Originally Posted by
shell70634
uscra112, I was referring to the foreign made black powder components that would be equivalent to those items used by DOD, not sporting use. The burn rate for foreign products was extremely inconsistent. There could have been improvements in the last ten years, but I don't trust Brazilian or South African time fuze that burns at an inconsistent rate. Using US manufactured time fuze I can time a detonation at 10 minutes plus or minus 3 seconds. Can't do that with foreign stuff. Irregular physical properties of the black powder were visible.