Eating Gunpowder.

AL45 · July 29, 2017, 05:50 PM

I was reading the caution label on a 1 lb canister of Accurate No.9 smokeless powder and it said, "if swallowed, call medical authorities if you feel unwell." I guess if you don't feel unwell, then eat away. I don't know if this applies to all powders, so please read labels and use caution. If this post needs to be moved to the reloading section, please do so.

Ridgerunner665 · July 29, 2017, 06:00 PM

If nothing else, I'd expect a serious headache from the nitroglycerin.

#9 is a double base powder.

AL45 · July 29, 2017, 06:07 PM

With all the nitroglycerin, I wonder if it would stop a heart attack? LOL

JoeSixpack · July 29, 2017, 06:14 PM

I've heard they feed gun powder to fighting dogs, apparently makes them more aggressive,

I don't know if that was smokeless or black powder, or just a pack of lies

But I don't think I'll be taste testing it the stuff at any rate.

JWT · July 29, 2017, 07:31 PM

Can't be too careful these days with the warnings. Lawyers lurk everywhere looking for a new way to make a buck..

FrankenMauser · July 29, 2017, 09:51 PM

Acute headache.
Tachycardia.
Potential for heart attack.

g.willikers · July 29, 2017, 10:44 PM

Black powder was used for seasoning food.
Probably on old meat past its prime.
Better than starving when game was scarce.

Hawg · July 30, 2017, 08:38 AM

When I was young the old folks said if you fed a dog black powder it would make him mean.

B.L.E. · July 30, 2017, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Black powder was used for seasoning food.

The main ingredient of black powder is still used in cured meats and sausage. I remember when the McCormick spice rack in the grocery stores included saltpeter (potassium nitrate). When my grandfather made dried sausage, he would stir in a mixture of salt, saltpeter, and black pepper to the ground meat before stuffing the sausage casings.

gwpercle · July 30, 2017, 06:24 PM

I get a big kick out of some of the "warnings" printed on some products....some are so stupid I ask myself....did someone really do this and then say in court ....the instructions didn't say NOT to do it.....

The Minion car windshield sun shade, it has Minions pictured on one side , reflective silver on the other. It is NOT see through ...
Warning: do not drive with sunshade in place !

New hair electric drier- WARNINGS:
Do Not Use While Bathing.
Do Not Place In Water.
If Dryer Falls In Water, Unplug, Do Not Reach In Water.
Drier To Be Used To Dry The Hair On The Head Only....What ????

That last one is for real...I'm looking at it... I never ever even considered drying any other hair!!

Gary

Jim Watson · July 30, 2017, 06:36 PM

Chewing Cordite was a way to get out of a dirty assignment. But it does really make you sick, so it had best be a really dirty job you are dodging.

Gary L. Griffiths · July 30, 2017, 06:47 PM

...and then there's the old story about the little girl who ate gunpowder, so her hair would grow out in bangs!

FrankenMauser · July 30, 2017, 11:40 PM

gwpercle, you forgot one:
"Do not use while sleeping."

B.L.E. · July 31, 2017, 06:35 PM

TNT is a toxic explosive, female British munitions workers were given the nickname "canary girls" from the yellow skin color they got from exposure to this chemical. It also caused liver damage, skin irritation, and cataracts.

kraigwy · August 1, 2017, 07:58 AM

When I was growing up, we use to feed a bit of black powder to our hunting dogs to rid them of worms.

It work and didnt make them any more aggressive.

**Mike Irwin** · August 1, 2017, 11:32 AM

"When I was growing up, we use to feed a bit of black powder to our hunting dogs to rid them of worms.

It work and didnt make them any more aggressive."

Of course it worked. The worms would find that they finally had what they needed to load ammunition, and would end up shooting it out and killing each other.

T. O'Heir · August 2, 2017, 12:28 PM

"...Black powder was used for seasoning food..." Whoever told you that is very confused.
Saltpeter(potassium nitrate) is and always has been used as a preservative. Not as a seasoning though. Salt was mined and made via salt water evaporation for that.
"...on old meat past its prime..." That's a myth. So's the one about KNO3 being added to soldier's food to reduce their libido.
The only people in the Middle Ages who had a meat based diet were the nobility. The peasants were not permitted to hunt.

**Mike Irwin** · August 2, 2017, 01:23 PM

"The only people in the Middle Ages who had a meat based diet were the nobility. The peasants were not permitted to hunt."

