[alexander_busek]

My brother and I used to buy potassium nitrate and sulphur at the local TG&Y. Dad had charcoal at home. Boy those were good times

Would you have killed the Gorn captain?

Regards,

[NWFree]

It worked great when packed into a film canister.

[catnipman]

“My brother and I used to buy potassium nitrate and sulphur at the local TG&Y. Dad had charcoal at home. Boy those were good times”

indeed ... the trick to making good homemade black powder was to grind the mix as fine as possible ... i even built a homemade grinder with two steel rollers powered by an electric motor ... good times indeed!