Ebook: Loading for a 16″ Naval Gun?

(Бойд Аллен. Порох для 16 дюймовой морской пушки?)Article. Document in pdf-format. – 3 p.While many top competitive shooters trickle their stick powder charges to a kernel or two, that would be impractical when loading charges for giant naval guns. You may be surprised, but the shells fired by the U.S. Navy’s massive 14″ and 16″ naval guns were also propelled by stick-type extruded powders. You couldn’t trickle these ‘kernels’ though — a single stick or ‘grain’ can be over 2″ long.