harry_bosetti
September 16th, 2004, 07:24 PM
I recently posted this on totse.com, but due to the fact that it turned into a flame war between other members, I decided to take it to this forum.
Ok, so basically I aquired 2 large tins of smokeless rifle powder. I was pretty happy because I got it for free. Now, to start off with, I know I can make AP putty, and yes, it's most likely eaiser, but that isn't the point of this post.
Now the powder isn't actually a powder, it's "cylindrical pieces" (bah, I just don't know how to explain the look of it right now.)
So I decided to do some tests with this powder. My first test was to try a simple salute. I filled a small pill container about 2/3's of the way with the powder, taped the top on, fused it. The result was quite dissapointing, a flair and a bunch of smoke. Upon closer look at the container, it appeared that when the powder was lit, just melted through the top before detonation. So it wasn't burning fast enough and/or it wasn't confined enough.
Next I decided to try and powder it down a bit more. that didn't work to well, all the pieces just seemed to split in half. I tried the same test again, same results.
So I'm trying to figure out what I would have to do to make the powder useful as a salute?
I assume it needs to be confined ALOT better, or it just needs to be detonated with a cap.
All advice is much appreciated.
Ok, so basically I aquired 2 large tins of smokeless rifle powder. I was pretty happy because I got it for free. Now, to start off with, I know I can make AP putty, and yes, it's most likely eaiser, but that isn't the point of this post.
Now the powder isn't actually a powder, it's "cylindrical pieces" (bah, I just don't know how to explain the look of it right now.)
So I decided to do some tests with this powder. My first test was to try a simple salute. I filled a small pill container about 2/3's of the way with the powder, taped the top on, fused it. The result was quite dissapointing, a flair and a bunch of smoke. Upon closer look at the container, it appeared that when the powder was lit, just melted through the top before detonation. So it wasn't burning fast enough and/or it wasn't confined enough.
Next I decided to try and powder it down a bit more. that didn't work to well, all the pieces just seemed to split in half. I tried the same test again, same results.
So I'm trying to figure out what I would have to do to make the powder useful as a salute?
I assume it needs to be confined ALOT better, or it just needs to be detonated with a cap.
All advice is much appreciated.