DuPont 5 1/2 powder

[6pt-sika]

Was DuPont 5 1/2 smokeless ? I’ve been googling and haven’t found a definitive answer !

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[6pt-sika]

Or might that mean 5 1/2 drams ?

[GunnyMack]

Can't help ya , I've never heard of a
5¹/² powder so I'd venture to guess it's 5¹/² drams. Is that a 10 or your 8 bore?

[6pt-sika]

Can't help ya , I've never heard of a
5¹/² powder so I'd venture to guess it's 5¹/² drams. Is that a 10 or your 8 bore?

Not 10

[GunnyMack]

I bet you are the only guy hunting deer with a 'not 10 '

[Ysabel Kid]

Can't help ya , I've never heard of a
5¹/² powder so I'd venture to guess it's 5¹/² drams. Is that a 10 or your 8 bore?

Not 10

Yep, the 5 & 1/2 dram makes sense now...

[6pt-sika]

I bet you are the only guy hunting deer with a 'not 10 '

You’d think that but it isn’t the case ! I’ve loaded some buckshot loads for three friends .

[6pt-sika]

A gentleman on the Parker/Fox/Smith/Remington web sites is kind of a historian with many many catalogs etc downloaded on his PC . If I’m not mistaken he had all this stuff on micro film before PC’s became the norm. Anyway he says these are late 8 gauge shells post 1931 and that particular shell is loaded with 5 1/2 drams of bulk smokeless powders .

[GunnyMack]

There ya go, there is always someone who knows the answers.

[Bill in Oregon]

Probably Dupont Smokeless shotgun powder?

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