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[Draco_Americanus]

Ok i kinda cheated as it's commercial Goex brand black powder, i now have ffg fffg and ffffg , my ballmilled powder is nothing and i need to find some new ways to make my own powder, i even have meal D on order. normal BP is next to imposible to find in my state. i found this one store by asking around at a sporting goods store near my friends place. sadly though the person i found told me the regulations are too expensive to keep BP and offered his whole stock of 28 pounds, i lack the money at the moment but i may just take him up on this.
one question though, How much BP do you guys tend to use in a year? I now have working mortors and want to make lots of stars and smaller 2.5 inch shells now that i have better lift powder

[Andrew]

Recently 400g - 1kg

In previous years around 5kg+

It all depends on how much time you have spare.

[paul]

There is a whooooooooooooole looooooooong thread about making crappy black powder better, faster stronger...
Why creating a new thread for it ?!

Dude, you can lift and break shells even with mortar and pestle made black powder! Just get the good ingridients and
READ THAT THREAD

[seymour]

Assuming BP means every form or mix containing it- Burst, lift, rocket fuel, stars, fuse, fountains ect. I mill 10kg ish of meal a year. When I started it was closer to 500g-1kg.

[Bonny]

I use at least a few kg or more now per year and I only have a few good months of shooting weather (the rest is winter). Firing mines to use up extra stars seems to really eat it up, not to mention I will be getting into 3" (and maybe) larger ball shells this summer so I think the usage will go up.

[marble]

Depends on how much time I get, in the order of 5kg a year