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Posted on 08/30/2016 4:57:36 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- In an Explosives Industry Newsletter issued in June 2016, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) reclassified wetted nitrocellulose containing greater than 12.6 percent nitrogen as a high explosive under the federal explosives laws.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
BS.
Gun cotton, right?
Another stroke of the pen infringement on the Second Amendment.
It's been known since the 1860s to be highly flammable. Did not know it's explosive. My understanding was that it deflagrates but does not detonate.
Maybe powderized nitrocellulose, somewhat like a dust explosion.
“Was not considered an explosive yesterday, but is today.”
Hmmm... curious and curiouser.
>My understanding was that it deflagrates but does not detonate.
In normal use, yes. This government is going to be the death of many.
An agency that actively assisted mass-murder by Mexican NarcoTerrorists:
WHY ARE WE GIVING THEM MORE POWER..?
NO ONE at ATF has been punished.
Ping
Cornstarch is still legal today. Tomorrow? Who knows?
Poof, there goes another Right.
“My understanding was that it deflagrates but does not detonate. “
ATF declared flash powder to be a high explosive (it’s not) and later declared sugar-potassium nitrate amateur rocket fuel an explosive. It’s not.
They can declare anything they want.
This is going to really change the commercial ammo scene! The other shoe will be double base powder.
Regulations are laws in the new world order.
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Smokeless powder is not an explosive. This is all about restricting access.
correct. Smokeless powder is a PROPELLANT not an explosive.
I couldn't tell from the article if smokeless powders were also wetted for safer shipping and storage in bulk quantities.
Smokeless Powder is absolutely an Explosive.
It is only classified as a propellant, but will detonate with a powerful enough detonator.
Bullseye, a double base powder, contains approx. 60% nitrocellulose and 40%NITROGLYCERINE.
So don't fool yourself into thinking that smokeless powders cannot detonate.
Even single base powders, containing no nitroglycerine, can detonate.
“Guncotton containing more than 13% nitrogen (sometimes called insoluble nitrocellulose) was prepared by prolonged exposure to hot, concentrated acids[11] for limited use as a blasting explosive or for warheads of underwater weapons such as naval mines and torpedoes.[10] Safe and sustained production of guncotton began at the Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills in the 1860s, and the material rapidly became the dominant explosive, becoming the standard for military warheads, although it remained too potent to be used as a propellant.”
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In a confined space.
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