Thread: Proper black powder

Originally Posted by mimms

^This.
Beggar paying $90/lb for the stuff. Farm supply store, a 50# sack of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal (make or buy) probably run you less than a hundy. mill it all together 75:10:15.
In my mill 3 hours gets approx FF-FFF grade.

My last batch I used some "gourmet" braai charcoal, so now I have Gourmet Gunpowder.

You guys wanna be careful what you say online. it is illegal to manufacture powder without the proper permission slip from the gestapo. I mean from the Gummint.