Black Powder Formula #19 By: The Warlock Donated to..... The Lunatic Phringe BBS 312-965-3677 300/1200 Baud The following os for Informational purposes only. Black powder revolutionized the art and practice of war after it was invented by the Chinese over 1000 years ago. It remained the basic gun charge right up until World War II and it is still used in Black powder rifles, muskets, and cannons, not to mention terrorists use it in pipe bombs in the middle east! THIS FORMULA IS BASED ON UNITED STATES PATENT 2,030,096. MATERIALS NEEDED: 1.SODIUM NITRATE 1 POUND 2.SULPHUR 1 POUND 3.CHARCOAL (POWDER) 1 POUND 4.AMMONIUM NITRATE POWDER 1 POUND 5.CALCIUM CARBONATE POWDER 1/4POUND 6.UREA (TECHNICAL,POWDER) 1/4 POUND WEIGH OUT 10 GRAMS OF SULPHUR,18 GRAMS OF CHARCOAL,1 GRAMOF CALCIUM CARBONATE AND 1 GRAM OF UREA. MIX TOGETHER IN A 16 OZ. CAPPED PLASTIC BOTTLE. WEIGH OUT 10 GRAMS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE AND ADD CAUTIOUSLY,MIXING BY ROTATING UNTIL UNIFORM. THE ABOVE FORMULA WILL MAKE 100 GRAMS OF BLACK POWDER (POWDERED) IT CAN BE REFORMED INTO GRAINS BY WETTING THOROUGHLY WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER AND FORMING INTO A CAKE AND ALLOWING IT TO DRY. THE HARD CAKE IS THEN CRUSHED AND SCREENED TO PRODUCE THE PROPER SIZE GRAINS.(LARGER GRAINS GIVE A SLOWER BURNING RATE.)