Cordite vs Pistol powder vs Rifle powder vs Black powder! Let's race!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Which of these powders is faster?
Spoiler alert!
First cordite test = 54 seconds
Second cordite test = 22 seconds
Unique = 17 seconds
Trailboss = 15 seconds
BLC2 = 1 minute and 30 seconds
FFG = 1 second
He Really opened the beer hahaha
Not kidding...thought I was going to be there all day.
Had to re-play the black powder one three times, it was so quick
Quite simple but very graphic & didactic comparison, though. (I've been a competitive shooter + reloader for over 30yrs). Great video. You earned a 'new/old' subscriber!!. 🏅
Crazy how they work completely different at pressure than atmospheric.
If you want to try something interesting, cut a length of sheetrock mudding tape. Crease it once or twice lengthwise to let you fold it into a tube. Lay down your powder trail, fold and tape to close the tube around the powder loosely.
Not sure how that will affect the smokeless powders but black powder will make the jump to ludicrous speed.
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Anyone else have the mission impossible tune in their head? Lol
So much better than racing insects.
Interesting. Thanks but the real performance is when under pressure. BTW Cordite has reputation for being the highest burning temp powder hence most detrimental to barrel life. Cheers
I didn’t realize how slow cordite was. Why did they stop using it anyhow?
My guess would be the newer smokeless powders were more consistent, cheaper, and likely caused less damage to the rifle.
Simplicity of manufacture was one reason. Cordite was placed in the rifle cartridge case before the case was formed at the neck.
@terry bridwell You can also fit a lot more smokeless powder into the cartridge case than you can with cordite, giving it a higher velocity, accuracy, and longer range
@@terrybridwell6000 it can also be very dangerous in closed bolt machine guns
@joecoastie : A little research shows a couple issues:
>Cordite was significantly hotter burning, negatively affecting rifle bores faster compared to cooler burning modern ball or extruded smokeless powders.
>Cordite was more sensitive to environmental temperature & humidity, as well as less consistent vs modern ball or extruded powders, ergo, affecting performance / accuracy.
>modern smokeless ball or extruded powders are easier to measure accurately + efficiently fill cartridge cases.
>If it was the opposite, probably we'd still be using cordite.
when i hear cordite I think bang crazy stuff
@mealex303 : It served its intended purposes (at least..) in two world wars weapons, though...
Hell yeah