how many grns in a pound

[hillbill]

hey guys, how many grns of powder in a pound?

[flintlock]

7,000

[lastchanc54]

That means that if your load calls for 35 grains, you will get 200 loads out of 1 lbs of powder. If your final cost per pound of powder with tax is $24.00 (an average) it will cost you 12 cents per round for the powder.
Hope this helps.

[45north]

And 437.5 in an ounce.

[drdougrx]

7,000

[Glanceblamm]

7,000 although I sometimes get considerably less when relying on the sound of those grains hitting the leaves while filling the measure at the black powder candle shoots.

[Tom W.]

It does kinda sound like a light rain, doesn't it.....

I never weighed a black powder charge thrown from a flask, but I did find that a .444 case made a good powder measure, and wasn't too upset if I lost one...

[hillbill]

well now this brings up another question.ive always measure black powder by grains in volume but smokeless but grains by weight.is a grain of black masured by volume close to a grain of black measured by weight?just curious.

[flintlock]

If your measure is accurate it should be very close, but black powder is very forgiving and usually a difference of a few grains won't affect accuracy, especially with open sights...

btw...Do you know what this weight (grain) is based on???

[gube]

Here ya go

http://www.reloadbench.com/gloss/grain.html

[hillbill]

that link in the last post was a awesum reference chart, thank yu very much, gube.

[Steve P]

The powder granules are NOT grains.  DO NOT count the powder granules and assume you have X # of grains of powder.  Grains is a weight or a volume, depending on which of the old loading references you are reading.  I have had to explain more than once that those little granules of powder are not "grains" of powder.

Have fun.......oh, if you do count the granules in a pound of 231 or AA#9, please let me know how many there are..

Steve

[hillbill]

good point steve!i would wish that each granule was a grain, that way a lb of 4350 would last me bout 10 yrs. but then agin good point for the novices.happy loading!!

[jhalcott]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grain
 doncha LOVE the internet!

[flintlock]

Yep, it goes back to Egyptian times, their unit was a grain of barley...

[Graybeard]

Utterly amazing and yet so typical of threads here. 

A simple question fully answered on Reply #1 and yet this one makes 15 replies to this simple thread fully and completely answer on try one. Only on the internet. 

[Glanceblamm]

These granulated grains are so interesting though!

I think that if they are cut wrong (read too fine of a granule) it can be reason enough to cause a recall (read high pressure) even though the weight in grains is the same?
Yes, this is a question on my part and up for debate.