Chickens, pigs, sheep, rabbits, and cows were all domesticated, and raised, for food and related products.

It's a myth that peasants didn't eat meat. Yes, their diets were primarily vegetable based, but they did eat meat.

Jim Watson · August 2, 2017, 03:43 PM

Sea stories (wet navy, wind powered) have fairly recently discovered "Banyan Days" alternate days when the crew got no meat, not even salt pork. Didn't seem to be on Horatio Hornblower's menu, but it is on Alan Lewrie's.

johnwilliamson062 · August 2, 2017, 07:49 PM

Please perma-ban Garry Griffiths for that pun.
Or elevate to admin.
I'm not really sure which is a suitable response.

I faintly remember some old codger telling me a pinch of black powder was good in a glass of whiskey. Though, this was right after he returned with the younger ones he had taken on a snipe hunt.

DaleA · August 3, 2017, 01:11 AM

I'm sure most folk are aware that alcohol 'proof' came about by mixing the suspected spirit with about an equal amount of gun powder and if it burned then it was 'proofed', that is, the alcohol content was confirmed.

Booze 'proofed' this way was about 100 proof or 50 per cent alcohol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof

Pahoo · August 3, 2017, 10:56 AM

The word; "gunpowder" is usually associated with Black-Powder. Now it can means other things. .....

I once bought a kennel from a fella who raised Dobermans. In conversation, he stated that he always adds a little BP to their food. Claimed it made them more aggressive. I asked a friend who had two Dobermans about this practice and he just smiled and said that eventually, it makes them nuts. ......

Be Safe !!!

langenc · August 5, 2017, 07:35 PM

Every time I buy some powder it makes me and my wallet feel "unwell" at 25 bucks or more /pound, locally.

OneFreeTexan · August 5, 2017, 08:36 PM

Not sure if this fits. However about 50 yrs ago I was working near Fort Leonard Wood, and visited their cafeteria often, and on all the tables there were bottles of 'Salt tablets'. What were they and what were they there for?/. I vaguely remember something about helping the recruits 'sweat' more or something...???

UncleEd · August 5, 2017, 08:43 PM

Eh, wait half an hour after consuming explosive substance before lighting
a cigarette.

July 29, 2017, 05:50 PM	#1
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 761	Eating Gunpowder. I was reading the caution label on a 1 lb canister of Accurate No.9 smokeless powder and it said, "if swallowed, call medical authorities if you feel unwell." I guess if you don't feel unwell, then eat away. I don't know if this applies to all powders, so please read labels and use caution. If this post needs to be moved to the reloading section, please do so.

July 29, 2017, 09:51 PM	#6
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Acute headache. Tachycardia. Potential for heart attack. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

July 29, 2017, 10:44 PM	#7
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Black powder was used for seasoning food. Probably on old meat past its prime. Better than starving when game was scarce. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

July 30, 2017, 06:47 PM	#12
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	...and then there's the old story about the little girl who ate gunpowder, so her hair would grow out in bangs! __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

July 30, 2017, 11:40 PM	#13
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	gwpercle, you forgot one: "Do not use while sleeping." __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

July 29, 2017, 06:00 PM	#2
Ridgerunner665 Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2007 Location: Upper East Tennessee Posts: 477	If nothing else, I'd expect a serious headache from the nitroglycerin. #9 is a double base powder.

July 29, 2017, 06:07 PM	#3
AL45 Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2012 Posts: 761	With all the nitroglycerin, I wonder if it would stop a heart attack? LOL

July 29, 2017, 06:14 PM	#4
JoeSixpack Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2017 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,048	I've heard they feed gun powder to fighting dogs, apparently makes them more aggressive, I don't know if that was smokeless or black powder, or just a pack of lies But I don't think I'll be taste testing it the stuff at any rate.

July 29, 2017, 07:31 PM	#5
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Can't be too careful these days with the warnings. Lawyers lurk everywhere looking for a new way to make a buck..

July 30, 2017, 08:38 AM	#8
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,190	When I was young the old folks said if you fed a dog black powder it would make him mean.

