"Blind", in the test I mentioned, means the shooters were handed the shells with no idea which ones contained the fast burning powder and which ones contained the slow burning powder. They were unable to tell which was which, by the recoil they "perceived". It's also very popular to state that shells loaded with black powder give you a "push" rather than the "punch" deliver by smokeless powder, same velocity and payload. These folks obviously have never fired BP cartridges. They are just parroting the myth written by other parrots. If you don't believe me, shoot a round of skeet or trap with BP shells and follow that with a round of smokeless shells. The difference is significant. The BP shells recoil considerably more, because of the extra weight of the powder(70 to 80 grains). I have done this many, many times and am speaking from personal experience.


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