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Indiana Army Ammunition Plant. Coordinates: 38.382103°N 85.687008°W. One of the abandoned power plants. Main Laboratory, building 706–1. Disused rail cars line a track built in 1975 for the new smokeless powder manufacturing facility that was completed in 1979. The new plant was never fully utilized and was demolished in 2008.
A black powder substitute is a replacement for black powder (gunpowder), primarily used in muzzleloading firearms. Substitutes may have slightly different properties from gunpowder such as: reduced sensitivity as an explosive, increased efficiency as a propellant powder, different density, and/or reduced ignition efficiency.
C. Colt 1851 Navy Revolver. Colt Army Model 1860. Colt Dragoon Revolver. Colt M1861 Navy. Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver. Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top. Colt Paterson. Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers.
Cordite. Cordite is a family of smokeless propellants developed and produced in Britain since 1889 to replace black powder as a military firearm propellant. Like modern gunpowder, cordite is classified as a low explosive because of its slow burning rates and consequently low brisance [not verified in body].
Colt, New York City. The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker .
June 21, 2024 at 5:48 PM. INDIANAPOLIS — A mother is facing a criminal charge months after her 2-year-old son fatally shot himself on the city's east side. Tiara Reeves, 42, is charged with ...
The .500 BPE was considered a good cartridge for medium-sized non dangerous game [3] and can still be used for such. The .500 BPE was never highly regarded for hunting in Africa, [1] yet it was a popular cartridge in India, considered a good general purpose rifle cartridge popular for hunting tigers. [4]
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon ), and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer.