Goex 2f Black Powder

[catman]

Does anyone here know were I can find some Goex 2F real black powder. No one around here sells it..Period.

I don't want to do the mail order thing, way to expensive with the hazmat fee with a 2 can order. I just thought I would ask around here to see if anyone knew of a local suplier in there area relatively close to NW AR... Joplin, Neosho area.

I have some, but I'm going to need some in the future.

Let me know if you have any leads,

Thanks,

MLC

[jdmidwest]

I saw some at a local gun shop this weekend here in Cape Girardeau. Have your local gunshop order some with his normal weekly order.

[catman]

I saw some at a local gun shop this weekend here in Cape Girardeau. Have your local gunshop order some with his normal weekly order.

Was it in plain sight and you could walk up and pick up a can, and was real GOEX 2F or 3F gun powder or the subtitutes like Pyrodex? Goex makes now a sub also..

It's not that easy....None of our local gun shop's have the licencing to carry real gun powder (It's a Hazmat licencing thing which is different than handling centerfire powder such as IMR powders, if you notice that powder is on the shelf and you can touch it) real gun powder has to be stored in a special container away from the public and regulated by the gov., another new 9/11 law...

Anyway no one around here is set up or wants to pay another lic. fee to handle it. Oh well....The Cape is a little far from me, they have it in Clarksville, AR still that's 110 miles.

[jdmidwest]

I did not realize they had came out with a substitute, I will look next time in. I just noticed it was Goex with the 2f and 3f designations and thought about picking some up for my pistol. I just disposed of about a pound I had setting around here since 1995, I was afraid it may start decomposing from age. I use Hodgen Triple 7 for my rifle and have not shot it in the pistol. For that matter, I have not shot either in about 4 years. I need more time to play with my toys. I have a Traditions Hawken 50 cal rifle/pistol combo. I have been looking for a Ruger Black Powder revolver.

It was out in plain sight on the shelf. I doubt if the numbnuts that run that shop know how to store it. It was not with the other reloading powders but with all of the other black powders. I know we always stored it behind the counter in a powder vault made out of fireproof sheetrock. If I remember right, we could only keep so much on hand and carried all of the f designations, not just 2 and 3. Of course, we were a wholesaler also that supplied several smaller shops and 3 of our own.

[catman]

Real black powder doesn't decompose...never as long as it stays dry.

[jdmidwest]

Interesting, I had read some articles that it became unstable after a period of time. Seemed like it had plenty of spunk when I fired it off in the driveway. I have also disposed of some smokeless powder because of the age. Something about temps and chemical reactions as they age and breakdown.

[catman]

Interesting, I had read some articles that it became unstable after a period of time. Seemed like it had plenty of spunk when I fired it off in the driveway. I have also disposed of some smokeless powder because of the age. Something about temps and chemical reactions as they age and breakdown.

Smokeless powder is affected over time, but not real gun powder. I've known of people that have found real gun powder from the Civil War times and it's as good today as it was then..

[jdmidwest]

Catman, I made it back by the shop and the powder was the substitute, not real black powder. I did not bother to ask them if they carry real black powder. Does the new Goex work as well as real black powder?

[catman]

Does the new Goex work as well as real black powder?

No, it's just another sub. With real back powder there's never a misfire or a hangfire..