Early Borchardt rounds-powder?

TennBill2 · 05-27-2011, 05:06 PM

No mistake, powder is listed as."...0,45 gramm". I'm not sure of this either, that's why the post. Maybe the two m's in gram was some kind of translation, or as you said old English. I guess the European "," (comma) is used as we use a "." I'm pretty sure the proof charge would be signifigantly higher. Using my little powder scale, I noted they list the total round's weight at "10,55" (gramm), I measured a standard 30 Mauser round at 10.95 grams, The casing listed as "4,60", a Mauser shell only, with primer, at 4.70 grams. Pretty close!

TennBill2 · 05-27-2011, 05:14 PM

I used the avg. of 15.40 divided by .45 to come up with 34.1..or2 grains. 1 gram =15.4323584 grains. Again, the whole point goes to whether or not Black Powder could have been used in the early rounds. Math makes my head swim........!

05-27-2011, 05:06 PM	#1
TennBill2 RIP Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 6 Posts	Gramms? No mistake, powder is listed as."...0,45 gramm". I'm not sure of this either, that's why the post. Maybe the two m's in gram was some kind of translation, or as you said old English. I guess the European "," (comma) is used as we use a "." I'm pretty sure the proof charge would be signifigantly higher. Using my little powder scale, I noted they list the total round's weight at "10,55" (gramm), I measured a standard 30 Mauser round at 10.95 grams, The casing listed as "4,60", a Mauser shell only, with primer, at 4.70 grams. Pretty close!

05-27-2011, 05:14 PM	#2
TennBill2 RIP Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 6 Posts	converting grams to grains I used the avg. of 15.40 divided by .45 to come up with 34.1..or2 grains. 1 gram =15.4323584 grains. Again, the whole point goes to whether or not Black Powder could have been used in the early rounds. Math makes my head swim........!

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