This happened according to my dad, however I was able to find no mention of this on the internet
Just image the massive firearms arms race that would develop. You would go from smoothbore muzzleloaders to... whatever you can think of in no time, but important things like the cartridge and the primer havent been invented yet. How do you think this will change the development of small arms?
I have a bunch of different smokeless powders and a recipe to turn all of them into one big mish-mash of "mixed smokeless gunpowder". The item description makes it sound like it's a bad idea to use this to reload ammunition - "Only the truly desperate would attempt to reload with this" - but does mixed smokeless gunpowder actually have any different properties from the "proper" powder?
If I reload a rifle round with smokeless rifle powder, and reload another one with mixed smokeless powder, do the two bullets perform differently in any way?
Can't really find any info on this, but has anybody had any success or even tried using smokeless powder is a rocket fuel?
The gun shop near me sells 50 grain (3 gram) compressed smokeless powder pellets to use in muzzleloaders. They are made by Pyrodex, are .5 inches in diameter, and have a 1/8 inch core in them. That's the same amount of black powder in a A sized engine, and coincidentally they fit perfectly inside the cardboard tube for standard a,b, and c sized engines.
I tried loading a pellet into a 1/2 inch pvc pipe with a hot glue plug and a stack a washers secured with a drilled endcap for the nozzle. It worked great... as a mini pipe-bomb :/ i anticipated this and placed it in a deep hole I made with a pipe. So no harm done. I tried it again with a spent Estes engine, and it blew the clay nozzle out.
I'm guessing the smokeless just burns too fast and just develops too much pressure. It would be great to get these to work though because the cost of an engine would only be about 1/10 the normal price. Just wondering if anybody has tried this or knows of any resources I could look at. Thanks!
With a lack of sulfur production in our nation (damn Canada and its lack of sulfur), we are turning to a different style of gunpowder:
Smokeless.
As it only requires saltpeter and charcoal, we will produce smokeless gunpowder instead of black gunpowder. We managed to find a decent recipe (70.5 parts saltpeter for every 29.5 parts charcoal), and are going to make 1 ton of it every year.
The expended materials, as well as the expected product, will be the following:
| Expended Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Saltpeter | 1 ton per year (our whole production) |
| Charcoal | 590 pounds per year |
And the expected product, being produced by the various employed workers, will be:
1 ton of smokeless gunpowder, made of 1,000 pounds of 2 different standard grains (SMP, SFG20) each.
This gunpowder will be stored in a dry area in the south of Old Oswego, only to be moved when being used.
[M]: Gunpowder, right? Smokeless powder is just easier to make, right? Or am I missing something?
I want to load some of the oddball calibers some of my guns shoot, so I can have a little bit of flavor in my gun choice. 5.56 is cool I guess but .44 magnum is rad and I want more of it. To disassemble bullets it says I need a tool with bullet pulling but I don't think I've seen any tools with that trait? And then can I cast my own casings out of steel or copper? I know I need a hand press to assemble bullets at least.
My world is a weird mixture of a post apocalyptic fantasy western. Would they be able to make bullets by hand or would they have a shortage and only shoot when they have a clear kill shot?
In fallout we guns that don't cleanly burn Thier powder an have slower rounds so my question is does fallout have worse powder?
The only reason you took this job is to find out about this supposed "smokeless gunpowder". Does it come from Chinese alchemists? Does the formula itself make you insane? Does eating it with ginger and honey make you live forever? Only one way to find out.
You have your dinner and set off to the outskirts of Constantinople, determined to get your hands on some of this mysterious powder. The desert is not so bad at sunset. You arrive before midnight at a dilapidated collection of brick buildings. You pass by some patrolling dreadnoughts and make small talk. They bid "evening, citizen!" and lazily trundle off. You wait until they leave view, and walk in the back door of a warehouse. The people inside ferry you in quick. You trade some code and they shake your hand. A few sooty chemists hail you over and you give them a stack of formulae and notes. A revolutionary in overalls hands you a bag of crinkled banknotes for payment.
You stay for tea and biscuits. Actually, you stay to see the new powder for yourself. The chemists work for a few hours, complaining now and then, with small explosions interspersed. Finally, before break of dawn, a loud explosion wakes you. The chemists cough while fanning themselves, the revolutionary frowns, and the logistics officer peaks his head through a door to check. Broken beakers litter the floor, but indeed! No smoke in the air! And even more importantly, is that rolling, unbroken flask, full of smokeless powder? It is! While the officer condemns the chemists for their clumsiness, you swiftly pick it up, huff a handful of it, and wash it down your cold, honeyed tea. Well, at least you try to. You taste metal, of iron and of bronze. You taste chalk, smooth and dry. You taste... Nightsoil? You lean on the door, coughing uncontrollably. Gunpowder clouds fly everywhere.
