Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Testing three different carbon sources, willow charcoal, activated charcoal, and graphite for use in black powder.
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I've always been curious to see if graphite would make a usable black powder, and I always heard that activated charcoal made for crappy black powder. I wanted to test both those and compare them to the golden standard of willow charcoal.