smokeless powder
noun
: any of a class of explosive propellants that produce comparatively little smoke on explosion and consist mostly of gelatinized nitrocellulose
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By the 1920s, shotshells were predominately loaded with smokeless powder, and shooters saw the benefits of smaller gauge shotguns.
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Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
On two separate occasions last year, railroad cars carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of smokeless powder — enough propellant to collectively make at least 80 million rounds of ammunition — rumbled across the China-Russia border at the remote town of Zabaykalsk.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 23 June 2023
Nobel later invented a more powerful form of dynamite and a smokeless powder used in firearms and artillery.
—Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
The girlfriend was among the last government witnesses to testify for the prosecution, which rested its case Wednesday morning following testimony from FBI forensic examiners about materials found in Croft's home, including smokeless powder and explosive targets.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2022
About 50 cans of black or smokeless powder were found in the workspace around the pipe, according to court records.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
Once smokeless powder came on the scene, the NE cartridges all got a performance boost.
—John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 8 Mar. 2021
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Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
On two separate occasions last year, railroad cars carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of smokeless powder — enough propellant to collectively make at least 80 million rounds of ammunition — rumbled across the China-Russia border at the remote town of Zabaykalsk.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 23 June 2023
Nobel later invented a more powerful form of dynamite and a smokeless powder used in firearms and artillery.
—Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
The girlfriend was among the last government witnesses to testify for the prosecution, which rested its case Wednesday morning following testimony from FBI forensic examiners about materials found in Croft's home, including smokeless powder and explosive targets.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2022
About 50 cans of black or smokeless powder were found in the workspace around the pipe, according to court records.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
Once smokeless powder came on the scene, the NE cartridges all got a performance boost.
—John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 8 Mar. 2021
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