: <NOBR>Beanie196thLIB</NOBR>

Sent: 9/28/2007 7:43 PM

Well, Ed, I bet if you went out and tried to buy a truckload of black powder, you’d definitly find out about different government forms! . . . I went out to visit a bro when I lived out at the lake and he was out back fixing to shoot a black power rifle that looked 7 feet long! Well, he convinced me to shoot it and the first thing I noticed was that it doesn’t instantly go BOOM when you pull the trigger. Just enough to let it relax off your shoulder and get the "full" recoil! I don’t know if more smoke came out the front or back of that thing but the skin color on my face went about 8 shades darker! . . . Rest of the week every time someone tried to talk to me, it was, "Huh . . . What’d you say?" . . . . . . . . Beanie, who stays away from those black powder monsters now! <NOBR>Roaddog8996</NOBR> Sent: 10/1/2007 9:51 AM yea, i like the sound a black powder makes when fired...   <NOBR>Ponysoldier511</NOBR> Sent: 10/5/2007 9:17 AM At one I had a navy colt in black powder,,an awesome gun.... Pony MasterGunner Sent: 10/6/2007 4:01 AM Believe it or not, the 1847 Walker Colt in .44 caliber can be loaded hotter than today's .44 Magnum.  When they sais hand cannon, they meant the Walker.  This gun is huge and tops the scales at over 4-1/2 pounds. MasterGunner Sent: 10/7/2007 3:36 PM Not to put some dark clouds on your horizon, but I just got back from the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Ft. Michell, KY (across the river from Cincinnati, OH).  We had one speaker from the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association bring us up to date on what's happening in this world.   First, muzzle loaders aren't firearms according to BATFE, but their propellent is classified as an explosive by them!  That's right, black powder is classed as an explosive.  The result is that black powder has certain limits put on it that include: the maximum amount you can have on hand and special rules regarding a magazine for storage of the stuff.  The feds say you can have up to 50 lbs, but the also have magazine requirements attached.  Watch out for state and local restrictions on black powder, because they can be more restrictive than the feds.  Fortunately, these restrictions don't apply to the black powder substitue, Pyrodex -- yet.   Here's the rub: there is absolutely NO black powder made in the U.S. any more.  All that's available is imported from overseas.  Guess what the U.N. is trying to shutdown?  Exports of black powder and cartridge ammuntion.  Their idea is you can have your guns, but you won't be able to shoot them.   If you shoot black powder guns, you need to get a membership in the NMLRA to find out what threats are headed your way.  You're in the crosshairs for extinction just as much as the smokeless powder shooters.