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		Deteriorated powder is detected by its noxious odor (not to be confused with solvents such as alcohol or ether).
		Smokeless powder is not interchangeable with fl powder or fl powder substitutes such as Pyrodex©.
		Smokeless powder is extremely flammable and care must be practiced in storing and handling.
	www.ramshot.com /powders/warn.php (1319 words)

	Smokeless powder
		Smokeless powder is the propellant used in the propelling charges for Navy gun ammunition.
		SPC.- SPC is a cool-burning, single-base smokeless powder (SP) with ethyl centrality (C) as a stabilizer.
		SPD.- SPD is a single-base smokeless powder stabilized with diphenylamine.
	www.tpub.com /gunners/6.htm (507 words)

	Smokeless powder Summary
		Smokeless powder was the long-sought successor to gunpowder, which had reigned as the chief military and commercial explosive for nearly 500 years.
		Smokeless powder is the name given to a number of gunpowder-like propellants used in firearms which produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the older fl powder which it replaced.
		Smokeless powder consists of nitrocellulose (single-base powders), frequently combined with up to 50 percent nitroglycerin (double-base powders), and sometimes nitroglycerin and nitroguanidine (triple-base), corned into small spherical balls or extruded into cylinders or flakes using solvents such as ether.
	www.bookrags.com /Smokeless_powder (1740 words)

	Alliant Powder: Reloading Safety
		Although modern smokeless powders are basically free from deterioration under proper storage conditions, safe practices require a recognition of the signs of deterioration and its possible effects.
		Smokeless powder is intended to function by burning, so it must be protected against accidental exposure to flame, sparks or high temperatures.
		Smokeless propellant shall be separated from materials classified by the U.S. Department of Transportation as flammable liquids, flammable solids, and oxidizing materials by a distance of 25 ft (7.63mm) or by a fire partition having a fire resistance of at least 1 hour.
	www.alliantpowder.com /safety/storage.htm (2016 words)

	Smokeless Powder
		Besides generating a lot less smoke, smokeless powder burns much cleaner and more efficiently than fl powder, greatly reducing powder fouling and increasing the performance of the shotgun, handgun, and rifle cartridges in which it is used.
		Smokeless powders are nitrocellulose-based propellants derived from experiments with guncotton, which was created in the mid-1800's by exposing wood or cotton fibers to nitric acid.
		Nor is it possible to visually identify the powders used in factory loads by pulling the bullet, noting the grain shape, and weighing the powder charge.
	www.chuckhawks.com /smokeless_powder.htm (1316 words)

	Safety
		This section discusses properties of smokeless powder and offers recommendations for its storage.
		This section is intended to increase the knowledge of all concerned individuals and groups regarding smokeless powder.
		Proper authorities should be consulted on regulations for storage and use of smokeless powder in each specific community.
	www.accuratepowder.com /Safety.htm (402 words)

	Alliant Powder: Technically Superior by Design \| Reloading and Reloading Data \| Shotgun, Centerfire Rifle, Handgun, ...
		Alliant Powder - makers of some of the best and most popular reloading powders - offers a new propellant to the sub-gauge shooter.
		Introducing 20/28™, a powder designed to deliver competition-grade performance to 20 and 28 gauge clay target shooters.
		Alliant Powder's new 410 is the only flake powder that is specifically designed for the exacting needs of.410 skeet and field loads.
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	The contribution of trace elements from smokeless powder to post firing residues
		The smokeless powders in 22 kinds of ammunitions seized from one of the Japanese gang groups were analyzed by scanning electron microscopylenergy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM/EDX).
		One part of the burnt smokeless powder was found to contain Cu, K, Ca, Fe and S, the other part contained Cu, Fe, and zinc(Zn).
		However, this demonstrates that smokeless powder could be the source of some of the elements detected.
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	The Manufacture of Smokeless Powders and their Forensic Analysis by Robert M. Heramb and Bruce R. McCord
		Smokeless powders are a class of propellants that were developed in the late 19th century to replace fl powder.
		In forensic analysis, smokeless powders are often encountered as organic gunshot residue or as the explosive charge in improvised explosive devices.
		Smokeless powder is attractive for use in improvised explosive devices, because it is readily available and has the potential for a powerful explosion when the powder is placed in a closed container (National Research Council 1998).
	www.fbi.gov /hq/lab/fsc/backissu/april2002/mccord.htm (2804 words)

	Black Powder & Smokeless Powders
		Serpentine powders are also used in firecrackers, and the snap of a firecracker is the sound of the enclosing paper breaking during the sudden escape of gas.
		To summarize, the burn rate of a powder is determined by grain size, density and microstructure of the charcoal (which is determined by the type of wood used), and density of the powder grains as determined by degrees of compaction and polishing at the powder mill.
		Smokeless powders once ignited burn until all of the powder is gone, as they provide their own oxygen.
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	Æ Aeragon - Black Powder
		Powder makers found that it was best to make powder in a water mix and then dehydrate it because the results were more consistent and the process was much safer.
		For large batches of powder, a mechanical device needed to be used because mixing the materials is extremely laborious.
		Powder makers found it to be somewhat safer to pulverize the charcoal and sulfur together and then crush the potassium nitrate in a separate operation.
	www.aeragon.com /o/me/bp.html (2472 words)

