Do modern guns still use gunpowder? Yes,modern guns do use gun powder, but smokeless powder has replaced traditional black powder. Smokeless gun powder (nitrocellulose) is a cleaner burning propellant, with a controlled burn rate, that reduces fouling. Additionally, smokeless powder produces more en...
This may seem basic to some shooters. However, the number of calls we get referring to this little misnomer may surprise you. When buying factoryammunition, referring to bullet grains has nothing to do with how much gunpowder the cartridge has. The term “grains” refers to the projectile’s...
Has any other single invention changed history quite so much as explosives? As the power behind bombs and missiles, chemical explosives have made possible most of the great wars of the last 1000 years or so, altering the course of history time and time again. Before theinvention of gunpowder,...
Gunpowder An explosive Chinese invention (Hello China).Gunpowder (huo yao) is another ancient Chinese invention. It was invented by accident.More than 1,000 years ago, people experimenting in a pharmacy made the discovery. They found that if sulphur, charcoal and potassium nitrate were mixed toge...
4. gunpowder-based weapons ( -based: 基于…的;home- based business : 基于家庭,家庭为单位的产业) 5. primitive guns: (primitive beliefs: 原始的、最初的信仰) 6. the splendid fireworks at the Beijing Olympic Games 7. wide acclaim and admiration from the audience ...