Burning Smokeless Powder

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Hey reloaders,

Decided to try to be a little educational with some scrap powder. This is the leftovers from two of my containers, IMR 4350 and IMR 7828. I didn't weigh it or anything... I kinda wish I did. Or to do it with a regular load...

Take it for what it's worth.

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And that would be why it's considered safe for transport without hazmat procedures. And why proper black powder isn't.

I've seen that same thing with a big shovel full of unburnt powder on an indoor range that we swept up at the end of the night. I was WAY back as they set it alight. They laughed at me.
 
Here is a video i made igniting pistol powder, black powder then rifle powder using 10k volts. even though it's a very small amount you can still see the different burn rates for each type.

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Bonus points for guessing the show playing in the background.
 
Don gk said:
Be sure to stand back a bit if you do that demo with black powder!
Standing over BP and lighting it would eliminate the need to shave for a day or so.
Don
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Safety first!

What that video didn't show was that I progressively worked up to a large amount.
 
If you decide to try black powder don't go by the Bugs bunny cartoons where they make a trail of powder like a fuse. My buddy had about 2lbs of Goex to get rid of, one night on the beach for the amusement of all he poured 1 1/2 pounds in a large pile on some newspaper then made a trail of powder about 5' long. He took a 5' long stick lit on fire and touched the powder trial and woosh the trail the powder everything went up in milliseconds, the cloud of smoke was enormous for a brief moment I was sure he was vaporized. Buddy came through alright the hair one arm was a little singed we had a lot more respect for BP after that and less faith in Bugs bunny.
 
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