Triple 7 powder

[Altaboy]

I used to buy Shoot two fifty grain pellets of triple 7. I can’t find any pellets so I bought loose Triple 7 FFG. Would be safe to weigh two pellet and then use the equivalent weight of loose powder?

[Phil]

The pellets are as you posted 50 grains each so if you weight 100 grains of loose powder you should have the same load.

I always use loose powder because it allows me to find the load that works best in my rifle and I'm not dictated by the weight of the pellets. You might want to try adding or removing 10 or more grains from your load and you may be surprised with the change in accuracy.

I also think the loose powder stores better and is less likely to attract moisture.


Good Luck
Phil

[Moo Snukkle]

Yup
They are 50 grains each

[Pioneer2]

In-line or side hammer gun? I run a lb of it through a .54 TC Renegade and after several unpleasant hangfires went back to real BP.

[45/70/500]

black powder used to be measured by volume rather than weight. has that changed with these new synthetic powders ?

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by 45/70/500

black powder used to be measured by volume rather than weight. has that changed with these new synthetic powders ?

Still measured by volume regardless if bp or bp substitutes.

[Altaboy]

So I weighed two 50 grain pellets and the combined weight was only 62 grains on my scale

[Xs24-7]

Do not run 100 grains of 777 by weight.
Measure 100 grains by volume and run that. You’ll find that you’re wasting your time weighing each charge, it won’t improve your accuracy over a volume charge in a muzzleloader.


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[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by Altaboy

So I weighed two 50 grain pellets and the combined weight was only 62 grains on my scale

Now measure 100grs of powder and weigh it.
You’ll see a difference.
77.7grs weighed should equal 100grs volume
Thats why you stick to volume and don’t confuse the two.
If you weighed 100grs of T7 and fired it could result in injury to you and others standing by.

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Phil

The pellets are as you posted 50 grains each so if you weight 100 grains of loose powder you should have the same load.

I always use loose powder because it allows me to find the load that works best in my rifle and I'm not dictated by the weight of the pellets. You might want to try adding or removing 10 or more grains from your load and you may be surprised with the change in accuracy.

I also think the loose powder stores better and is less likely to attract moisture.


Good Luck
Phil

Sorry but just realized how badly I had screwed up in my above post. Do not weight 100 grains of Triple 7 thinking it will equal 2 pellets.

Always measure your loads by volume.

Be very careful if you are going to weight the pellets and then try and duplicate by weighing loose powder. Measure a lot of different pellets because I wouldn't be surprised to find quite a variation in weight between pellets.

Phil

[Altaboy]

Thanks guys