Gunpowder problems!

[The_Punisher]

At the time the switch was made to smokeless powder, it was only slightly better. Possibly it was on par with blackpowder. However, through technology and chemistry, we have gotten so much more power out of the current powder.

I.E. Comparing the .30-06 to the .762 nato round. The .762 Nato round is a good 12 mm shorter then the .30-06, yet it barely suffers any performance loss. This is due to modern powders and mixtures.


Another thing about consistancy is the fact that we have machines making the correct proportions nowadays. Just an exhaggeration, but a guy mixing stuff by spoons is not going to hold a candle (bad pun) to a computer measuring weights out to microns.