*Suddenly, the door shakes you. "*THUMP, THUMP! Night patrol! Is everything alright?" A dreadnaught stands at the door. "Wait, is that... "sniff" sulfur? I will need you to open this door right this instant!" Oh, blasted!
He starts knocking harder, the knocks turn to punches. He's going to tear the door down!
Of course. Who else would have the need, hell, the daring for weapons like these? If these are pistols, then the British army marches with tin toys. These are cannons, mortars, the devil's choir, who lives in a cylinder, and you got two of em. Sure, you can't guarantee the quality, but they can dispatch a dozen thugs before you need to reload.
Your guns break about every regulation in existence, and you, every law for man. A gunpowder trafficker. Nitre and brimstone is silver and gold. The Queen outlawed civilians from owning, using, or, God forbid, manufacturing gunpowder, and that's where you come in. A trafficker known to all and none. You'd be wanted everywhere if not for the fact that no one has seen you before.
This isn't your average supply run. This time, your merchandise is forbidden knowledge, and your destination is a little rebel group outside Constantinople. You have for them the formula for smokeless powder, given by the Sultan himself! They say the formula was imported from China. They say the powder shoots ten times as strong as a British naval gun. They say that if you eat it with ginger and honey, you can live forever.
No matter what it does, the Ottomans decided that they'd use it in the war effort. The fate of nations rests on your shoulders right now. By your campfire, you look at an old ambrotype of yourself. The only one to make the papers, and you wonder. What are you in this mess for, anyway?
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fun fact. On earth, chinese philosophers once struggled to invent 'the elixir of life.' Their studies came away without success, but instead their workstations violently caught fire; redefining warfare from that point forward.
Given the accidental nature of this discovery, I cant help but speculate what would happen if you were to reach higher technology levels before gunpowder. Perhaps even a full industrial revolution. As sciences pick up in the wake of high productivity and chemistry is mastered, it's inevitable that some kind of gunpowder formula would be invented eventually, so I dont dare hold out for a space age without gunpowder, but still, as things like gasoline come into play, how would that affect warfare that, to this point, still revolved around pointy sticks?
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The obvious first thing to note is that siege warfare wouldnt go out of style when it did. So with steam engines, you would see larger and more elaborate castles, as engines are invented to make their construction faster and easier. Steam cranes would be right alongside trains as the icon of the era. I also feel that the advent of steam power would see weapons based on compressed air. Pneumatic springs were used from very early points in history, but with steam, you would suddenly have the energy to spend storing huge amounts of compressed air into cartridges. Pneumatic artillery would be a big deal. Not as much so as a true cannon though, and with the extra edge castles have in construction, it still wouldnt be enough to eliminate siege warfare, instead driving castles to grander proportions. Personal pneumatic weapons would still be single-shot as well, so we wouldnt get rifle equivalents quite yet.
I think this would drive an earlier development of industrial production and assembly lines too. After all, we need more cartridges for the artillery, and we cant exactly melt a block of lead over a campfire to mold our own. Aaand now we can have personal rifles, or "pneumatic crossbows." I dont know the limits of this technology, but I feel like these still wouldnt eliminate plate armor, especially since we have assembly lines and steam-hammers now, making it way cheaper. These pneumatic crossbows would really just make high-volume ranged combat accessible with little training. Now, we have industrially manufactured steel, and castles still exist. Get ready for some shiny battlements. With steam engines, we might also start seeing steam rams, or even tunneling engines. Gra
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While watching the most recent episode of Project:863, my ballistics-nerd self really came out in me. I realized that what you saw on the tape, probably was not gunfire. The reason for this being the intense flash that even a low-quality security camera could pick up. Most modern guns use smokeless powder, which means that there wouldn't be a flash. (The way a gun works is actually not explosion; it's the rapid expansion of carbon within the tiny muzzle.) We didn't see any smoke after the fact, so I have a very hard time believing that it was a gunshot. With our background knowledge of the horror of Syntec's research, it could have been any number of weapons; possibly some that we've never heard of before.
Now, I know that if there are any other ballistics nerds out there, they might mention this thing called "Tracer Rounds". These are rounds that the military will use for target practice. Why? Because, in the dark, they make a very distinct glowing line from the muzzle (or tip) of the gun, to the spot where the bullet hit.This has something to do with something in the bullet basically evaporating off as it travels through the air. This is a possibility, but these are typically "varmint rounds", meaning they are very small, and not very harmful to anything except the rats living in your crawlspace. If the murderer used these, we could expect a very small entry wound, with little-to-no exit wound. While this would be a critical case if not treated properly, I don't believe that anyone would chose a varmint-sized tracer round as their weapon of choice, whether that's for concealed carrying, or a planned murder. (Another thing I might mention is that tracer rounds are very hard to come by.)
