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Why are triple base propellants not used in firearms?
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[QUOTE="donmei, post: 6096346, member: 654340"] Could triple based have slower burn characteristics? The smaller a round it, generally the shorter its optimal barrel length, the faster powder it needs. The goal is to use only as fast a powder as is necessary to have nearly all the powder burn in the barrel. A 9mm round uses faster powder than a .44 magnum round. A rifle round, any rifle round (assault rifles use a round that is no different from any other rifle round) uses slower powder than most pistol rounds. And it follows that big guns in tanks and naval vessels would use even slower powder than small arms. So?? Is it simply that triple based powders burn slower? [/QUOTE]
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