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Floral Foam
Jun 13th, 2014 at 9:26am
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G'day, 
          Any feed back on the use of the above? I find it works rather well , a friend has. concerns re safety of use ,says it is made of carbon and some phenolic substance which is rather toxic!! 
           What are your experiences , opinions, re the use of the above material as a filler in BP CASES breach seated .

Kind Regards Mal,  in Aus .
  
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Re: Floral Foam
Reply #1 - Jun 13th, 2014 at 12:26pm
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MAL:
    I am (was) a chemist, tho not a toxicologist, and am not worried about nasty vapors or residues from florist foam.  However, it is not going to be a useful "filler" per se, as it will istropically compress to an infinitesimal pellet on firing.  If you just want to contain the charge, I would suggest a thin card wad.  I cut them from 6-pack cartons with good success.
   If you are looking for an ACTUAL filler, I have been having good success with amaranth seeds from the health-food store.  They are small, hard, spherical seeds that meter wonderfully from a powder measure and don't tend to clump as does corn-meal and similar material.

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Re: Floral Foam
Reply #2 - Jun 13th, 2014 at 2:04pm
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Some time ago I think it was Mal that suggested floral foam to me as an option for filling the airspace between the powder wad and the base of the bullet when breech seating. 
After thinking about it I feel there is no doubt that it will alter the physics of the initial shot cycle. 
Because the foam has a mass and compressive strength that is greater than the airspace it is replacing it will transfer greater force immediately to the base of the bullet the instant the wad begins to move. The transferred force would increase proportional to the increase in compressive strength of the foam as it is being crushed. 
In short the compressive strength of floral foam seems insignificant but it is a magnitude greater than air and would move the curve towards a more gradual transfer of force. 
Whether that's good bad or indifferent is case by case I would think
  

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Re: Floral Foam
Reply #3 - Jun 13th, 2014 at 3:19pm
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I have used a lot of floral foam in my 45-70 and my 40-65 with no problems. It seemed to work well and I never noticed any toxic fumes. I never tried it indoors but that may pose a problem.
  

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