Some black powder is still used as thepropellantin guns inspiteof the superiority of smokeless powder. Besides antique gun experts, who employ it mostly with hand-loaded shells and cartridges, hunters in South and Central America still use guns that require black powder. ...
The smokeless powder revolution All early breechloaders usedblack powderas their source of propellant energy, but in the early 1880s more powerful and cleaner-burningnitrocellulose-basedpropellants were perfected. Whereas black powder produced a large quantity of solid material upon combustion, quickly ...
Some black powder is still used as thepropellantin guns inspiteof the superiority of smokeless powder. Besides antique gun experts, who employ it mostly with hand-loaded shells and cartridges, hunters in South and Central America still use guns that require black powder. ...
This explosion then ignites the black powder or other powder charge. Some black powder is still used as the propellant in guns in spite of the superiority of smokeless powder. Besides antique gun experts, who employ it mostly with hand-loaded shells and cartridges, hunters in South and Central...
The smokeless powder revolution All early breechloaders usedblack powderas their source of propellant energy, but in the early 1880s more powerful and cleaner-burningnitrocellulose-basedpropellants were perfected. Whereas black powder produced a large quantity of solid material upon combustion, quickly ...
of smokeless powder based on nitroglycerin. Unge believed that his aerial torpedoes would be valuable as surface-to-air weapons against dirigibles. Velocity and range were increased, and about 1909 the Krupp armament firm of Germany purchased the patents and a number of rockets for further ...
The cartridge with a percussion cap, or cup, centred on the base of the cartridge—centre-fire—predominated in all larger calibres, but rimfire cartridges remain popular in small-bore, low-powered ammunition, e.g., .22 calibre. Smokeless nitrocellulose powder replaced black powder as the ...