APP Powder Flask

I just bought some American Pioneer Shockey's gold FFg loose powder to use in Colorado. I'm very happy with the groups I'm getting with it, but I cannot get it to pour out of my flask into the powder measure worth a darn. A few grains will come out, but it won't fill the measure. I tried one of my funnels I use with smokelesspowder while reloading and it won't flow through there either. Does anyone know of a flask the larger grained powders will flow through. At this point, I pour directly from the container into the measure spilling a little each time. Too bad Colorado won't allow pellets like we do here in Kansas and most other states.
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Hiker
Chris, I'm in the same boat as you but it's the Blackhorn 209 container. Any suggestions for us?
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Jeff,
I took the lid off a bottle of marking chalk and put it on my flask. It works as long as I pour slow and shake a bit, but will ba a pain trying to keep track of the cap. Hope to find a regular flask that works.CJ
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its called.. A POWDER HORN ... they have very large spouts as historically old powder was typically large grained. A powder horn is historicaly correct for colorado as a plus !

there are many nice ones for sale, and one can also get a decent one at places like sportsmans warehouse, cablelas, bass pro, or one of the many makers on line...
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"sagebrush" wrote:its called.. A POWDER HORN ... they have very large spouts as historically old powder was typically large grained. A powder horn is historicaly correct for colorado as a plus !

there are many nice ones for sale, and one can also get a decent one at places like sportsmans warehouse, cablelas, bass pro, or one of the many makers on line...
 Thanks sagebrush, I'm a greenhorn with this smokepole hunting. I hope to kill a bull this year with one. [-o<
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I was hoping to find something a little more modern and compact than a powder horn. CJ
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tommycaller
Can you not set up your loads at home into some sort of speed loader. I used to hunt turkeys with a 12 gauge CVA Trapper shotgun. I used 35mm film cannisters for the shot and powder. I used a permenant marker and put an "S" on the shot cannister and a "P" on the powder cannister for Salt and Pepper....I mean Shot and Powder. The cannisters are flexible so it is easy to pour the powder out without spilling. A little cheaper than buying another flask.

"Keep your powder dry!!"
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Have you tried one of these funnel-spouts from TC? I have had good success with them using T7, Pyrodex, and BH209.

I use these vials as speed loaders. they hold a 300 SST, Harvester sabot, and 120 gr of BH209 just perfectly. Low cost, fit in shell loops inside pockets, nice tubes!
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