What is the difference between Pyrodex and Pyrodex select?
Hodgdon Pyrodex Select is an enhancement of our RS grade of Pyrodex. Using RS or 2F data in a volumetric measure, Select can significantly reduce group size. Wonderful news to the deer hunter is that Select performs well with sabots and conical bullets.
What is Pyrodex select?
Select is an enhancement of our RS grade of Pyrodex. Using RS or FFg data in a volumetric measure, Select can significantly reduce group size. Select performs well with sabots and conical bullets. Has also become a favorite among many blackpowder cartridge shooters because of its exceptional consistency.
Does Pyrodex Pellets go bad?
all pellets go bad after a year or 2. They are in an unsealed container and that allows moisture to get to them. Loose powder is best. You can always shoot them just to get rid of them, but i certainly would start fresh.
Who makes Pyrodex Pellets?
– PYRODEX 44-30 PELLETS. Made in the U.S.A.
What is Pyrodex RS used for?
Pyrodex RS is designed for use in all calibers of percussion muzzleloading rifles and shotguns. It has a wide application of uses and is the most versatile powder in the Pyrodex line. Like all grades of Pyrodex, it burns cleaner and produces less fouling than blackpowder.
Who makes Pyrodex powder?
Hodgdon® Pyrodex
A propellant designed for use in muzzleloading and black powder cartridge arms, Hodgdon® Pyrodex® Powder burns cleaner and produces less fowling than black powder.
How are Pyrodex Pellets different from black powder?
Pyrodex pellets are a sophisticated rocket fuel type propellant, more related to an Estes rocket engine than black powder. They consist of a black igniter portion on one side of the base; although called an “ignition accelerant,” this is nothing more than good old black powder.
Is the Pyrodex still an inefficient propellant?
They are still relatively inefficient propellants, leaving behind close to 50% of their mass as non-combusted, solid residue.
What’s the difference between Goex FFG and Pyrodex?
By actual weight, it is not the same. 100 grains measured by volume of Goex FFg is about 101.3 grains by weight. 100 grains measured by volume of Pyrodex RS is about 72.5 grains by weight. Pyrodex is where confusion can start to set in, as the standard “F” designations of powder coarseness start to go out the window.