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Well, I 'm glad #4 Swiss is relabeled to 1 and 1/2F before it goes to market here or I'd have a hell of a time getting it to go off in the pan of my flint. Sorry for the confusion.

HG

So if it is relabeled then it is the same when I see it, I don't shop in Europe.

http://www.shootersreport.com/muzzleloa ... der.htmlnu

Here ya go

Dave

Comes up 404 not found, got another link?

https://schuetzenpowder.com/swiss-black-powder/

Try here, go to the swiss powder tab

Dave

Thanks Dave. I guess I figured the Anglo-American scale was the only way it worked. Who the hell would order it any way else?

The folks at Shutzen Energetics, supply only in the stateside nomenclature

They will answer any questions we may have , James there is a Silhouette shooter and a supporter of all the black powder shooting sports, good folks

Dave

Well, what started this thread was that I had been reading "Civil War Carbines; Myths vs Reality." The author apparently lives in England and used the European powder designations (ie: #4 Swiss). I'm making paper cartridges for an original Sharps percussion carbine. I was sure that #4 Swiss was not 4Fg powder. Wanted to know what it was. Found out early in the thread that it is 1.5 Fg in US grading system. By the way, I cannot agree with all of his findings on some of the carbines he reported on, nor his overall conclusion as to which one was the "best" overall.
George