Firearms History, Technology & Development

In our last post , we saw how gun cotton was accidentally discovered. As was mentioned in our previous post, some early researches were done...

In today's post, we will study one of the earliest developments in smokeless powder technology: the invention of gun cotton . In 1832,...

In the last several months, we have studied the production of various forms of black powder in depth. The next series of posts will deal wit...

In our last few posts, we saw how people would determine the quality of black powder by measuring the physical properties of the powder, suc...

In our last post , we studied one physical property (density) that was used by people to judge black powder quality. Today we will study ano...

In our last post , we looked at some of the physical properties (color, grain solidity, grain size etc.) that powder manufacturers would loo...

In the last several weeks, we have taken a detailed look at the manufacturing process for black powder. In today's post, we will look at...