I've made some bp, starting when I read Locusts on the Horizon (
http://locustsonthehorizon.info/), as a Kindle ebook. They recommended brushippie's videos, and this got me started. I ended up doing my own writeup in a 6,000+ word essay for SurvivalBlog.com, which was published over four days.
https://survivalblog.com/2019/10/08/
https://survivalblog.com/2019/10/09/
https://survivalblog.com/2019/10/10/
https://survivalblog.com/2019/10/11/
I continue to learn, and I'm planning on changing to the pressed, "puck" method for corning the powder. One person published a YouTube video showing how he'd take the newly-pressed, damp puck and press that through a screen with a mushroom-shaped piece of hardwood. I like that idea, as it avoids grinding dry powder!
Since posting the essay, I've considered myself a "gunpowder evangelist," telling others about making powder, caps, lube and bullets and effectively making black powder shooting the one type that can be independent of the regular ammo supply chain. If you look up gunpowder at wikipedia, they even give recipes used by the British for
sulfur-free gunpowder (KNO3 and charcoal only!). It could be hard to get sulfur in a pinch, but you can make potassium nitrate and charcoal! ¡Sí, se puede!
This is a pic I've posted before. I'm shooting an Uberti Remington New Model Army, with homemade powder, homemade cap (just one chamber loaded), homemade lube, and a bullet I cast. Even my crummy homemade first attempt at powder seems pretty energetic!
Respectfully,
Dirty Bob