On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:08:02 -0400, DS King wrote:

It's a little counter intuitive for most people.... actually the powder doesn't
explode inside the gun barrel, it burns.

Oxidation by any other name would smell as acrid.

What's the dividing line between burning and exploding?

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