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  2. Smokeless powder - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless powder is a type of propellant used in firearms and artillery that produces less smoke and less fouling when fired compared ... which introduced new weapons ...

  3. Poudre B - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1890s, safer smokeless powders had been developed, including improved and stabilized versions of "Poudre B" (e.g. Poudres BN3F and BPF1), and ballistite and cordite from the late 1880s. The guncotton problem is not completely solved even today, as an occasional batch of smokeless powder will still deteriorate, although this is ...

  4. Timeline of the gunpowder age - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the history of gunpowder and related topics such as weapons, warfare, and industrial applications. The timeline covers the history of gunpowder from the first hints of its origin as a Taoist alchemical product in China until its replacement by smokeless powder in the late 19th century (from 1884 to the present day).

  5. History of gunpowder - Wikipedia

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    Earliest known written formula for gunpowder, from the Wujing Zongyao of 1044 AD.. Gunpowder is the first explosive to have been developed. Popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China, it was invented during the late Tang dynasty (9th century) while the earliest recorded chemical formula for gunpowder dates to the Song dynasty (11th century).

  6. IMR Legendary Powders - Wikipedia

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    An IMR smokeless powder for reloading The Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Delaware. IMR Legendary Powders is a line of smokeless powders which are popularly used in sporting and military/police firearm cartridges. The initials 'IMR' stand for Improved Military Rifle powder. IMR powders makes a line of various types of smokeless powder suitable for ...

  7. Laflin & Rand Powder Company - Wikipedia

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    Laflin & Rand's Passaic Powder Mills in Passaic County, New Jersey. Laflin & Rand Powder Company was a gunpowder and early smokeless powder manufacturer notable for producing the smokeless powder used by United States Army infantry rifles from 1896 to 1908, which included the period of development of the M1903 Springfield rifle and .30-06 Springfield cartridge.

  8. Lebel Model 1886 rifle - Wikipedia

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    As early as 1888, the German Army's Rifle Testing Commission had introduced in response a completely new turnbolt magazine rifle with a spring-loaded box magazine: the Gewehr 88 "commission" rifle. Above all else, it had been designed around the first ever rimless military cartridge using the new smokeless powder ammunition: the Patrone 88 ...

  9. 8×50mmR Lebel - Wikipedia

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    The 8×50mmR Lebel (8mm Lebel) (designated as the 8 × 51 R Lebel by the C.I.P. [3]) rifle cartridge was the first smokeless powder cartridge to be made and adopted by any country. It was introduced by France in 1886.