It may be Swiss in velocity, but it's cleaner than Swiss and it has only half the velocity spread. The SD on that is astounding.

Im completely hooked on EBP channel

If you want to sandbag/bench rest black powder target shooting - "Make your own damned video!" Thanks for all that you do for this sport / hobby / activity.. .

You need to do a 72 hour balsa milling just to see if it gets faster.

Cant believe how clean that patch came out, exelent powder!!! 👍😁

Best blackpowder channel out there, hands f@(#!% $ down. Keep em coming!!!!!

Here I am, stuck in Wisconsin with my in-laws, and you are out there having fun, science experiments with antique muzzleloading propellant. When you go commercial, I will invest. Thank you for the excellent content.

Balsa/Cottonelle must be wicked awesome combo then!

So really, what we learn here is that you can cut expensive balsa charcoal with some cheeper cottonwood (if you live in cottonwood country) by 50%, and still get a lot of the benefits of balsa.

In my shooting club in Argentina we use wood from a plant called "Manihot grahamii" is also called false coofee, the dried wood is incredibly light and the powder is very fast, it gives excellent results

Excellent video! Waiting to see cottonelle, bamboo, and balsa in thirds ...

"It's all for free" and we immensely appreciate it. Thank you very much.

In my head I see you guys stumbling on to Swiss's exact formula and the guys at Swiss going F*** F*** F*** F*** !!!!!!

I have a memory from when I was a young man of a cloister of monks that made black powder. They had a water-powered mill, that they let run for a considerable amount of time, because the saltpeter came from manure add naturally had some bedding mixed with it that took extra time to grind up. And then mixed it with water, and put it in some sort of container and put a rock on top of it. The image I have in my memory is of a cylindrical shape that resulted in the press. It was then allowed to dry. They then ground it, sifted, and packaged for sale. Whatever was too small they would add to the next batch with the water. This whole process took 6 days. So their mill ran for 7 Days(no work on Sunday). I have no memory on the drying time. And I think the location was in southern France or Eastern Spain and one of the little principalities that are still independent today. I think the story is about why this particular place is still independent today, and how important does powder was!

Appreciate the work you do on these home made powder vids. I'll keep shooting my stash of 20 year old schuetzen and 40 yr old goex. Shhh, don't tell the guvment 😂

I watched a video recently where the guy pointed out that Black Powder is essentially just burning charcoal really really fast. It makes sense that less dense woods and longer milling times help make it burn faster. As the particles of charcoal would be broken down easier and finer with the nitrate mixed in even better. I'd be really curious to see a harder wood known to not make good charcoal for BP under a microscope after the same milling time as a wood like balsa. Like the bamboo which improved greatly from a longer milling time. I really wonder if the ball mill just can't break the particles down on denser charcoals quickly.

Man your videos are always awesome. I don't know how anybody could dare complain about information they're getting for free. Thank you.

It went really good!, maybe mixing balsa/cotonelle TP could outperform Swiss; just my hypothesis. As always the best.

Excellent follow through at least. No flinch!

If there is one thing ive learned in my time doing gun stuff, it is that sometimes you get weird, unexpected results that dont make much sense. Perhaps try the 24 hour mill time and see if that gives a high 1600 number. Then we know it was mill time. If we still get swiss velocities, we know it is the charcoal combination for some reason increasing velocities.

Amazing how clean that is. I bet the accuracy potential in a cartridge would be enhanced greatly, hint hint.

when you alec baldwin your chronograph, but you aint shooting blanks

The magic powder, Jake’s Balsaboo! Nice! Thanks Dudes! A good damn good video indeed! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

Another great resource! I've been tossing around the idea of making my own powder.

Great presentation. Isn't it funny how many times in our life we expect the worst from something and yet are pleasantly surprised. But it can also be said that when we predict a great outcome it sometimes falls on it's face. Just goes to prove that the Universe has a sense of humor. Cheers!

You guys are awesome. Your work is saving me a ton of doing it wrong, and giving me heaps of information to share with people who want to argue. Thanks guys keep it up

The key to success is the best possible dust grinding equipment. Fast and high-quality grinding will cut the research time in half, possibly by a third.