	Winchester® Smokeless Propellants - Reloading, Handloading, Smokeless Powder
		13-3.5 Commercial shipments of smokeless propellants exceeding 100 lb (45.4 kg) or not packaged in accordance with the regulations cited in 13-3.4 shall be transported in accordance with the U.S. Department of Transportation regulations for Class B propellant explosives.
		Smokeless propellant shall be stored in nonportable storage cabinets having wood walls at least 1 in.
		Smokeless propellant shall be separated from materials classified by the U.S. Department of Transportation as flammable liquids, flammable solids, and oxidizing materials by a distance of 25 ft. (7.63 m) or by a fire partition having a fire resistance of at least 1 hour.
	www.wwpowder.com /data/general/law.php (701 words)

	rec.guns FAQ: VII.E.6. Safe Storage of Powder and Primers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Smokeless Powder - Store in a cool, dry place - protected from accidental exposure to ignition by flames, sparks or high temperatures.
		(Smokeless powder burns much faster under pressure and builds up pressure very fast.) Up to 20 pounds (9.1 kg) of smokeless powder can be kept in a residence in its original containers.
		E.g., don't smoke near powder storage, don't allow spilled powder to accumulate, keep out of direct sunlight, etc. Generally powder should be kept in the original containers which were approved for shipping.
	www.recguns.com /Sources/VIIE6.html (838 words)

	24hourcampfire: Is smokeless powder illegal in some states?
		Smokeless is not a substitute, a replacement or a equivalent for fl powder.
		While its true that early smokeless replaced fl powder as a prefures propelant, it was found very quickly that substituting it on an equal base to BP caused problems.
		Smokeless powder use is not regulated, not prohibited, and never has been for muzzleloading in the State of Wisconsin.
	www.24hourcampfire.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1164293&Main=1159523 (2261 words)

	Beartooth Bullets > Tech Notes > Smokeless Powder & Primer Storage
		The smokeless powder in 1# metal cans popped and produced a pretty good fireball but was not all that bad unless you were very close to it.
		The 8# and bigger smokeless shotgun powder in cardboard drums was the most intense I think more so from the serious volume of heat released so quickly than anything.
		This happened several years ago and the powders were stored on wooden shelves and the larger kegs on the floor behind the counter.
	www.beartoothbullets.com /tech_notes/archive_tech_notes.htm/60 (3960 words)

	Blackpowdergun.com
		Many a fine fl powder double passed through the mill which we cherished and shot with fl powder in flooded timber and marshlands from the Mississippi, along the Texas coast to the Puget Sound.
		This was during the early revival of fl powder arms during the last century when the hunter using this stinking stuff often went alone so someone didn’t throw a net over him.
		Black powder burns slower, therefore, does not batter shot as much as smokeless powder during initial ignition of the powder charge.
	blackpowderonline.com /Waterfowling.htm (2075 words)

	history of black powder - gunpowder history
		In light of this, when you see reference to burning rate of Black Powder, the reference is to the speed of passage of the flame front that brings ignition through the mass of powder, not the speed of the reaction of the ignited powder itself.
		It stems from the fact that the first Smokeless Powder was a lighter color, a gray, in comparison to the commonly dark fl of the propellant it would largely supplant.
		With rough handling of the powder containers, as was common to travel in solid wheel wagons over the primitive roads of the time, the smaller ingredients would settle to the whatever part of the container that was the bottom during transport.
	footguards.tripod.com /06ARTICLES/ART28_blackpowder.htm (3140 words)

	Basic Rules of Reloading
		Smokeless powder is much more powerful than fl powder or Pyrodex®.
		All smokeless powders obviously have to burn very fast, but handgun and shotgun powders must burn faster than rifle powders.
		To dispose of deteriorated powders, follow recommendations in The Properties and Storage of Smokeless Powder SAAMI Reprint #376-2500, which is published in some reloading guides or available from NRMA.
	www.reload-nrma.com /basic-rules.html (973 words)

	Smokeless Powder
		Made from gelatinized nitrocellulose mixed with ether and alcohol, it was passed through rollers to form thin sheets, which were cut with a guillotine to flakes of the desired size.
		Vielle's powder was used in the Lemel rifle that was adopted by the French Army in the late 1880s.
		Firstly because practically no smoke was formed when the gun was fired and secondly because it was much more powerful than gun powder, giving an accurate rifle range of up to 1000 yards.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWsmoke.htm (247 words)

