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Jeez, make an offhanded comparison that isn't even wrong... The point being a sufficiently small charge of any fast burning nitro powder in a (relatively) large case can be made to work.
For composition of blank powder see Hatcher's Notebook, it is unmodified nitrocellulose, essentially gun cotton. That does no mean loose fiber physical form. I have used unmodified nitrocellulose evaluating its ignition and burning properties, it ignites very easily but burns inefficiently at low pressure. That's what I wanted to know. Given the high pressure exponent there was no information to be gained by going past that very small amount. That is the area where a fast powder like Titewad performs well. At lower pressures good ignition can be a problem. You may have missed it, the 8x57 velocity variation did not settle down until it reached a moderate charge of Titewad, an indicator of poor ignition. New manufacture in bulk is unavailable and in any event might be classified as an explosive. E C Blank for example was used as a hand grenade filler.
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Which explains a lot.
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Bristoe: Do you know where to get the 45 ACP tightwad loads that Hodgdon published? Thanks
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Just a note.
This Titewad stuff is faster than even Bullseye.
It *should* be needless to say,...but if you use it for handgun loads, you *really* need to keep it on the very low side.
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Do you weigh and than go to dipping by volume, with this type of powder ?
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slower than VN310 faster than Bullseye
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Hodgdon shows some data for 9mm, 38 Super Auto, and 45 ACP. Looks like one is well advised to be conservative with it. I used a couple pounds worth of Winchester WST in my 45 Ruger Blackhawk years ago. I reckon those guns must be pretty strong. You know what they say about extrapolating data. 
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When the time came to load the Sneezer up I found my load data in a classified Top Secret manual available only to the NSA and
retarded retired treasure divers. It was on Hillary's server and no longer available, sooooo sorry GI!
I am not a Titewad, but some of the powder I tried was manufactured in '82. Brand names such as Hercules and Dupont mingle with more recent upstarts.
Where does one find blank powder in quantity? I may have overlooked some options.
Boom.
I am..........disturbed.
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When the time came to load the Sneezer up I found my load data in a classified Top Secret manual available only to the NSA and
retarded retired treasure divers. It was on Hillary's server and no longer available, sooooo sorry GI!
I am not a Titewad, but some of the powder I tried was manufactured in '82. Brand names such as Hercules and Dupont mingle with more recent upstarts.
Where does one find blank powder in quantity? I may have overlooked some options.
Boom. Deplorable the nature of some things, eh? Geno
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In it is death and all you seek
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