Black Powder safety Tip

[Mark Wadsworth]

Black powered is cheaper when you buy it in a five pound bag. What I do is pour the powder from the bags in to empty cans of powder. Be safe about it and keep your cans in a cool dry place and oil them every now and then. For those of you who like to hold on your black powder cans, a word of caution. As the metal cans get older they start to rust up. If the threads on the can rust there is a chance of a spark when you try to force open the can. That spark and the black powder compressed in a metal can will have an effect that is near a hand grenade. For those of you who do not wish to feel the boom, I offer a simple suggestion. After each use of your black power can take a little oil or petroleum jelly to the threads on the can and also the lid.

[5th Texas]

hmmmmm, Ive never heard of pertoleum jelly on the lid before, but good tip, I think I will try that. I have some old cans i have been reusing.

Thanks! My hands thank you!

[ole]

Good stuff here for the guy or gal who's just got into black powder. There may be never enough to learn about that stuff. Your grandfather never sat you on his knee and lectured you about the benefits and dangers of black powder. You have to learn it on your own and from others who know what they're doing. Black powder ought to give you the same feeling as approaching a dangerous intersection: If you are careful and alert, it's much like stepping over stones on a shallow place in crossing a river. But if you get silly and take chances, it will bite.

There is only one reason to make a hurtful, if not fatal, incident: assuming that the stuff is harmless.

ole

[Rad2duhbone53]

thinking off the top of my head, but how about tupperware( plastic containers with sealing capabilities) to store the black powder?

[handy.harris]

Hy guys,
I am from Austria in the heart of Europe.
Here Black Powder is sold in plastic cans. The weight is 1 kilogramm. I am not sure wether you could get bigger boxes.
Therefore I never thought about refilling it into a metal can.
So this question may be stupid, but for a relativ new guy to black powder and reenactment: Why would you want to this in the first place?
kind regads
Handy

[DHPatrick]

Originally Posted by handy.harris

Hy guys,
I am from Austria in the heart of Europe.
Here Black Powder is sold in plastic cans. The weight is 1 kilogramm. I am not sure wether you could get bigger boxes.
Therefore I never thought about refilling it into a metal can.
So this question may be stupid, but for a relativ new guy to black powder and reenactment: Why would you want to this in the first place?
kind regads
Handy

Handy,

I might be talking out of turn as I'm not a reenactment guy - at least I haven't been one in the past. I have had considerable experience with black power pistols thought. Black power was always too easy to get damp by me. Shooting a pistol is almost an art - one misfire is enough to mess with the style of doing it. Not to mention how hard it is to clean up after.

It's been awhile since I was last in Austria. Used to go trout fishing, kayaking, and skiing along the German/Austrian border. I want to say the 'Lighter Alp'. I know I must have mispell the name - sorry.