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Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:57 pm
by RufusRover
Hi!
Has anyone got a black powder flask kicking around for a muzzle loader? Can't bring myself to part with thirty quid for a new one and I'm getting fed up with using a powder dipper and funnel
Thanks in advance
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:08 pm
by Dark Skies
Yeah, the expense put me off too + the different end nozzles.
I got around it by buying up a load of cheap placcy test tubes with bungs (which sit neatly in a 50 round reload ammo box) and pre-measure my charges for a shoot at the range. Much quicker to reload - especially combined with a cylinder press.
Just putting that out there.
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:33 pm
by RufusRover
That's a sound idea, I might just give it a go if I can't find a flask.
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:37 pm
by daman
I use the plastic tubes too. Not sure how true it is, but I was told by a club member that NRA Bisley does not allow flasks on the firing point.
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:43 pm
by RufusRover
Makes sense really, my revolver seems to have a sweet spot of 17 grains, so I could measure out 17 grains into plastic tubes ready to go. Gotta be better than butchering the nozzle on a flask or spending hours on my lathe to make one that just holds 17 grains.
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:02 am
by Nelly2014
Funnily enough I've got a flask, a load of vials (about 40 I think) and a thingy to park them in, some .44 balls, a load of wads and a nipple wrench as I've given up wallowing in the grot and gone nitro.
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:17 am
by FredB
There has been at least one instance of a flask explosion in the last 30 years or so. Flasks should not be used to load directly into the barrel.
Fred
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:50 pm
by Dark Skies
RufusRover wrote:Makes sense really, my revolver seems to have a sweet spot of 17 grains, so I could measure out 17 grains into plastic tubes ready to go. Gotta be better than butchering the nozzle on a flask or spending hours on my lathe to make one that just holds 17 grains.
They're cheap as chips on ebay - free postage from China. Mine are 12mm diameter and 75mm long (85mm with the stopper in). They fit perfectly in a Case-Gard RL-50 box.
I use this place:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-20-50X-Cle ... iar9ljYqEw
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:53 pm
by RufusRover
I've just ordered the tubes and an RL-50. Thanks for the advice!
Re: Black power flask for muzzle loading pistol
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:25 am
by Dark Skies
RufusRover wrote:I've just ordered the tubes and an RL-50. Thanks for the advice!
No worries.