| nitro450exp |
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| 19/11/17 02:40 PM |
Curtis Harvey
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What's a pound of Curtis Harvey F black powder good for?
Can i use it for 12 bore 2 1/2" round ball in brass or paper or is it too fast.
Nitro
| Iowa_303s |
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| 19/11/17 04:32 PM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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1f powder should be fine in a 12 gauge. I use 2f which is faster/finer than 1f for 12 gauge rb loads.
| Huvius |
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| 20/11/17 02:41 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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More interesting would be to see the can. How old is it?
| DarylS |
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| 20/11/17 04:04 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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My bro still has an old can - seems to me it is marked $1.99. That would go back to about 1962.
We used to shoot C&H in the 70's - at times, it was all we could find.
1F is perfect for shotshell, but the velocity will be lower than the same granulation in today's GOEX or anything else made today.
3 to 3 1/2 drams would be an easy load for a 2 1/2" case.
| nitro450exp |
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| 26/11/17 10:17 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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Can looks like this. Except 1F.
Price is 2.32 on can.
Nitro
| DarylS |
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| 26/11/17 11:47 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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Shot that stuff for years, same can with a rubber pull-up stopper.
It is not as good (STRONG A powder), as the current GOEX, Wano, Elephant and certainly not the more expensive Swiss, Schutzen & Ennisford.
I would use another 1/4 to 1/2 dram to make up for it.
I also use 2F for 12's, etc. I have tried 1F - in modern GOEX and 1 1/2F in Swiss for the .50/95 and .45/60 BP loads, but it the 1F C&H does develop lower speeds, with identical loads. Best to make that up - 1/4 to 1/2 dram.
A chronograph is your friend.
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 26/11/17 04:49 PM |
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Quote:
What's a pound of Curtis Harvey F black powder good for?
Should be just right for muskets.
I have a (repro.) 1861 Springfield that eats 1f.
| jaguarxk120 |
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| 27/11/17 08:27 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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I picked up a can of that stuff over 45 years ago for a black powder cartridge rifle I had.
Rifle is gone, powder still on the shelf.
One of the local suppliers was B. McDaniel & co., they were located in SE Michigan, now long gone.
As I recall I paid about $3 for one pound of powder and at that time that was a high price,
Dupont went for much less.
| Heelerau |
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| 05/12/17 09:49 AM |
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Re: Curtis Harvey
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Just as it is in the can a collectors item. But fine in a large bore shotgun, I use Fg in both my 12 bore percussion double barrel shotgun and my .72 Bore rifle. I remember paying $5 a half pound ( I still have the tin FFFg) when I was a kid in the early 70's.
cheers
Gordon