What is FFG Goex powder used in?

[ulflyer]

Have several cans given to me, all sealed but one. What is the value of a can? I have no real need for them.

 

[Sim Carstairs]

From the GOEX website:
“Goex FFg (or 2Fg) is suited for Muskets, Shotgun, Rifles (50-caliber and larger), Black Powder Cartridges, and large-bore Pistols.”

I just paid $26 per can. Price has been stable.

 

[Retreever]

I use it for my percussion revolvers and for my antique black powder cartridge rifles like my 1884 Springfield TrapDoor.

As to value powder is scarce right now so you can probably get full retail whatever that is.

Retreever

 

[MEHavey]

50 caliber and up when you have multiple granulations in your stockpile.
(and anything when you don't.)

 

[windini]

The gerneral rule is FFg for long guns and FFFg for revolvers & pistols.

But @MEHavey is not wrong!

 

[arcticap]

Have several cans given to me, all sealed but one. What is the value of a can? I have no real need for them.

Now that you have the powder, you can use it to fire blanks in a noise making device on July 4th, similar to a thundermug or signal cannon.
There's devices of all sizes that can be loaded with 50 grains of powder and up depending on how much noise that you want to make.
This outfit has a signal device that can be loaded with up to 300 grains of powder for $64.
The site has a video that show how to load it.
It's basically a steel container that holds powder, and you pack some paper over the powder and ignite it with a fuse. --->>> https://blackboxindustries.us
This is the 300 grain signal cannon, but it can be loaded with less powder too.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

I have used FFg black powder in muzzleloading rifles and in black powder cartridges.

Due to restrictions on black powder (BP) as more sensitive and easier to explode, I have had to make do with the various BP substitutes (Pyrodex, Triple 7) because often they are all that is available. For cap'n'ball revolvers I have had success only with true BP FFFg but I imagine true BP FFg should work in blackpowder cartridge for very large pistol calibers like .45 Colt revolver.

Last true BP I got was when a member of the gun club did a trip to buy black powder and asked black powder cartridge match participants if they wanted to buy in. I am sure that there are sports shooters who would be very interested in sealed cans of FFg BP even if it's Goex (cough, cough) and not Swiss (hurrumph, hurrumph) simply because it can be hard to find locally.

 

[PapaG]

I used ffg in 45 cal and up rifle, 12 ga shotgun, musket and a 50 cal single pistol. $20/lb would be bottom but probably worth much more in today's radically gougy society.

 

[Jim Watson]

BPCR (.45-70, etc., etc., etc.) shooters use FFg when they aren't using one of the 1 1/2 Fg brands.

 

[whughett]

I use 2F in 12 gage shot shells and a Burnside Carbine. One user on this forum mentioned using 2F in 45C cartridges. I’m going to give that a try, instead of the 3F I’ve been using. Might even give it a spin in the ROA’s. I’ve a good supply of both granulations and that’s really the only difference between the “Fs” The more F’s the smaller the kernels.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Have several cans given to me, all sealed but one. What is the value of a can? I have no real need for them.

I use 2Fg for my 20 gauge caplock SxS, in live fire loads, as well as any larger gauges. Works great and no reason to use something finer. I use 3Fg in my .54 rifle, and smaller.

As for the "value" of a can, since powder sellers are OUT of GOEX, who knows what a person is willing to pay. ???

LD

 

[woodnbow]

It’s perfect for this...

 

[TheOutlawKid]

Wait....who gave you several cans of powder!? You have some very good friends sir! Maybe its a sign that you should get yourself a muzzleloader or a cap and ball revolver?

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

I use it in my shotgun.

 

[TheOutlawKid]

I use it in my shotgun.
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That's a nice pic! The puppy in your name icon the same as the dog in the pic you posted?

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

That's a nice pic! The puppy in your name icon the same as the dog in the pic you posted?

Yep, Jake in both pics.
Here he is about a week ago in route to a field trial.

On the topic of the thread, I ordered 15# of ff & fff recently for about $24 per pound.

 

[44 Dave]

A water proof container water proof fireworks fuse and you can go "Kentuck fishing".

 

[Thomasss]

I finding the price of Goex droppping. I will guess that people find cleaning much easier with 777. I'm seeing private sales of Goex selling at $15/lb.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

But unless you sell it locally, you can't ship it to anyone...right? Right.

 

[woodnbow]

But unless you sell it locally, you can't ship it to anyone...right? Right.

If you have a UPS account you can ship hazardous materials. N’est ce’ pas?

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

I was under the impression you needed to have a license to sell explosives.
The OP hasn't chimed in so may not be listening anyway.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I assume one would have to pay the hazmat fee. That might put a crimp in the transaction.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

It’s perfect for this...

I can see it now. I'm ghosting slowly through the woods, maybe hunting, or exploring on some mountain side. I'm far from any road or human trails. Maybe trying to call in a cougar, looking for an old growth cedar, or just lost in my thoughts, cooking up some coffee next to a crick. I hear a loud bang, but quite some distance away. I kind of wonder what it was...but I'm not concerned. Then...a bowling ball comes down out of the sky and squashes me like a bug. And you thought shooting a rifle or pistol into the air was dangerous!!! However, now when I find a bowling ball totally in the middle of nowhere...I won't be confused.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Have several cans given to me, all sealed but one. What is the value of a can? I have no real need for them.

You could make tiny some bombs to drop from that little ultra tiny airplane.

 

[woodnbow]

I can see it now. I'm ghosting slowly through the woods, maybe hunting, or exploring on some mountain side. I'm far from any road or human trails. Maybe trying to call in a cougar, looking for an old growth cedar, or just lost in my thoughts, cooking up some coffee next to a crick. I hear a loud bang, but quite some distance away. I kind of wonder what it was...but I'm not concerned. Then...a bowling ball comes down out of the sky and squashes me like a bug. And you thought shooting a rifle or pistol into the air was dangerous!!! However, now when I find a bowling ball totally in the middle of nowhere...I won't be confused.

Hunter Thompson once commented on his neighbors complaining about his habit of stepping out the back door and touching off a few .44 magnum rounds late at night. He said, “ I always shoot into a safe backstop. Or total darkness...”