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mrerick · 06-11-2017, 07:46 PM

That was an interesting experiment. I don't know of published loads for using Black Powder with the .45acp. Did you find some from a manufacturer?

Black Powder must burn at rates quite different from smokeless powder. I know that, unlike smokeless powder which is an accelerant, it can also detonate.

What chamber pressures did you measure? What did the pressure curves look like?

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	That was an interesting experiment. I don't know of published loads for using Black Powder with the .45acp. Did you find some from a manufacturer? Black Powder must burn at rates quite different from smokeless powder. I know that, unlike smokeless powder which is an accelerant, it can also detonate. What chamber pressures did you measure? What did the pressure curves look like? __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.