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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7650 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Feb 17^th, 2019 at 8:37pm	Print Post
	I found this on the CBA site and found it very, very interesting! (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Frank

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3964 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #1 - Feb 17^th, 2019 at 11:00pm	Print Post
	That's pretty interestin', Frank. Thanks for finding it to share with us.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18042 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #2 - Feb 17^th, 2019 at 11:08pm	Print Post
	I enjoyed that story of Schultze powder! I happen to have the same can pictured in the story sitting on top of one of my gun safes.

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #3 - Feb 18^th, 2019 at 3:29am	Print Post
	Annie Oakley liked Schultze. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18042 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2019 at 11:36am	Print Post
	Wonder when Annie Oakley wrote the powder story? Or when she was interviewed for it?

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3964 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2019 at 2:58pm	Print Post
	Mix eggshells into your powder. She said she did her best shooting with that batch. Not for black powder though.


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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #6 - Feb 18^th, 2019 at 10:58pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Feb 18^th, 2019 at 11:36am: Wonder when Annie Oakley wrote the powder story? Or when she was interviewed for it? Vall, According to the link below, it sounds like Annie Oakley's article Powders I Have Used was published by DuPont in 1914. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2368 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #7 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 1:52am	Print Post
	Frank, Very good reading! thanks for posting that.

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #8 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 3:08am	Print Post
	Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7650 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #9 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 2:12pm	Print Post
	Your welcome, guys. To bad we can't talk Hodgdon into making a batch of it, I'd love to try it. They could save a lot of money on the building construction, to manufacturer it Frank

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3964 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #10 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 3:02pm	Print Post
	Be careful what you wish for Frank. I have (had?) an unopened can of Dupont#5 and wanted to try it out, sorta like you and Schultze. I found an old recipe and made up a box of .45 Colt rounds and went and shot about half of 'em up. No big deal either way. On the way home, my brain finally kicked in an remembered all those horror stories about the early days of smokeless powder, and the ruined barrels brought on by the first of the 'new' powders. Yes, lots of that was primer problem, and some was laziness. But, it was a problem. By the time I got got home, I couldn't get that ol' single action cleaned fast enough. I would much rather stick with the lovely powders made in the last half of the 20th century til now. Wanna try out the Dupont #5? I have most of a can left. And, it'd come with about twenty loaded .45s.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18042 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #11 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 4:25pm	Print Post
	Too bad you didn't express an interest earlier Frank! When I got my can it was 3/4 full, and I was hesitant to try it, even though the back of the can had some load data. Powder actually smelled good too, but I'm a big wussy and chickened out. Dumped it in my wife's flower bed.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7650 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #12 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 5:00pm	Print Post
	I would have loved to try. I've used very old powders, I even have a couple LB of Bulk Shot Gun powder. Frank

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4570mike Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 460 Location: On the Peninsula Joined: Apr 11^th, 2013	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #13 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 7:39pm	Print Post
	.......so why are we still using black powder?????


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 4465 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Schultze Powder (First Smokeless) Reply #14 - Feb 19^th, 2019 at 8:03pm	Print Post
	Cause it smells so good!


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