July 30, 2017, 06:24 PM	#10
gwpercle Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2012 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 1,752	I get a big kick out of some of the "warnings" printed on some products....some are so stupid I ask myself....did someone really do this and then say in court ....the instructions didn't say NOT to do it..... The Minion car windshield sun shade, it has Minions pictured on one side , reflective silver on the other. It is NOT see through ... Warning: do not drive with sunshade in place ! New hair electric drier- WARNINGS: Do Not Use While Bathing. Do Not Place In Water. If Dryer Falls In Water, Unplug, Do Not Reach In Water. Drier To Be Used To Dry The Hair On The Head Only....What ???? That last one is for real...I'm looking at it... I never ever even considered drying any other hair!! Gary

July 30, 2017, 06:36 PM	#11
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	Chewing Cordite was a way to get out of a dirty assignment. But it does really make you sick, so it had best be a really dirty job you are dodging.

July 31, 2017, 06:35 PM	#14
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	TNT is a toxic explosive, female British munitions workers were given the nickname "canary girls" from the yellow skin color they got from exposure to this chemical. It also caused liver damage, skin irritation, and cataracts. __________________ Hanlon's Razor "Do not invoke conspiracy as explanation when ignorance and incompetence will suffice, as conspiracy implies intelligence and organization."

August 1, 2017, 07:58 AM	#15
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	When I was growing up, we use to feed a bit of black powder to our hunting dogs to rid them of worms. It work and didnt make them any more aggressive. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071

August 1, 2017, 11:32 AM	#16
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	"When I was growing up, we use to feed a bit of black powder to our hunting dogs to rid them of worms. It work and didnt make them any more aggressive." Of course it worked. The worms would find that they finally had what they needed to load ammunition, and would end up shooting it out and killing each other. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

August 2, 2017, 12:28 PM	#17
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...Black powder was used for seasoning food..." Whoever told you that is very confused. Saltpeter(potassium nitrate) is and always has been used as a preservative. Not as a seasoning though. Salt was mined and made via salt water evaporation for that. "...on old meat past its prime..." That's a myth. So's the one about KNO3 being added to soldier's food to reduce their libido. The only people in the Middle Ages who had a meat based diet were the nobility. The peasants were not permitted to hunt. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

August 2, 2017, 01:23 PM	#18
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	"The only people in the Middle Ages who had a meat based diet were the nobility. The peasants were not permitted to hunt." Chickens, pigs, sheep, rabbits, and cows were all domesticated, and raised, for food and related products. It's a myth that peasants didn't eat meat. Yes, their diets were primarily vegetable based, but they did eat meat. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

August 2, 2017, 03:43 PM	#19
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	Sea stories (wet navy, wind powered) have fairly recently discovered "Banyan Days" alternate days when the crew got no meat, not even salt pork. Didn't seem to be on Horatio Hornblower's menu, but it is on Alan Lewrie's.

August 2, 2017, 07:49 PM	#20
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Please perma-ban Garry Griffiths for that pun. Or elevate to admin. I'm not really sure which is a suitable response. I faintly remember some old codger telling me a pinch of black powder was good in a glass of whiskey. Though, this was right after he returned with the younger ones he had taken on a snipe hunt.

August 3, 2017, 01:11 AM	#21
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,313	I'm sure most folk are aware that alcohol 'proof' came about by mixing the suspected spirit with about an equal amount of gun powder and if it burned then it was 'proofed', that is, the alcohol content was confirmed. Booze 'proofed' this way was about 100 proof or 50 per cent alcohol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof

August 3, 2017, 10:56 AM	#22
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Have heard this before The word; "gunpowder" is usually associated with Black-Powder. Now it can means other things. ..... I once bought a kennel from a fella who raised Dobermans. In conversation, he stated that he always adds a little BP to their food. Claimed it made them more aggressive. I asked a friend who had two Dobermans about this practice and he just smiled and said that eventually, it makes them nuts. ...... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

August 5, 2017, 07:35 PM	#23
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Every time I buy some powder it makes me and my wallet feel "unwell" at 25 bucks or more /pound, locally.

August 5, 2017, 08:36 PM	#24
OneFreeTexan Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: West, Texas Posts: 280	Not sure if this fits. However about 50 yrs ago I was working near Fort Leonard Wood, and visited their cafeteria often, and on all the tables there were bottles of 'Salt tablets'. What were they and what were they there for?/. I vaguely remember something about helping the recruits 'sweat' more or something...???

August 5, 2017, 08:43 PM	#25
UncleEd Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2013 Location: N. Georgia Posts: 1,150	Eh, wait half an hour after consuming explosive substance before lighting a cigarette.