homemade gun powder

[7eleven mafia]

Disclaimer

This information is for educational use only. What you do with it is neither my concern nor my responsibility for failure to follow the instructions properly which may or may not result in burns, or any other injury sustained by following this gun powder write up.

Materials

- Mortar and Pestle (size may vary depending on how much is being made)
- squeeze bottle(filled with ethanol)
- KNO3 (Potassium Nitrate) or NaNO3 ( Sodium Nitrate)
- C (carbon a.k.a Charcoal)
- S (sulfur)
- Scale
- Paper plates
- Apron (Optional)

Background Information

Mixture exists in a 75:15:10 ratio

75% KNO3 or NaNO3 , 15% C , and 10% S

**Recommendations is use of KNO3 instead of NaNO3 due to the ability to grind the KNO3 better than the NaNO3 but however both are able to be used in the creation of the gun powder.

**It is recommend that you use an apron however it is not necessary.

Directions

1. Using the scale measure out the KNO3 or NaNO3 , C , and S so that it makes the ratio as described above.

2. Grind the KNO3 or NaNO3 put on a plate and set aside.

3. Grind the C put on a plate and set aside.

4. Grind the S put on a plate and set aside.

5. Take all the components and mix them together thoroughly and add little bits of ethanol while mixing to aide in the combination process.

6. After it has been mixed thoroughly let the mixture dry for 24 hours or longer.

7. Either ignite the mixture after it has dried or store in an airtight container as to prevent the mixture from getting any moisture.

Notes

**Warning this process is an exothermic reaction and will produce a good amount of heat it is recommend to not to be close to the reaction as it is happening**

If the gun powder does not light there are a couple of things that may have gone wrong. First off you may have added too much ethanol during the combination stage and it has not fully dried out yet. Another problem may be that your ratio is incorrect and you may have to go back and do the procedure once again.

[Th0r]

Questions - Did you produce this guide yourself?

If not, I call source.

Have you personally tried and tested this method?

[crazy white guy]

Its a very common method. My uncle taught me this same method when I was 10. I can vouch for it being 100% working but there are far better methods.

[7eleven mafia]

Questions - Did you produce this guide yourself?

If not, I call source.

Have you personally tried and tested this method?

yes I did produce this guide myself, and yes i've tried and tested the method

Its a very common method. My uncle taught me this same method when I was 10. I can vouch for it being 100% working but there are far better methods.

i realize there are better methods, I figured this was the easiest one

[crazy white guy]

i realize there are better methods, I figured this was the easiest one
Not the easiest. If you have a ball mill or rock tumbler you can simply measure out the powders then put them in the tumber in the right order. You have to know what your doing with this method because the powders can float in the air and ignite on a spark in your motor. You also have to use either lead or plastic coated media.

Shit gets simpler and simpler when you have good tools. I miss the 60,000$ lathe I got to use =( and the 30,000 upright mill. And the 1mil machine shop I got to use.

[Mr.A]

Sweet ass post! Thanks for the information, wish I would have had this back when I was into all that shit.

[-=HeX=-]

The ball milling method, followed by pressing and corning, gives the best goddamn BP ever made. Back in the day, I used to pop a pipe full of it under drystone (no mortar) walls with 20 feet blackmatch fuse, light and 'run like a nigger with your TV'. KABOOM. Rocks falling from the sky :)