About svartkrutt.net

svartkrutt.net is a portal for black powder shooters and collectors with a genuine interest for historical firearms. The portal is originally Norwegian, but all the content is translated to English. Here you find articles, news, forums, chat and a market place. It is on svartkrutt.net you find the latest news about the black powder sport and relevant information about the past. The portal is owned by Øyvind Flatnes. Read more about svartkrutt.net.

The word svartkrutt is the Norwegian word for 'black powder'.

Black Powder Shooting

Black powder shooting is the practical use of antique firearms, or replicas of these, that are loaded with black powder. A wide variety of firearms are used from flintlock muzzleloaders to ‘modern’ black powder cartridge firearms from the end of the 19th century.

Did you know that …

• all over the world black powder shooting events and competitions are organised — both with original antique firearms and replicas?
• most black powder shooters cast their own bullets of lead or lead alloys?
• the accuracy of a muzzleloading rifle is often as good as that of an average scoped hunting rifle?
• black powder shooting is one of the most demanding forms of shooting?
• black powder is also used in fireworks and in the largest cannons on modern battleships?

Did this spark your interest? Then take a look at the articles or forum to find out more!

Collecting

A prerequisite for black powder shooters is a basic interest for history and firearms. The black powder shooters combine the two. A black powder shooter use old firearms, and is thus often a collector as well. On this site you find both shooters and pure collectors.

The collectors are frequently found in the forums where they answer questions related to the identification of firearms. Being a Norwegian site, the users have advanced knowledge of Scandinavian firearms from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Perhaps you can contribute with knowledge about your country’s firearms?

If you have a firearm you don’t know what is, try a question in the forum!

Book

A black powder book authored by Øyvind Flatnes — the owner of the site — was published in Norway in 2005. An expanded English version is currently in the works and will hopefully be available shortly. The book covers the practical use of black powder firearms from the late medieval ages until 1900. The expanded version will cover the most common Scandinavian firearms, such as the kammerlader, Scandinavian Remington rolling blocks, the Krag-Petersson and the Jarmann rifles.

Read more about the book here.