Source for Black Powder in Frederick County?

[md_kc]

I am planning to start shooting my BP firearms again but I need the basics. All I own are percussion so I need caps, #10/#11 and musket, and either 3F or 2F BP. I've still have all the cleaning gear, spotting scopes, range rods and such.

It has been 30+ years since I bought BP at a NSSA skirmish so I imagine things are a little different now.

Is there a place to buy BP in/near Frederick, MD? I don't mind driving a bit but don't want to drive for hours.

Are there any better BP substitutes these days than Pyrodex? A substitute needs to be capable of reliable ignition with percussion caps since all my guns are replicas.

 

[WeaponsCollector]

Not sure where to get it in Frederick but you can get a substitute called 777 that works pretty good and I believe it's less corrosive.

 

[Shamr0ck]

Brad Vosburgh runs a BP shop just north of westminster called brownstone trading.

He comes to the Frederick shows frequently.



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Shamr0ck

 

[md_kc]

Shamr0k,
Westminster works for me. That is a little less and a half-hour away. I'll have to head up there next weekend and check Brownstone Trading.

weaponscollector,
I'll give the 777 a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Shamr0ck]

Shamr0k,

Westminster works for me. That is a little less and a half-hour away. I'll have to head up there next weekend and check Brownstone Trading.



weaponscollector,

I'll give the 777 a try. Thanks for the suggestion.

Call first. IIRC, the shop is out at his house so I don't know if he has regular hours or maybe at a local show.





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Shamr0ck

 

[Threeband]

The Gun Shack in Mt. Airy used to have it, probably still does.
http://www.crosswindoutdoors.com/

The best source is Back Creek near the N-SSA range north of Winchester, Va.
http://www.blackpowderva.com/

 

[Drakos]

Redding's Hardware in Gettysburg has BP...

 

[Engine4]

Yes, gun shack has bp. I got some from them a few months ago.

 

[md_kc]

Yes, gun shack has bp. I got some from them a few months ago.

Good to know!
I am a few miles West of Mount Airy, so it closer than going to Westminster.