Military Gun Powder?
02-21-2006, 04:06 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Military Gun Powder?
Ive been flipping through a couple magazines that sell bulk ammo mostly military and most of it advertises that the powder has been swaped due to some law but im curious whats the difference between military gun powder and regular gun powder??? Thanks,sean
02-22-2006, 12:34 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Military Gun Powder?
Smokeless Powder
The majority of today's small arms smokeless powders are made of either a nitrocellulose base, referred to as single base powders, and typified by the IMR powders, or of a nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine mix (usually from 3 to 39 percent), called double base powders, which include powders like Bullseye, 2400, and Hi-Vel #2. Double base powders have a higher energy potential than single base powders. Some modern powders referred to as "triple base" now incorporate an additional ingredient called nitroguanidine, but these are not in wide distribution except military powders and some commercial grade non canister powders, but they can yield a substantial increase in velocities while maintaining normal peak pressures.
The majority of today's small arms smokeless powders are made of either a nitrocellulose base, referred to as single base powders, and typified by the IMR powders, or of a nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine mix (usually from 3 to 39 percent), called double base powders, which include powders like Bullseye, 2400, and Hi-Vel #2. Double base powders have a higher energy potential than single base powders. Some modern powders referred to as "triple base" now incorporate an additional ingredient called nitroguanidine, but these are not in wide distribution except military powders and some commercial grade non canister powders, but they can yield a substantial increase in velocities while maintaining normal peak pressures.