If you're questioning the validity of this theory, just know that my dad is a professional ballistics scientist, and I took/am taking classes on ballistics. I've shot since I was four years old, and I shot competitively for five years.
Also, if you're wondering what ballistics is: it's the study/research of ammunition. We study the speed that the bullet is traveling, how much the bullet expands (or "mushrooms") upon contact, the chemical reaction involved for gunfire, and other super nerdy gun stuff.
Anyways, I hope y'all have a great day! Stay safe out there!
Abigail O'Keefe
Played around with the lore book and the memory section and wound up creating this really cool, rather well fleshed out universe to play in. I am stunned how awesome this AI is and how descriptive and detailed it can be. I've done some minor editing to make the lore a bit more coherent, but other than that the AI did most of the detailing in this. Enjoy! I'll post the scenario file in a minute in case anyone wants to play with this scenario.
Tell me about Brevasha...
The city of Brevasha was founded by humans from Earth over 500 years ago. In those days, Brevasha was little more than a small village, and had no name whatsoever. The natives of Brevasha were simple peasants and farmers. But then came the great fire of 1782. A terrible conflagration destroyed most of Brevasha, killing thousands of people and burning the town to ashes. When the smoke cleared, Brevasha stood before them like a shining beacon of hope. And so Brevasha was reborn. The new Brevasha became a center for trade and commerce, and quickly grew into one of the greatest cities in the world. Over the centuries since then, the city has grown immensely in size and population. Today, Brevasha is a thriving metropolis filled with rich merchants and nobles, as well as impoverished beggars and homeless orphans.
Tell me about the districts of Brevasha...
Districts are areas within Brevasha that are governed by their own governor or council. Each district has its own unique characteristics and personalities. While each district does share certain traits, there are differences between districts as well. Zlotopol - The central district of Brevasha, Zlotopol is where all the major landmarks are located. Zlotopol is the heart of Brevasha, and is home to many of the noble families. Zlotopol is also the place where the majority of the wealthiest residents live. Zlotopol is ruled by the Archduke Ferdinand, and he governs with an iron fist. Zlotopol is the location of the Archduke's palace, as well as the Archduke's private gardens. The main road through Zlotopol is called the Noble's Walk, and is lined with grand mansions belonging to the archdukes and their relatives. The Nobles' Walk is considered the very height of luxury and opulence, and many wealthy aristocrats travel from far away to see what lies beyond the walls of the Palais de Justice. Rikoviz - Rikoviz is the district directly west of Zlotopol. It is also known as "Little Russia", because of the large number of Russian immigrants that ha
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“So I guess that confirms it,” Derrick says as he turns to his sister. “Ya owe me five copper.”
“Like hell I do! That confirms nothing. Now help me hold mom still enough while I regrow her arm.” Jesica says as she turns to begin working on healing Tialha’s arm.
“Kid, what did you mean by what you said to that creature?” the old mercenary asks as his cuts were healed by Amedee.
“Humans are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Even we don’t know the meaning of half the shit we say,” Derrick says with a smile on his face, before he’s interrupted by Tialha squirming under his grasp. “Shit!” he cries out as he tries and fails to pin his mother’s working arm down. “Mom, stop trying to scratch it!”
“Just a little longer,” Jesica says as her mother's forearm finishes reforming and her wrist begins.
“Fuck that’s itchy,” Tialha grimaces as her left hand finishes regrowing.
“So what now?” Amedee asks.
“Unfortunately we will have to abandon the village. There are simply not enough men to help rebuild the broken section of wall, and we don’t know if or when another wave may escape the dungeon,” Maggie says as she turns to the last twelve villagers, all of whom are women or children too young or weak to be of any help fighting. “Go gather what you can carry, we will leave immediately.” Moving quickly, the villagers all depart, leaving only the siblings, Tialha, and Amedee.
“I guess this is goodbye then,” Jesica sighs, turning to Amedee.
“Wait...are you not coming with us?” she asks in return.
“No.” She looks at Derrick, who nods his head before she continues. “My brother and I have been making preparations for a while now, and although this might be a bit ahead of when we wanted to make our move, we are not completely unprepared,” Jesica says. “Make sure to take your books with you. You could use them to quickly train others.”
“Oh...okay then. Well thank you and good luck. I hope we meet again,” Amedee says, a somber expression forming on her face as she walks out.
“So where did you two think you were going exactly?” Tialha asks her children as they walk through the village.
“Three days north. I hear there’s a mercenary company up there with a very good reputation,” Derrick says as he enters the blacksmith’s shop. “I guess this all belongs to me now that I’m the only employee left alive?” He sighs, letting out a deep breath. “Welp, time to
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
They’re on standbi
So after getting my hands on the new DLC, I've been mostly enjoying the new civs, but I have a few major concerns about their balance and how overpowered/underwhelming some aspects are.
