black powder explosion kills two

[telomerase]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37155705/ns/business

 

[Oyeboten]

Not Black Powder..."Black Mag"...not the same.


http://www.wmur.com/news/23556316/detail.html


http://www.gunnersden.com/blackpowder/index.htm.blackpowder-substitutes.html

 

[CoRoMo]

There's a thread going on about this here:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=523075

 

[AbitNutz]

Wow...and I thought Blackmag was hard to get before....

 

[mykeal]

Please join me in sending prayers for the lost employees and their families.

 

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

I join you Mr. Mykeal....

 

[Afy]

My prayers to the families of those involved.

 

[blackwalnut]

Mykeal has the right thought. Say prayers for those families and others involved.
God help and look out for them all.

 

[alsaqr]

What Mykeal said. Also say a prayer for those folks who lost their jobs when the plant blew up.

 

[Palehorseman]

Most of the black Mag was going to the military, they started using it to replace real BP for priming ignition in their big guns.

 

[MD3616]

I had no idea that Black Mag was being used by the DOD. I wonder if this is an internet rumor or if it is true? I wonder where or how a person could verify DOD use?

 

[alsaqr]

I had no idea that Black Mag was being used by the DOD. I wonder if this is an internet rumor or if it is true?

DOD started getting away from black powder decades ago. Black powder was formerly used in spotting charges, pyrotechnics, igniters for smokeless propellent, artillery primers, etc. Black Mag and other black powder substitutes have mostly replaced black powder for military use.

 

[MD3616]

OK, but where would a person verify the use? I hear these things but the internet is full of rumors, half truths and sometimes, outright lies. I find it wise to verify information before repeating it.

I mean no offence here but I do not know the people who make the comments nor do I know their experience so I must ask so I can verify.

WHile working with naval guns and field artillery in the past, I never saw anything used in piccalo tubes or priming charges but black powder. Main charges were often some sort of smokeless powder or other energetic material which was not black powder. But, this was a while ago and things do change. I can rule out nothing.

 

[Bluehawk]

Straight from the Goex web site:

GOEX Black Powder products are known for one-shot accuracy, optimum performance and old-fashioned dependability. That's why black powder sports shooters, fireworks and fuse makers, specialty manufacturers, the mining industry and the military load up with GOEX.

(bolt italics are mine)