Why gunpowder is used in bullets?

They contain their own oxygen source, meaning gunpowder can burn in nearly any kind of conditions, hard vacuum, underwater (if cartridge itself is waterproof, in extreme cold in extreme hot. Gunpowders also have special burn characteristics, they tend to burn extremely fast, but not too fast like high explosives.

Does gunpowder go in the gun?

To load the cannon, you pour in gunpowder (a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and potassium nitrate), and then drop in a cannonball. The gunpowder and cannonball sit in the breech, the rear part of the bore (the open space in the cannon).

What is a bullet made of?

Most pistol bullets are made of a lead-antimony alloy encased in a soft brass or copper-plated soft steel jacket. In rifle and machine-gun bullets, a soft core of lead is encased in a harder jacket of steel or cupronickel. Armour-piercing bullets have a hardened-steel inner core.

How much gun powder is in a bullet?

Depends on the bullet. A 9mm Luger with a 124 grain bullet would typically use around 5 to 6 grains of a moderately fast pistol powder. A pound of powder costs about $25.00 and contains 7000 grains. So, one could expect to get about 1300 rounds out of a pound of powder.

What powder is used in bullets?

Modern ammunition uses a smokeless gun powder as the propellant. Traditional gun powder is a mixture of charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate. However, smokeless powder uses nitrocellulose as the main ingredient.

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