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- Improvised Black Powder by the Jolly Roger
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- Black powder can be prepared in a simple, safe manner. It may be used as
- blasting or gun powder.
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- Material Required
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- Potassium Nitrate, granulated, 3 cups (3/4 liter)
- Wood charcoal, powdered, 2 cups
- Sulfur, powdered, 1/2 cup
- Alcohol, 5 pints (2-1/2 liters) (whiskey, rubbing alcohol, etc.)
- Water, 3 cups (3/4 liter)
- Heat source
- 2 buckets - each 2 gallon (7-1/2 litres) capacity, at least one of which is
- heat resistant (metal, ceramic, etc.)
- Flat window screening, at least 1 foot (30 cm) square
- Large wooden stick
- Cloth, at leat 2 feet (60 cm) square
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- Procedure:
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- 1) Place alcohol in one of the buckets.
- 2) Place potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in the heat resistant
- bucket. Add 1 cup water and mix thoroughly with wooden stick until all
- ingrediants are dissolved.
- 3) Add remaining water (2 cups) to mixture. Place bucket on heat source and
- stir until small bubbles begin to form.
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- CAUTION: DO NOT boil mixture. Be sure ALL mixture stays wet. If any is dry,
- as on sides of pan, it may ignite!
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- 4) Remove bucket from heat and pour mixture into alcohol while stirring
- vigorously.
- 5) Let alcohol mixture stand about 5 minutes. Strain mixture through cloth to
- obtain black powder. Discard liquid. Wrap cloth around black powder and
- squeeze to remove all excess liquid.
- 6) Place screening over dry bucket. Place workable amount of damp powder on
- screen and granulate by rubbing solid through screen. NOTE: If granulated
- particles appear to stick together and change shape, recombine entire batch
- of powder and repeat steps 5 & 6.
- 7) Spread granulated black powder on flat, dry surface so that layer about
- 1/2 inch (1-1/4 cm) is formed. Allow to dry. Use radiator, or direct
- sunlight. This should be dried as soon as possible, preferably in an hour.
- The longer the drying period, the less effective the black powder.
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- CAUTION: Remove from heat AS SOON AS granules are dry. Black powder isnow
- ready to use.
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