I very much suspect that depending on how long you mill the powder then so the optimal mix changes. Thank you for showing us all of this. Good job.

Your videos are rapidly becoming some of my favorites

I admire your patience brother, there are so many factors to examine in different ratios, different times different materials, the quality of the materials, it's looks like the combination of lottery numbers to hit the jackpot! 👏👏🤝 Just keep going! Good and hard job always pays off!👌

Ahh! The laughter of success! Way to go my friends!!

Looking forward to this! Thank-you.

I really appreciate it!

Another great video. Love learning from them.

I truly believe It is the milling time when I mill mine for 36 hours it always gets a little faster and cleaner

Just want you to know, it took EXTREME restraint on my part not to make a joke about my touch hole clogging up 🤭

Thanks again for the great information.

Thank you for unique,revolutionary tests.

A great way to start a Friday! 👍

you guys are the best! Love your videos

Glad to see the mixed stuff did well. Seems like the benefit is the ability to stretch out your balsa supply without sacrificing cleanliness or velocity. As always, this opens up a whole new can off worms for testing. First I'd say you need to test just balsa at 30 hours, and just cottonwood at 30 hours, to see if it was the mill time or the mixing that made the improvement. Then there's testing how little balsa you can use before the velocity starts to suffer or the fouling increases. And of course, the endless mountain of carbon mix combinations. If you guys get 2000 fps with 50gr for 5 shots and pull out a white patch, it's time to start your own powder company.

Pure gold sir!

Thanks for not editing out the ignition failures. It ads to your credibility and encourages a relatively new guy to flint locks too.

You continue to be you! Thanks for all you share.

Following the rough general sketch, and honing in on the details from watching y'all, I am proud to report success with my mortar/cannon using these methods. In fact, test #3, after not corning, but simple granulation, I just about shit myself in surprise at the not-quite-near detonation level explosion I experienced. I'm 54, been blowing shit up for decades, but a homemade explosion feels different...100# Cannon needs wheels but hain't got any, just handles... I.D. 3.5", inside bore length 18", hydraulic sleeve from a huge excavator, 1 1/2" thick high grade tempered steel going to 3/4" thick at the muzzle... Didn't have any 10 pound lead balls laying around, so I used tuna cans filled with concrete, three layers of old flannel sheet as my patch... Four ounces of HMBP, wadding of kraft paper, concrete tuna can, tight... Tamped it down in there real good, lit the fuse, and ran away... BOOM!!! Forgot the camera, filming, thought my cannon exploded! 😂 Nope, cannon is fine, Homemade black powder exceeded every expectation. This 4th of July dedicated to real men, doing real stuff. Thanks, Men. Thank you for sharing...😂

I love your videos and I like the way you do things. I probably learned more from watching your videos then all the others combined, I really appreciate it man.

That little guy? I wouldn’t worry about that little guy! Y’all ever try basswood? You know, the stuff you get from hobby stores

You do you, You out do all the couch critics that complain but don't do shit. Your Videos are Top Rated!! Keep that knowledge and research coming Jake, we're addicted to your channel!!

Very well done and informative. Thank you - i really enjoyed it.

Appreciate your hard work. Good job.

Well done as always. I need to get myself a Flintlock one day. Have a great weekend. And as always post shoot cleaning video for the Snider & the Springfield would be deeply appreciated 😊

Amazing. Love watching your videos, they are addictive and really making me want to start making my own black powder

Excellent video... keep'm coming!

Congratulations on 100k subs. Keep having fun doing things the way you enjoy.

Great video Jake, always look forward to them.

Thanks for tis share !

Pretty cool results! Interesting to see if mill time ups other powder’s fps.

Maybe it's like a duplex load and 'good' powder just helps to ignite 'bad' powder so you get closer to 'good' powder velocities. Who knows. Something to think on anyway, EBP. Thanks.

I love this channel.

