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mikthestick · May 1, 2012, 01:30 PM

I assumed but don't know for sure the recipe was by weight.

So: in America you can buy all sorts of guns which by their very nature are dangerous but some forums think black powder should not be discussed. How strange.

I was not trying to encourage BP manufacture, although I have the knowledge to do this I could not recognize the separate ingredients. I was pointing out French powder supplied to America (along with muskets) was superior to British BP and why.

I believe America was provoked into the war of Independence, it was a war America could easily have lost. I know America produced versions of the French and British muskets and wondered what mixture their powder was.

May 1, 2012, 01:30 PM	#8
mikthestick Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2012 Location: Devon England Posts: 177	I assumed but don't know for sure the recipe was by weight. So: in America you can buy all sorts of guns which by their very nature are dangerous but some forums think black powder should not be discussed. How strange. I was not trying to encourage BP manufacture, although I have the knowledge to do this I could not recognize the separate ingredients. I was pointing out French powder supplied to America (along with muskets) was superior to British BP and why. I believe America was provoked into the war of Independence, it was a war America could easily have lost. I know America produced versions of the French and British muskets and wondered what mixture their powder was.