Though I use a variety of powder types for fun and enjoyment, I have also used with great success a single powder, FFg black, for pistol, rifle, and shotgun. There's only one load for each cartridge which amounts to the proper volume just described. It just don't get much easier. It's not enough to load by. Read on to find out where you can get additional detailed information about black powder and Pyrodex loading.
Black powder is the most fun a cowboy shooter can have.
As if by magic, when you fire your first shot in a match, the firing line quickly fills up with smoke. The targets become obscured. The faint sounds of a honky tonk piano seem to drift in the smoke. Suddenly, the shooter is in Dodge City at the Long Branch saloon. Cunning, patience, and grit are are the skills now required to 'survive' the course of fire.