That just proves that clogged touch holes can happen to anybody, even you, I love your videos, and I have not gotten around to making my own powder yet, but I will be trying to soon, thanks for all you do for our great sport

The cottonelle video has had me thinking about why it performed so well. I would think that the wood used was probably not the best source for bp, but of course I don’t know that for sure. I would think it’s more to do with the process it goes through. I’ve not made a lot of bp, but when I did I used willow because I figured it was my best option here in east Texas and it’s readily available. My thought is if it’s the process that makes the tp work so well, what about trying to do something similar with, say willow( or anything really) Let it “age” or degrade to a lighter pithier product to somewhat mimic the tp process then char it and see how it compares to the cottonelle. y’all are the best bp channel out there! Thanks

You guys rock!

Awesome stuff!!!👍🏻 Wonder if corncobs would be equivalent to the balsa.

Awesome as always. I'd love to see b.p hunting videos but I know how KZfaq is. Thanks for great informative videos. I've made black powder now but never would have if not for your channel.

Awesome stuff as always, and huge prips for putting out for free. (Still keeping my fingers crossed for mushroom powder)

I had a feeling you were gonna mix balsa and cottonwood. Very cool!

Your channel, your video, do it the way YOU want. They can go make their own! I am curious to see how two very good powders improve...if they do. Another great video, thanks for the hard work!

Good stuff Jake and Co. keep it coming! By the way I'm gonna keep telling you to try Yucca until you actually do it haha

Well done sir very enjoyable video six stars

100 000 followers, congratulations!

I'm very curious, I did it some time ago and it gave me excellent results.

Wow that did great.

Great video, that raises a lot of questions. I feel that retesting all the different powders with a 30 hour mill time would be where i would start to see if it improves all the different types. Then look at mixing charcoal types and comparing. But thats a lot of time and effort...

I would like to see you make a carbon source from the scrub oak or whatever that is, that's readily available around your range. From watching you guys making Black powder, pucking and milling seems to be what needs to be paid attention to in the process. But he'll what do I know. But If / when I need to make B-powder you guys are who to learn from.Love your videos

Another great video

As a swede that only can get my hands on Goex and the like that powder looks like magic!

Nice knife. I have one just like it.

Wow! Impressive I think you're on to something!

Please perform the same teatime yet with milling 2x or 3x longer. ‘preciate what your doing 👍🏻

Didn't suck at all. Great vid.

Really great results. Thanks for sharing and continuing with interesting consistent science. I wish I could get potassium nitrate in canada so I could follow along and make my own antique muzzle loading propellant. Our darn government has made it nearly impossible to get black powder never mind the ingredients to manufacture it

The thing I like about bamboo as a source of carbon is that bamboo grows fast plus it grows just about in any climate, and it grows like a weed!

we'll know wether or not it's the mill time after you test an old powder with the 30h mill time. Interesting ether way, thx for the video.

Great!

If that thumbnail is anything to go by, it's looking pretty dang good!

I suspect, without supporting evidence, that less dense charcoal, like balsa, would probably get to max velocity with shorter mill times than dense charcoal like bamboo or buckthorn alder. You aren't ever going to run out of variations to try!

If i were a powder manufacturer I'd be paying attention to you 👍👍

Well that looks very clean I wonder how the pressures are

Thanks Jake

something to consider when mixing powers is grain density; you may get improved performance if you have two different grain densities in the mix

Daaaaammmmnnn! with this mix you can extend the Balsa supply with the cheaper Cottonwood. What's not to like about that? ^~^

Great video!! Do you shoot dry patches?

Would be interesting to see a grain charcoal. Rice? Love the content as always. GOBBLESS.

This was another great video!! Just curious, have you ever used grape vine for charcoal? I have a buddy that chopped some Muscadine grapes vines and made charcoal. Pieces were half an inch to 1 inch in diameter. Anyway, it made some pretty fast and what appears to be very clean BP. Haven't Chronometer any balls yet, but we gonna try it soon.

For the velocity, I think the milling time is the more probable reason. I was definitely more surprised by the cleanliness, this is very much not a middle ground of the two components.

Looks like everything is back to square one, maybe the only difference between the carbon source is how quickly it breaks down

what is the limit of milling time where you get no more benefit? great videos keep them coming!

It certainly says something about mill time.

That's some nice propellant !

I had a thought (