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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 00:05
AMmunition from anfo?


Please , now i try make ammunition, now I try to replace nitrocelulose by anfo, will be that can work?
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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 01:04


There's no way that will work, ANFO is not even really flammable.

Regular old black powder is the most effective, easiest and safest propellant that I know of for an amatuer to make.

Making black powder with a ball mill can be quite dangerous, I recommend milling the ingredients seperately.

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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 01:19


Ammonpulver was a AN-based propellant ─ google it?

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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 01:49
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From totse.com:
"AP was developed in the late 1880s as a replacement for black powder. It
is an intimate mixture of 85 percent ammonium nitrate and 15 percent char-
coal. ... It was extremly powerful, being on a par with double-based powders containing 30 percent nitroglycerine, and was virtually smokeless and flashless. ... when it was heated to moderate temperatures (32.1C), a change in the crystalline structure occured, causing the powder grains to crumble.
This would cause a drastic increase in the chamber pressure of guns using
this propellant, often causing burst tubes."
. Doesn't sound like DIY material to me.

the tests in tube 12 cm x 3 cm:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1bFQekXCg






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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 01:51


From totse.com:
"AP was developed in the late 1880s as a replacement for black powder. It
is an intimate mixture of 85 percent ammonium nitrate and 15 percent char-
coal. ... It was extremly powerful, being on a par with double-based powders containing 30 percent nitroglycerine, and was virtually smokeless and flashless. ... when it was heated to moderate temperatures (32.1C), a change in the crystalline structure occured, causing the powder grains to crumble.
This would cause a drastic increase in the chamber pressure of guns using
this propellant, often causing burst tubes."
. Doesn't sound like DIY material to me.

the tests in tube 12 cm x 3 cm:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1bFQekXCg

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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 03:02
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In video from link (and from text) I see very modest living conditions. I recommend start your education on classic black powder. If is you needed target shooting or hunting of meat. For this purpose is black powder best. Almost Non hygroscopic. Ammonium nitrate is very hygroscopic always. In any mix. And especially during preparation. Dr.



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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 05:31


Thank you by the help liptakov,OneEyedPyro and hissingnoise , i try black powder, yous suggest me the right ammount , i will go put 20% in the litttlo piece tube? and i have doubs about the bullet projectle?



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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 06:06


Quote: Originally posted by sclarenonz  
when it was heated to moderate temperatures (32.1C), a change in the crystalline structure occured, causing the powder grains to crumble.
This would cause a drastic increase in the chamber pressure of guns using
this propellant, often causing burst tubes


This reminds me of the recent fiasco with ammonium nitrate in airbags. It seems this problem has been around for a long time.




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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 06:45


It appears that ammonpulver will not fire in a rifle cartridge with the primer alone. A small booster charge of conventional propellant was required. Once that was sorted, it performed well.

See the sixth post on this thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?55677-Homemad...

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[*] posted on 28-9-2016 at 18:20


don't try to replace nitrocellulose by ANFO, it will blow your shit up
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