I just love the anecdotes ya'll share here. Seems to me everyone has a favorite BP story. Be it a bit of history or personal experience I'd love to hear yours. Bet everyone else wouldn't mind spending a moment or two being regaled. Me being quite new to BP, well... I wanted to make BP because I had made a golf ball mortar and then could not stop making cannons. I was making my own shot and the BP was the next obvious choice. That's how I joined this site. Listening to all of your advice and taking heed of your warnings I made my first BP. I can't tell you how satisfying it was to know I had made the cannon, the shot and the BP. The fuse was lit and I had no Idea what was about to happen. My Wife, dog and several friends were present. Suddenly a loud boom veiled in a huge cloud of smoke appeared. This was followed by a resounding smack of the shot impacting on the rock cliff some 100 yards away. I was the proud cannonman! I took a modest bow as my wife and friends were clapping at the achievement. My dog? Really did not care.