Real cowboy loads for the .45 Colt: bring back a little originality to...

Guns Magazine;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Real Cowboys used black powder loaded .45s. The smokeless powder...however, some never gave up their black powder cartridges and such loads were available...takes more time and know how to load black powder than smokeless. Until recently...

Movement of black powder in gas pipelines.

Pipeline & Gas Journal;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Black powder has become an important factor in natural gas pipelines. Black powder mainly consists of iron compounds such as magnetite...are not cleaned adequately. Once in a pipeline, black powder is transported through the pipeline by gas flow...

Black magic: Shhhh ... Duke's black powder loading secrets.

American Handgunner;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......ammunition was made in the beginning. Black powder cartridges were what Custer's cavalrymen...least a few years, Winchester offered black powder loads for it. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED...That was the good news. The bad news is black powder does smell and makes one heck of a mess...

CLUB AIMS FOR CAMARADERIE; BLACK POWDER ENTHUSIASTS GATHER AT ELBRIDGE ROD...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  February 13, 2003 ;     685 words ......not keep Betty Arm Strong and other black powder enthusiasts away from Elbridge. Shots...Club as they gathered for the annual Black Powder Shoot and Winter Rendezvous. Armstrong has only been shooting muzzleloaders with black powder for two years, but her dedication to...

ODOR OF BLACK POWDER FILLS AIR

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  July 24, 2000 ;     584 words ......Buffalo guns, muskets and various other black powder rifles from the Revolutionary War to...Rather, the Crow Creek Fur Company, a black powder rifle club, Cheyenne Frontier Days and...opportunity to compete for prizes in a black powder rifle shooting contest. "These weapons...

Winchester 1873 Safety.(QUESTIONS & ANSWERS)

Guns Magazine;  December 1, 2006 ;     659 words ......one thing I have never done is loaded black powder cartridges. I just became the proud...am told this gun would be rated for black powder only. Here is where I am confused, which...The research I have done seems to show black powder burns very fast and pretty much uncontrolled...

New frontiers explored in removing black powder.

Pipeline & Gas Journal;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Black powder has become a more widely recognized...and economic gas pipeline operation. Black powder is a generic name for small-particle...this phenomenon leads to formation of black powder particles. As all pipelines have gone...

Some prefer to step back in time with smokepole

St. Joseph News-Press;  November 15, 2002 ;     565 words ......some, nothing like smelling the burning black powder and looking through a cloud of smoke...that one shot. Many advances in the black powder business today make it a little easier...maximum range for a clean kill with a black powder rifle. Some place in the area of 150...

Black powder cartridge pistols.(MONTANA MUSINGS)

Guns Magazine;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......commented they enjoy my articles on black powder cartridge rifles (BPCRs). That...on another type of BPCR--the black powder cartridge revolver? But to keep...sorted let's call them BPCPs: black powder cartridge pistols. (Sure, I know...

Powder-packing sport is a blast from the past

Alberta Sweetgrass;  August 31, 1997 ;     464 words ......Ken Steinhauer how he got involved in black powder shooting and he will tell you, "It's...time. So his wife, Hazel, bought him a black powder gun. Instead of going to Alcoholics...new hobby. One day he was asked to a black powder competition, where he won eight out...

Technical explanation of fireworks' explosive history

University Wire;  July 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......firecracker's sealed tube and ignites a black powder mixture containing potassium nitrate...kindling temperature, this next portion of black powder ignites. Because the powder is tightly...trapped inside a container while burning. Black powder, the main ingredient in firecrackers...

Cody magazine covers rifles

The Billings Gazette;  April 8, 2006 ;     659 words ......are behind the growing popularity of black powder cartridge shooting, with thousands of...Sheryll Garbe publish the quarterly Black Powder Cartridge News from their home near...across the country and around the world. "Black powder cartridge shooting is on the rise lately...

Aiming for a Bargain? How About an Old-Fashioned Black Powder Muzzleloader

The Washington Post;  October 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ......said the magic words that got me into black powder shooting. "It's a cheap date," he said...matter of finding a store that stocked black powder and percussion caps and I was off on...other hunters opted for muzzleloaders, black powder seasons were extended in both Maryland...

Synergy's new chemical compound eradicates Black Powder.(Synergy Pipeline...

Pipeline & Gas Journal;  July 1, 2005 ;     581 words ......Sulfide (FeS), more commonly known as Black Powder, is a naturally occurring metabolic...companies become aware of the presence of Black Powder and its effects on safety and operations...this problem. The costs associated with Black Powder are staggering. Just the reduction in...

Kiwi kings of the wild frontier

The Nelson Mail;  October 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Zealand -- but not when it's donewith black powder muzzle-loaders. That's the preferred...polished American maple. Members of black powder clubs from Nelson, the West Coast, north...shooting, his fascination for antique black powder escalatedover the ensuing years. For...