On Apr 22, 11:27=A0pm, robg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Apr 22, 3:45=A0pm, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
>
> <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
> > Mike, to be clear, because POWDER's post made it seem otherwise, I did
> > not attempt to make bullseye by itself detonate -- that's a useless
> > occupation in light of the fact that it's already well-do***ented.
>
> > My experiment was to attempt to cause it to go high-order without the
us=
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> > of a high-velocity primary as the ignition source, and without the
high
> > containment one would experience in a gun's chamber.
>
> > It turned out not to be so difficult; easy enough to be worrisome, in
> > fact.
>
> Do those conditions simulate anything that might realistically be
> encountered in ordinary use?
This doesn't answer your question to Llyod bc only he knows the exact
comosition.
Pertaining to other uses of such smokeless powders,
Many people believe the VOD of DB pistol smokeless powders alone, with
high and roughly equal amounts of nitro G and nitro C (bullseye) to be
over 6000 to 6500 m/s and brisant. I didn't do any tests and don't
know how they did theirs, so don't quote me on those figures! I do
recall several accounts of rifles being blown up from small amounts of
fast pistol powder because they were trying to make whisper/subsonic
loads for 30-06 and .308 cartridges. I would never put something like
bullseye or VV320 in a high powered rifle using large rifle primers
that contain more lead styphnate. However, there are already better
explosives for anything you can get smokeless powder to do, so it will
always be primarily used in gun cartridges. Most smokeless powders are
much harder to detonate to be of much use other than a propellent.
Others may disagree and I have no problem with that. Reloaders who
don't follow proper manuals and use the wrong powder types, primer
type, and wrong amounts tend to destroy their guns.
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