 |
 |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
| Smokeless Powder |
| Smokeless powder was introduced as a black powder replacement in the 1880\\\'s. Smokeless powder burns much cleaner and more efficiently than black powder. Smokeless powder is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery which produce negligible smoke when fired. |
| Language: English |
| RSS Feeds for this Blog |
|
Statistics |
| Unique Visitors: 2 |
| Total Unique Visitors: 29484 |
| Visitors Out: 2885 |
| Total Visitors Out: 11278 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| Black Powder Gun Tips (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-09-05 10:33:00 |
Smokeless PowderTips How to Build a Black Powder Gun Open the case or kit and use the accessories seen inside to get the stock parts. Check against the list if the contents are complete. Have it replaced immediately if one is missing. Every accessory is there for an important purpose. You cannot improvise for something lacking.Fit the plate to the bottom of the gun. Use the rasp and sand paper to work down the elevated spots in roughed-out gunstocks and repeatedly fit the bottom of the plate to the gun while checking if what you are doing is correct. Screw it firmly together if you are already sure of the positioning.Fit the lock to stock to the next one. Slide the lock in the proper places on the right side of the gun for it to fit properly. The lock must slide all the way against the sli...
|
| |
|
| Smokeless Powder Precautions and Warnings (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-26 10:05:00 |
Smokeless PowderAll smokeless powders obviously have to burn very fast, but handgun and shotgun powders must burn faster than rifle powders. You will readily note the differences in physical size and shape of various powders, but you cannot see differences in chemical composition that help to control the rate of burning. Burn rate is also affected by pressure. "Hot primers," seating the bullet too deep, overcrimping the case on the bullet, tight gun chambers, oversize bullets, use of heavy shot loads and anything that increases friction or confinement of the powder will increase the pressure. Obviously, this hobby requires attention to detail, patience and meticulousness to insure the safety and quality of loads produced.Powder Warnings1. NEVER mix powders of different kinds.2. Use the pow...
|
| |
|
| Smokeless Powder Types and Burn Rates (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-16 03:07:00 |
Smokeless PowderThere are many different smokeless powders available in a wide variety of burning rates. Powders are available in two types of composition; Single base and Double base. Single base powders are made from a straight nitro-cellulose composition. Double base powders contain both nitro-cellulose and a percentage of nitroglycerin. Powders most commonly used by the reloader are available in three types.1. Extruded or TubularThis type of smokeless powder is most commonly used in rifle cartridges, and is usually single base. However, there are a few which are double base. Burning rate is controlled by composition, grain diameter and length, web thickness, and deterrent coating. Extruded powder can vary greatly in appearance and grain size.2. Spherical or Ball PowderSpherical powder ...
|
| |
|
| Difference between Black Powder and Smokeless Powder (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-14 20:28:00 |
Smokeless PowderThere are some diffrences between black powder and smokeless powder that will be describe shortly in this article.Black powder (the "original propellant") is very pressure sensitive, produces a lot of smoke when ignited, and is not very efficient (meaning it takes a lot more to produce the gas to propel a slug). Black powder is the old charcoal, sulfur, saltpeter mix that the Chinese invented a thousand years ago. It's common "gunpowder". It burns badly and creates huge amounts of smoke. Black powder, when burned, only produces propellant gases with approx 35% of it's mass. 65% of the mass of black powder, when burned, becomes useless solid byproducts in the gun barrel and in the air. If that's not "burns badly" in your opinion, perhaps you need to go back to the third grad...
|
| |
|
| History of Smokeless Powder (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-14 10:02:00 |
Smokeless PowderMilitary commanders had been complaining since the Napoleonic Wars about the problems of giving orders on a battlefield that was covered in thick smoke from the gunpowder used by the guns. A major step forward was introduced when guncotton, a nitrocellulose-based propellant, was widely introduced in 1846. Guncotton was more powerful than gunpowder, but at the same time was somewhat more volatile. This made it unsuitable as a propellant for small firearms, not only was it dangerous under field conditions, but guns that could fire thousands of rounds using gunpowder would be "used up" after only a few hundred with the more powerful guncotton. It did find wide use with artillery however.In 1886 Paul Vieille invented a smokeless gunpowder called Poudre B, made from gelatinized ...
|
| |
|
| Types of Smokeless Powder (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-12 04:34:00 |
Smokeless PowderModern Nitrocellulose powders have come a long way since then. Today there are single-base and multi-base smokeless powders.Single base powders are based on nitrocellulose alone and double base powders contain nitroglycerine in addition to nitrocellulose, adding to its energy. Both types have their advantages and are widely used in small arms ammunition, and both types are available to reloaders. At the time of this writing, Winchester/Olin and Alliant exclusively produce multi-base powders, all VihtaVuori and most IMR powders are single-base (700X and 800X are the multi-base IMR powders that I know of), and Accurate and Hodgdon offer several powders of each type.SINGLE-BASE POWDERSingle-base powder consists of colloided NC with other materials added to obtain suitable form...
|
| |
|
| Information About Smokeless Powder (Smokeless Powder) |
| 2009-06-12 03:53:00 |
Smokeless powderSmokeless powder is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery which produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the older gunpowder (black powder) which they replaced. The basis of the term smokeless is that the combustion products are mainly gaseous, compared to around 55% solid products (mostly potassium carbonate, potassium sulfate, and potassium sulfide) for black powder. Despite its name smokeless powder is actually not completely smoke-free and does not take the form of a true powder.Smokeless powder allowed the development of modern semi- and fully automatic firearms. Burnt blackpowder leaves a thick, heavy fouling which is both hygroscopic and corrosive. Smokeless powder fouling exhibits none of these properties. This makes an autoload...
|
| |
|
| |
 |
|
| |
| |
|
 |
