Early Borchardt rounds-powder?

TennBill2 · 05-27-2011, 01:40 PM

I was noticing in ( a copy) of the original DWM Borchardt manual, in English, it referred to the test as being: "proved with a charge of 5,6 gramms of Black Powder". The normal cartridge is listed as being ",45 gramms", which I calculate to be about 34 grains, which seems possible for the cartridge size. The question really is what kind of powder did they use originally? Seems, about that time/era, there was 'Poudre B' (blanche) known as Pyrocellulose, and 'Poudre Noire' which I guess could be translated as 'Black Powder'. This apparently followed by Cordite. Would the early Borchardt cartridges have been loaded with what we call Black Powder?

05-27-2011, 01:40 PM	#1
TennBill2 RIP Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 101 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 6 Posts	Early Borchardt rounds-powder? I was noticing in ( a copy) of the original DWM Borchardt manual, in English, it referred to the test as being: "proved with a charge of 5,6 gramms of Black Powder". The normal cartridge is listed as being ",45 gramms", which I calculate to be about 34 grains, which seems possible for the cartridge size. The question really is what kind of powder did they use originally? Seems, about that time/era, there was 'Poudre B' (blanche) known as Pyrocellulose, and 'Poudre Noire' which I guess could be translated as 'Black Powder'. This apparently followed by Cordite. Would the early Borchardt cartridges have been loaded with what we call Black Powder?

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