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re gunpowder

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:08 pm
by Theresa Partington
I have and have used Gunpowder 3x - it is the only grey speckled remedy in the cupboard! I got it from Galen's pharmacy years ago.
Theresa
From: Lynn Cremona
Subject: Re: Re: Gunpowder

from an earlier discussion with Julian Winston:

When discussing pharmacy, Gunpowder is really in a unique category
because it is a single substance that is a mixture rather than a
compound. And we are talking about BLACK POWDER not modern smokeless
gunpowder.

When B&T was cleaning out in Philadelphia, I found three cans of FFFg
("3 F") black powder in their "raw material" cabinet.They didn't want
it. I took it home and shot the old cap&ball Remington with it for a season.
JW
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Most of the info comes from Clarke. He wrote a neat little book
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