(May 9, 2014 at 2:38 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: I knew some people who made it when I was a kid. Burned really hot and fizzled. Didn't really go boom. Just burned. These people sorta winged the formula and I'm sure it wasn't quite right.
You have to get the proportions correct, and follow good procedures to get it right. No, I won't be more specific than that.
It's not hard, but there are easier ways to blow your fingers off.
(May 9, 2014 at 2:38 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: Commercial black powder is readily available for firearms.
Back then, they would sell to kids or so I heard. Might be a little more stringent nowadays. One would hope.
Sale is regulated by state law. I *think* the vast majority restrict sales to minors.
