Photographic database of gunpowders (from URUGUAY)

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

Dear reloaders:

I'm working on a "photographic database of gunpowders" for our forum, and this is one of the reasons that led me to join here, and I would like to share it with you. Maybe someone could find it interesting.

The powders in our database:

ALLIANT 2400
ALLIANT BULLSEYE
ALLIANT UNIQUE

FM A-2
FM A-27
FM Z-50
FM FANAZUL (ALLIANT RED DOT)

HODGDON BL-C(2)

IMR 4198

ROTTWEIL P-805
ROTTWEIL P-806

SMA BLACK POWDER

TEC HARSEIM

VECTAN A-1
VECTAN BA-9
VECTAN BA-10
VECTAN SP-3
VECTAN TUBAL 3000
VECTAN TUBAL 5000

WINCHESTER 231
WINCHESTER 473-AA

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

From Alliant powders:

ALLIANT 2400

ALLIANT BULLSEYE:

ALLIANT UNIQUE:

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

From F.M. (Fabricaciones Militares, ARGENTINA)

FM A-2

FM A-27

FM Z-50

FM FANAZUL (theoretically, bulk ALLIANT RED DOT)

WR Moore · Aug 15, 2010

Interesting, but trying to identify powders by appearance can be extremely hazardous to your health.

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

WR Moore said:
Interesting, but trying to identify powders by appearance can be extremely hazardous to your health.

Dear WR Moore:

I understand what you mean, but maybe you should consider this:

In USA gunpowder is cheap and easy to find. But in some countries such as Uruguay, you could expect to pay $50 to $120 for a pound, only if you find someone who wants to sell it.
In Uruguay there is less variety of powders than in the USA, so here it is easier to identify.

The recommendation for anyone who has an unknown gunpowder must be to destroy or deactivate it, but in a situation as described above, you can’t expect that someone will want to destroy this expensive and hard-to-find item.
That’s the reason why we prefer provide people with as much information as possible, always warning about the risks involved because as you say, trying to identify a powder only for it appearance, can be very dangerous.

As you can see, our way of thinking and acting fits our own reality.

Regards.

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

From ROTTWEIL

ROTTWEIL P-805

ROTTWEIL P-806

Rule3 · Aug 15, 2010

Thanks, for those great pictures. Some look so good I could have them for cereal at breakfast.

I wish you success in your data base and hope you can get most of the major powders. I wish we could send you samples. I can take some photos but do not know if they would be equal to yours. Let me know if you want a powder you do not have and maybe I do.

acl864 · Aug 15, 2010

Very interesting pictures.

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 15, 2010

Dear OCD1:

Thanks a lot for the offer and I appreciate any help you can give me to improve this database.
Indeed, right now I am doing a research about HI-SKOR powder because a friend have some pounds of an unbranded powder. Some people say that his powder is Hi-Skor 700 but no one can prove it.
I think that it could be the first HI-SKOR made by DuPont (prior IMR HI-SKOR 700X).
I wrote to Mike Daly (Hodgdon Customer Satisfaction Manager) about this problem and he said that:

"In 1962 a powder called "Hi Skor" that was brought out by DuPont. It was the first of the double based, fast burning flake type powders for shotshell to be made by DuPont. It is the parent of Hi Skor 700X. At about 1964, Hi Skor became Hi Skor 700X with only minor changes in burn speed to the powder."

I took some photos of this powder and sent them to him, but he could not tell me what powder is. Then I asked him if he could tell me what it isn't, I mean, if he can tell me if it isn't Hi Skor 700 nor 800. I am waiting for his answer.

Maybe someone here could look these pictures and tell me if this powder looks as HI-SKOR by DuPont or HI-SKOR 700X by IMR, or as something else.

Photos of this unbranded powder:

Rule3 · Aug 16, 2010

Based on you list in your 1st post, I could shot pics of BlueDot, H-110, IMR 4064, Trail Boss, Accurate 2230, H-322 and maybe some I can not think of right now.

Let me know.

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 16, 2010

OCD1 said:
Based on you list in your 1st post, I could shot pics of BlueDot, H-110, IMR 4064, Trail Boss, Accurate 2230, H-322 and maybe some I can not think of right now.

Let me know.

Excellent OCD1, I don't have any of the powders you have.

Thanks a lot.

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 16, 2010

Dear colleagues:

This is a great video found by a user of our forum. It was produced in Italy and shows different powders under an electronic microscope.
I hope you enjoy.

YouTube - Polveri infumi da ricarica... mai viste così !

n4zov · Aug 16, 2010

Those are great high quality photos! They really provide a good illustration of the different types of powders: flake, spherical, cylindrical, etc. I wasn't familiar with the powders being made in South America. Thanks for taking the time to share your research with the forum!

primersp · Aug 16, 2010

i can shoot some vectan powder that i use

A0-BA9-BA10-SP7-TU5000-but i don't known how to put pics on the forum

Rule3 · Aug 16, 2010

Here are two shots of IMR Trail Boss. I took them on auto settings on my windowsill. If they are good enough quality for your use please let me know. I reduced the size (from very large mega pixels for ease of uploading and downloading)

IMR TRAIL BOSS

IMR TRAIL BOSS

I pushed some aside so the edges could be seen.

NOT COPYRIGHTED, use as you wish

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 16, 2010

primersp said:
i can shoot some vectan powder that i use

A0-BA9-BA10-SP7-TU5000-but i don't known how to put pics on the forum

Comment allez-vous, camarade français:

Of course I accept your offer and I am very grateful for what you can contribute. I have photos of some french gunpowders and I will post them in the next message.
And by private message, I will explain how to "EMBED" pictures on a forum.

À bientôt

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 16, 2010

French gunpowders:

VECTAN A-1
VECTAN BA-9
VECTAN BA-10
VECTAN SP-3
VECTAN TUBAL 3000
VECTAN TUBAL 5000

primersp · Aug 16, 2010

do you want i take picture like macro photos
A0 is similar to A1 and AS in shape
ba10 is colored now ( before no)
here the price is 29 euro for the A série
and 39 euro for all the other in can of 500 grams.
we find also the vitha a bit less expensive 65 euro the can of 1 kg

Reddog · Aug 16, 2010

700X

Tiro,
I am unable to take the quality of picture that you and the other fellow have, but here is a picture of some 700X that I have.
The grid is 1/8".
Dick

TIROyRECARGA · Aug 16, 2010

Dear Reddog:

Thank you very much for your picture.
Well, I think it shows that the unknown powder I have, is definitely HI-SKOR, and it's a surprise to know that it's 700X.
I thought that it could be old HI-SKOR (not 700X).
Please, could you tell me if it was made by DuPont or by IMR?
Any idea about the date of manufacturing? Year or decade?

Regards and thanks again.

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