Re: Whistle test for shell booster

KP is a good break charge but being the cheap scape that I am I try
and use it conservatively, Mainly for 5 inch and 6 inch shells. If
you are making pattern shells or shells without a lot of star volume,
KP generally breaks it too hard. Making up a batch also uses quite a
bit of Perc.

I like to use BP coated corn cob and for my 4 inch shells I measure
out a volume of burst charge, place it in a paper quaker oats can,
then add about 4 grams of K-benzoate whistle comp. I shake this
together gently to coat the burst charge. I mainly do paper shells
and this generally provides a huge but not too hard of a break. I do
this for one shell at a time to try and minimize the amount of live
compositions I am working with at the same time.

Mike

.

Relevant Pages

  • 2 1/2 inch 12 gauge shotgun shells
    ... of 2 1/2 inch 12 gauge shotgun shells from whom I can order just ... I have found on the internet a supplier who will fill and ship ... history the "standard" length for 12 gauge shotguns manufactured in the ...
    (rec.guns)
  • Re: size matters
    ... inch because i am still learning how to make certain stars and using 6" ... shells to do that can be a waist..So this year im consentrating more on ... pasted paper or pasted plastic? ...
    (rec.pyrotechnics)
  • Toilet paper shells
    ... had made shells from toilet paper tubes. ... with 1/4 inch rolled stars leaving 1 inch open at the top. ...
    (rec.pyrotechnics)
  • Toilet paper shells
    ... had made shells from toilet paper tubes. ... with 1/4 inch rolled stars leaving 1 inch open at the top. ...
    (rec.pyrotechnics)
  • Re: WW I What ifs.
    ... fact that 14" shells were more like 14-1450LBs. ... I merely avoided comparing apples to oranges. ... I believe the US increased the weight of the six and eight ... inch shells, as well as the sixteen inchers, but not the fourteen. ...
    (sci.military.naval)
Loading