1). Javelin Riders. For the cost and population space, these units are obscene. The closest comparable units: The Ruyter and Eagle Runner Knight, don't even compare to them. For reference, a commerce age Eagle Runner Knight has about 144 HP (Javelin Riders have 210), 12 ATK (JRs have 10 and have multipliers against artillery), 6.0 speed (JRs have 6.5), and costs 75F/75G (JRs cost 65/50). At the minimum they would need to be increased to 2 population from 1, or have their stats significantly scaled down like a Ruyter, so:
180 HP, 15 melee resist, 9 Ranged ATK w/ 1.5 ROF, 5 melee ATK w/ 1.5 ROF, 6 siege, 6.75 speed.
This would still let them be spammable, but it would keep their scaling in check (for reference, I used the same scaling that a Ruyter has compared to a Dragoons with a Javelin Rider compared to a Cavalry Archer, rounding down to the nearest major HP breakpoint, but rounding up attack to compensate).
2). Hausa Maigadi. Again, these units are obscene for their population cost. While not as spammable as the Javelin Rider, the fact that they shadowtech from 270 HP, have 20 range resist, and only take up 1 pop makes them a menace lategame, especially once you send in Dane Guns (for 100 Influence and 100 Gold). For reference, an imperial carded Janissary on TAD (with non-nerfed stats) has less ranged EHP than a carded Guard Maigadi. These units desperately need to be 2 pop (and you could maybe compensate a bit for that nerf, but it's really not needed) and Dane Guns' cost split needs to be nerfed a bit as well (say 125 Influence and 75 Gold).
3). Oromo Rider. Their gimmick flat out doesn't properly work. At base, their ranged ROF is a painful 4.0, and by the time that they get close enough to a unit to get a decent ROF, they will melee instead. As a result, I think their behavior should be changed to be like the African Emirs, who will always use their ranged attack unless explicitly tasked in melee. I also feel that their DPS is a bit underwhelming for their cost, as their base melee damage is only 2 more than a Finnish Hakkapelita, but they cost over 50% more resources and take up an additional population space. And while their ranged attack has over twice the range of Hakks, it has half the base ROF (and you want to be close to maximize DPS anyways) and doesn't
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More ShootyMcShootShoot? Hell yeah!
I wake up to a ping on my phone, which is way too loud for its own good. Crawling out of bed, I open the text up, and see that Josh sent me something.
Some kind of audio recording?
…
Wait, what?
These guys missed a witness?
As I listen, I hear from some unknown voices (some randass family, it sounds like) that one of them saw a drone pick me up. It doesn’t tell much, but it does tell me that Josh is committed to getting me home.
Oh, Josh, Josh, Josh… This is so much bigger than some random greys.
Ah, well. It’s good to know my little bro is looking out for me, too.
Along with the video, Josh sent me a few texts:
{Snuck out last night, and managed to get some of the neighbors from there to talk}
{One of them didn’t tell the police so she didn’t look crazy, but she saw what took you}
{She also draws commissions on the side, so she’s currently illustrating what she saw}
The next one’s the one that woke me up;
{James? I’ve got an idea to get you back. You’re not gonna like it, but it should work}
Huh. I thought my messages were being screened?
Oh, no, wait! It’s only outgoing messages being screened.
I can’t reply to these, but Josh can send all the messages he wants.
Not huge, just a little oversight, that’s all.
(/s)
I finish listening to the recording, and put my phone away. Yeah, Josh might be trying to get me back, but I’m still stuck here in the meantime.
I check my stats real quick, and everything seems good, aside from being a bit peckish. I then fully get out of bed, and get ready for the day.
…
20 minutes later, and I’m ready to go. I‘ve thrown on some more rugged clothes this time, having decided to head up to the trainer. I then grab my O2, cycle the airlock, and head out.
Man, 3 days onboard, and I’ve already made some semblance of a schedule to follow. We’re definitely adaptable monkeys, alright.
I reach the elevator, and head up. As I do, though, I feel my left forearm… vibrate?
The implant surfaces again, and shows a video call message on the holographic this time. Whoa.
Of course, it’s Harthic who‘s calling me, so I answer.
”Hey, Harth. I see you’ve made me a walking video projector this time.”
”
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Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
I used to read about a type of tree that can grow on anything, it's results with the products being made: Planted in e-waste grows fruits that can be used as storage devices Planted in concrete results in creating the orignial specimen Here's some of the results that i made up Planted with firearms Grow fruits that contain parts of guns and sometimes ammo Gunpowder: The fruits containing Smokeless gunpowder Ammo (.556): Fruits contain 556 rounds along with the seeds of the anamoly (All specimens contain the seeds) Found as a public art, the original specimen is a concrete tree
