite use 1f, you will have a lot more flame out front. wM1

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

I still have a part box of my first loads with BP.  They were pretty skookum, and I progressively backed off.

Last summer my Sun&air joined me at the HQ match in Victoria. He got down to the bottom of his supply of moderate loads we made up the week before. So, he grabbed some of the spares I had provided. 

BOOM, KLANG!    And FLAME in broad daylight    

They were my old square loads with 80 grains of FFg, while my regular 12 gauge loads are now down to 60 grains of FFg, and sometimes 50 grains of FFFg.

[Howdy Doody]

I like a square load too with 3F and cylinder bore barrels.

[Lefty Dude]

Yep; 50 gr. of 3F and 1 oz of shot seems to be a very nice load. Works well for me on the KD targets.

[Noz]

I've gone as low as 30 grs of FFg behind a 10z shot load. Worked fine, just wasn't very satisfying to shoot. Back to around 50 grs and 1 oz. Much better.

[Flatbush]

So.................I got to try my experimental Chinese (Lidu) gunpowder at the cowboy match over the weekend and they worked just fine! All KD's went down using a cylinder bore coach gun. The first shot was easy, subsequent shots were obscured by smoke! I'm satisfied with the load, but I may back off on the powder charge just to get more mileage out of a can of powder.

[Lefty Dude]

Where do you buy Lidu BP ?

[Flatbush]

Where do you buy Lidu BP ?

Earlier I posted I found it at a flea market, but if memory serves correctly, it was from a feller (Max Morgan?) that had a table set up at the annual Wisconsin State Black Powder Shootout. I had never heard of it before, but I thought I would take a chance on it. I figured if it didn't shoot good, I would just use it for blowing stuff up!  

[john boy]

Flatbush - Lidu is inexpensive Chinese firecracker powder. It goes bang, smokes and is dirty but so what.  Goex Skirmish is the same but a tad more expensive and I load my shot shells with it

[Pony Racer]

Diamond Back was a good inexpensive black powder while you could still get it.

It was a little dirty but I had no issues in 10 or 12 gauge shotgun nor 38 spl and 44 Russian bp loads

Amazingly we can import Chinese powder but not Brazilian...

BTW - what I found helped immensely with pattern and power of boom was using 11 gauge over powder cards over the BP and since I do not star crimp - using a good glue to seal the overshot card in place.

After lots of trial and error I swear by glue gun glue. Shells can be used about 1/2 hr after they are glued and the glue gun glue stays rubbery in extreme cold and heat.

PR

[rickk]

I've got a near perfect condition Damascus barreled SxS.  50 grains of 1F and an ounce of shot in brass shells is what it eats.

[Two Rivers Marshal]

Lil late here, but I stopped using regular wads, didn't like the melted plastic strings in the barrel to clean out.  Using 4.0 dipper of 3f with 1/8" over powder card then 1/2" lubed felt wad (local store only carries lubed ones) leaves enough room for an ounce of shot.  Sends a nice flame down range