Good choice Tom
Schultze; the "Easy on the Shoulder" powder
The American “E.C.” & “Schultze” Powder Company was established in Oakland, New Jersey in 1890.
“Hard Grain Smokeless Schultze Gun Powder” was offered by Von Lengerke & Detmold in 1894
https://books.google.com/books?id=M1...pg=RA5-PA3&lpg
An advertisement for “E.C.” No. 2 appeared in the May 30, 1896
Sporting Life “...made especially for small loads from 2 1/2 to 3 drs.; for heavier charges, from 3 to 4 drs., use our ordinary “E.C.” No. 1.”
August 22, 1896
Sporting Life
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL2722021.pdf
“E.C.” No. 2 - “VERY QUICK INDEED, NO SMOKE,
NO RECOIL, AND HARDLY ANY REPORT”
“E.C.” No. 1, “New Schultze”, and “New E.C. No. 2” were advertised by the company in 1902, which was purchased by DuPont in 1903.
In 1904, “New E.C. (Improved) No. 3” and “New Schultze” were listed as Laflin & Rand products.
In the later part of 1906,
Sporting Life and
Sportsmen’s Review carried advertisements for “New E.C. (Improved)”, “New Schultze” bulk powders, and “Infallible Smokeless” dense powder as products of E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company.
In 1912 under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Laflin & Rand was dissolved and DuPont was split into DuPont Powder Co. (which retained DuPont Bulk, Ballistite, Empire and “Schultze” and was later DuPont American Industries), Hercules Powder Co. (which retained “Infallible” and “E.C.”) and Atlas Powder Co.
Some comparative pressures:
Forest & Stream, September 24, 1910 from
The Field
https://books.google.com/books?id=mEkcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA510
42 gr. (3 Dr. Eq.) Schultze with 1 1/8 oz. shot = 9,598 psi (by Burrard’s conversion)
Very similar to many modern 1 1/8 oz. target loads.
33 gr. (3 Dr. Eq.) “E.C.” Improved No. 3 with 1 1/16 oz. = 8,758 psi
33 gr. Smokeless Diamond with 1 1/16 oz. = 7,952 psi
33 gr. Red Star (New Explosives Co., Stowmarket) with 1 1/16 oz. = 8,322 psi
Threaded Mode