I bought some 5A blasting powder and some firecracker powder, both of which have been in storage for several years, but kept dry.
I haven’t yet tried to shoot any, but I have touched a match to a teaspoon of it. It was quite hard to ignite and I actually laid the burning match on the pile for a couple of seconds before it ignited. Once it did it burned like any other black powder. Instantaneously poof!
Hence my question. If a bare naked flame applied to the powder takes a couple of seconds to ignite it, does a percussion cap burn hotter than an ordinary kitchen match?
I haven’t yet tried to shoot any, but I have touched a match to a teaspoon of it. It was quite hard to ignite and I actually laid the burning match on the pile for a couple of seconds before it ignited. Once it did it burned like any other black powder. Instantaneously poof!
Hence my question. If a bare naked flame applied to the powder takes a couple of seconds to ignite it, does a percussion cap burn hotter than an ordinary kitchen match?