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Black powder was the first explosive ever invented, and was the primary propellant used firearms around the world for many centuries. However, in modern times, smokeless powder has largely replaced black powder as the most common firearm propellant.
The C was to indicate the powder burned "cooler" than traditional Improved Military Rifle (IMR) powders. [4] In 1949, he began acquisition of powder salvaged from disassembled Oerlikon 20mm cannon cartridges. This powder resembled IMR 4350 in appearance, and with a slower burning rate, was initially marketed as "4350 Data", and later as 4831. [5]
Gopher Ordnance Works was a smokeless powder production plant near Coates and Rosemount, Minnesota, United States. It was first opened in 1943. The plant was closed soon after the end of World War II. [1] [2] There are some remains still at the original site which is visible from U.S. Route 52 and County Road 46. chimneys at night
Powder Type Powder Charge Compression Drop Tube Filler Fiber Wad(s) 250 grains 0.452 PRS BigLube Goex FFFg 48 grains 0.300" No 7 grains 2 x 0.030" 200 grains 0.452 J/P BigLube Goex FFFg 52 grains 0.125" No None 0.030" 150 grains 0.452 EPP BigLube Goex FFFg 55 grains 0.125" No None 0.030" 150 grains 0.452 EPP BigLube Goex FFFg 60 grains 0.200" 24"
During the summer of 1941, the government began buying approximately 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of land for the facility. Concurrently, the duPont Company began designing the plant to produce smokeless powder. Although the project, now designated as the Oklahoma Ordnance Works (OOW), was originally estimated to cost $32 million, by September 1941 ...
Following a considerable amount of environmental remediation of the facility by the U.S. Army and the Atlas Powder Company, 205 acres (83 ha) of the former ordnance works were transferred to the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1955 for construction of the Weldon Spring Uranium Feed Materials Plant, now referred to as the Weldon Spring Chemical Plant. [2]
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The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant was a smokeless powder and propellant manufacturing facility in De Soto within Johnson County, Kansas. Constructed after the attack on Pearl Harbor pushed the United States into World War II , it was the largest ammunition plant in the world during operation.