Interesting. I've dealed with firearms before but never knew powder could look like little pellets. Maybe I'm just used to the classic black powder.
Interesting. I've dealed with firearms before but never knew powder could look like little pellets. Maybe I'm just used to the classic black powder.
Blackpowder began to be phased out in the 1860's and was replaced with gun cotton and other nitrocellulose forms of accelerant. It's called smokeless powder as when it combusts it is almost totally gas making it more effective as a propellant.
So...you've had experience with black powder firearms from the mid 1800's? I have too actually: The Winchester 1873 rifle and the Colt single-action Army revolver to name two. Here's one I had some time with below. Which firearms were you shooting in your block powder experiences?
Unless you reload your own ammunition you'd have no reason to know what powder looks like, so I'm not surprised.
I know nothing about powder, as you can imagine 🤣 Maybe I used the wrong term to describe the powder I saw (it didn't look like pellets, but more like something from a firecracker). Oldest weapon I handled was a Winchester Model 1866 from around 1872; Brazil bought some of those after the Brazil-Paraguay war, but soon discovered they were not suited for the army. Unfortunately we don't have it anymore, only a more modern version in 357 and another bolt action in regular 38 (same ammo as the 38 revolver).
I used to have a Henry lever action in .38 Special. It was ok but didn't have the range I needed so I sold it. Wasn't too bad to shoot.
They are fun! Just like those .22 LR bolt action. The 44 Winchester is quite a punch, though I've heard from more experienced guys that the 357 is better for hunting (wild boars in our case)