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Smokeless Powder. Share full article. April 8, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 8, 1900, Page 29 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.
The first smokeless powder rifle was the famous French Lebel 1886, which used a revolutionary new type of propellant, the nitrocellulose “Poudre B,” and nearly doubled the velocity and power ...
This article was originally published with the title “ The Safety of Smokeless Powders ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 106 No. 16 (April 1912), p. 358 doi:10.1038 ...
The California Powder Works was also the first company on the Pacific Coast to produce nitro-cotton smokeless powder for cannons and supplied the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War. The ...
In the spirit of rivalry, the other big lever gun company in the U.S. at the time, Marlin, chambered its Model 1893 rifle for the cartridge, but that company called it “.30-30” or “.30-30 Smokeless” ...
The retail selection of smokeless powder is small and prices are very high. Popular powders for rifle, handgun and shotgun cost nearly $70 per pound. Conversely, ...