Hello, everyone.  I was wondering just how much influence the ASSRA, and other groups shooting vintage rifles have on the powder manufacturers.  I know the Cowboy action games helped bring out TrailBoss.  I have begun reading Shooting The British Double Rifle, by Graeme Wright.  He tells of testing the 70% start loading method as recommended by IMR, for their TrailBoss powder.   With 70%, the pressure was already equal to the original black powder loading..but velocity still too low for dbl. rifle regulating.  I wonder if we could convince IMR (Hodgdon) to bring out a slower burning version of TB?  Perhaps name it Walnut Hill, Schuetzen, or Creedmoor?  What do you guys think? Just a thought.  Thanks.

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Thats a great thought but, I'm afraid that there just isn't much of a demand in the US for such a limited thing. The Cowboy Action disipline has many, many more shooters than single shot. To give you a idea of that............ there is ONE single shot group in all of Oregon. It has roughly 15 members. But, there are three Cowboy Action clubs with in 25 miles of where I live. There are many whole states that don't have a ASSRA or ISSA club even.

Now, I can't tell you why that is. Single shots have been MY favorite gun and type of shooting for 30 years. For 12 years, I promoted this sport in my area, attending every gun show and bending every ear that would listen plus attending muzzle loading matches and doing the same. I had a lot of smiles but, no one showed up even when I offered a gun and bullets to use.

I'll say it one more time.......... we need promotion!!!!!

That said, I would love to be able to buy some Bulk Schuetzen Powder that would make just one hole in the target and forget about 4227,4759,, H110, H108, 296, #9 and even that new fangled 300MP.

That is, unless one of them shot better !!!!!

Frank

The holy grail for schuetzen shooters is to get someone to produce Schuetzen Semi-Smokeless again. unfortunately the dream has two major flaws. The first is the powder is inherently dangerous to produce and we are a small community. Even given the fact that Chris Hogdon is on the ISSA board and has been a good friend to schuetzen style shooting I fear that we will never see this type of powder manufactured again.

40 Rod

Friend?  I have to wonder why the Hodgdon's are not a Sponsor at the 2011 Nationals at the Worthington Center BPCR matches with Goex powders?  Swiss is a Sponsor, aka James Kirkland, owner of Schuetzen Powders, LLC

This is reply number 10 in the following thread.  I have never used trail Boss.  He does not mention the cartridge.

Does anyone else have experience with Trial Boss?

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fa38, yes, I have found a powder or two that I won't use. Vectan SP10 was one; I could never find a burn rate slot that I was comfortable with, and even the little published data I found for it seemed goddawful hot.

Another, contrary to the trend, is Trail Boss. I have gotten 300 fps spreads in ten-shot strings with it, and simply gave up. It also took up to a minute to dispense a single charge in my digital powder machine, and that did it for me.
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