	Smokeless Powder Ejection Tests 7/22/01
		In tests 2, 4, and 6, the powder was contained in a brass pistol or rifle cartridge, with a wooden plug securing the open end.
		Smokeless powders are designed to be ignited at once from the flash of a primer, and to burn at a carefully determined rate under pressure to accelerate the load to high velocity.
		I wonder how smokeless powder performance might change at high altitudes, expecting that it would generate higher relative pressure because of the lower ambient pressure.
	www.jamesyawn.com /ejection/index.htm (2297 words)

	Shiloh Rifle :: View topic - Loading data for cast bullets using smokeless powder?
		Smokeless powder takes pressure multipling on it self to burn poperly (this is the best way I know how to explain it) this is one of the reasons revolver rounds are crimped and so are other smokeless powder rounds.
		All smokeless powder rounds use a groove size bullet and moving the bullet in or out of the case thus changing the distance from the rifling by as little as.015 can change the chamber pressure dramatically.
		Anybody that is using wads or fillers with smokeless powder is just asking for trouble and that's with a capital --- T! All a person needs to do is use the same precautions as you would with any other smokeless round and just shoot them.
	www.shilohrifle.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=42983 (1676 words)

	Smokeless Powder
		Smokeless Powder is used almost exclusively as the propellant for gun and rocket ammunition.
		It is manufactured under uniform conditions and grained to a uniform size in the form of flakes, strips, sheets, balls, cords or perforated cylindrical grains.
		Some of the more frequently used types of smokeless powder are guncotton, Ballistite, and Cordite N
	www.ordnance.org /smokeles.htm (55 words)

	Shiloh Rifle :: View topic - Smokeless Powder
		Smokeless works, however in these rifles it is my opinion that Black Powder works even better.
		For me, shooting smokeless in one of these rifles would be like taking a trip to France and being alowed to drive the LeMans road course all alone so you could really do your thing and then driving it in a Buick.
		If I get lazy, I'll switch to smokeless powder and get the same groups but without cleaning between shots and the ease of loading smokeless ammunition, not to mention the ease of cleaning afterward.
	www.shilohrifle.com /forums/viewtopic.php?p=10361 (1519 words)

	Characterization of Smokeless Powder Flakes from Fired Cartridge Cases and from Discharge Patterns on Clothing
		Shooting experiments over short distances (30 to 50 cm) deposited apparently non-burnt and partially burned flakes of smokeless powder propellants on clothing around the bullet holes.
		An approach was made to compare the propellant particles recovered from the clothing with those from a particular cartridge.
		Author Andrasko J Title Characterization of Smokeless Powder Flakes from Fired Cartridge Cases and from Discharge Patterns on Clothing Symposium, Committee on
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	Savage's New Smokeless Muzzleloader
		While fl powder or Pyrodex performs very well, as it has for many years, it cannot equal the performance of modern smokeless powder.
		No other major muzzleloader manufacturer recommends the use of smokeless powder in their rifles, in fact, they strictly warn against the use of anything but fl powder or an approved substitute.
		This powder, which has already become one of my favorite pistol powders (see Jeff's article at Hodgdon Lil' Gun Powder), turned in good velocities with each bullet tested, and the spreads and deviations were some of the best I've ever seen.
	www.gunblast.com /SavageML10.htm (2039 words)

	Press Release--Smokeless Powder Not Permitted During Black Powder Season (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Smokeless powder, designed for modern centerfire and rimfire firearms, is not the chemical or volumetric equivalent of fl powder and as such does not meet the requirements for use during the special muzzleloading deer seasons in the Commonwealth.
		Virginia muzzleloader hunters are advised that not only is the use of smokeless powder prohibited during the special muzzleloader deer season, but also the use of this nitrocellulose-based smokeless powder in any muzzleloader may result in serious injury or death to the shooter or bystanders.
		VDGIF also reminds hunters again that smokeless powder may not be used during the special muzzleloader deer seasons in Virginia.
	www.dgif.virginia.gov /newsroom/pr-100901-Powder.html (229 words)

	The contribution of trace elements from smokeless powder to post firing residues
		The smokeless powders in 22 kinds of ammunitions seized from one of the Japanese gang groups were analyzed by scanning electron microscopylenergy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM/EDX).
		One part of the burnt smokeless powder was found to contain Cu, K, Ca, Fe and S, the other part contained Cu, Fe, and zinc(Zn).
		However, this demonstrates that smokeless powder could be the source of some of the elements detected.
	journalsip.astm.org /JOURNALS/FORENSIC/PAGES/2915.htm (219 words)

	Charlestown Powder Plant Video: A WWII military ordnance plant in Southern Indiana
		A new and exciting video on the history of the Charlestown Powder Plant, in Charlestown, Indiana, is now available.
		A combined effort of the Charlestown Public Library and Natural Concepts, Inc., a local museum consulting firm, has produced a one hour documentary on the fifty-two year life of the smokeless powder manufacturing and bag loading facility, Charlestown Powder Plant: 1940-1992".
		For more than five decades the powder plant provided smokeless powder and propellant charge bags for the military.
	www.charlestownpowderplant.com (426 words)

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