Originally Posted by
ReloaderEd
Gentlemen: A very dangerous hobby. The problem with BP is it burns completely because it is at its flash point. That means one oz of it will be consumed at fast as a pound or a ton of it. Static electricity can set it off quite easily. If you confine it in a storage locker that is sealed be careful you can lose your entire dwelling.
Dupont in West Virginia made alot of blasing powder and black powder for cannons and rifles. Ocee the ingrediatns were mized together, they were wet down and made into cakes which were dried usually in the sun. Then put in wooden barrel tumblers with lead balls inside to break the cakes up into granuals and sifted for size. It was still a very dangerous process. It like putting nitro on stage coaches back then not knowing it reaches a flast point at a low warm or hot outside temperatures. Be safe, think about it!!