Meteor Powder

[mountainman70]

Friend of mine in another state just got a full 1 lb can of Meteor brand Black powder, 2ffg. Red label. Any info y'all remember? Thanks, Dave

[Daryl]

Back in the 70's, Meteor, made in Scotland, was all we could find, at times.

I still have some Meteor 1F, which has granuals perhaps 20 times larger than GOEX 1F.

Seems to me the 3F and 2F were normal sized. I would not expect it to match today's GOEX for

power or accuracy.

[alyce-james]

mountainman70;  Sir, during that time period I didn't see much if any Meteor powder. Du Pont powder was still easy to obtain. I still have about,  or a little more than a lb. can. At my age and condition that amount will last a life time, one could say. Have a great Sunday. AJ.

[Mad Monk]

Meteor powder was made by ICI at the old C&H plant at Ardeer, Scotland.  Made after they could no longer get glossy buckthorn alder wood out of southern France.  Generally shot slow and dirty. Before the Ardeer plant shut down they had tried to use commercial charcoal out of one of the Scandinavian countries that was not good for use in black powder.  The Meteor powder came into the U.S. by way of Canada (CIL).

Bill K.

[Carney Pace]

Back in them days of the C&H powder being imported from Scotland  it at times was referred to as "Scurvey and Heartless" it shot so bad.
Still have some it will be the last powder that I would  use.

Carney

[mountainman70]

Thanks guys, I have advised my friend accordingly. He tells me it just became another addition to the "Collection".
Thanks,keep warm y'all. Dave f

[Bob Roller]

Thanks guys, I have advised my friend accordingly. He tells me it just became another addition to the "Collection".
Thanks,keep warm y'all. Dave f

I still have a can of "Heartless&Scurvy" and one empty Meteor can.
I used to buy C&H from Farris's gun shop in the late 50's and early 60's
and it shot well and cleaner than the DuPont.

Bob Roller

[Daryl]

I don't remember having any dirty shooting problems - might have as most powder I had was C&H, Meteor and the odd can of Dupont.

By '74, we had learned to use wet patches of heavy denim and our shooting dirty problems were long gone by the board.

I did shoot meteor as late as about 1978, iirc in my .58 S.Hawken that Taylor built.  I used 140gr. 2f with patched round ball and up to 165gr. 2f with the 675gr. Minnie ball.

It kicked a bit. here's the light charge with round ball - likely 1977.

Pictures by the late, Lester H. Hawkes, my friend and mentor.

[hanshi]

Back in the 1960s and early 70s, Dupont was the only powder available in my area.  I had no complaints and still have an unopened can of the 4F.  Later there was (C&H and G-O, I believe it was marked) interim powder and then Goex and Elephant.  They all worked for me and even the Elephant killed deer.  More choices today, but the thing that hasn't changed for me is taking a hard look at cost.  I rue the passing of $1 per can Dupont.