Sniper sets record

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Unless you have done a lot of testing using any accelerant, its pretty chancy for sniping. What most snipers do is test their hand loads to the maximum chamber pressure the rifle can withstand. Accelerants can very their power, not a very good idea when you are close to max pressure. Regular rds usually do not go past 80% of the capacity for that weapon. Snipers will hot load up to 95%.

I don't know that it's a good idea or not. I do know that it's done. What you describe above can happen using powder or accelerant. If you use powder with a different flash point or tolerance, the same things can happen. If you use too much, the same things can happen.

If you vary the accelerant, , you must understand what kind of reaction you will get but that's no different then understanding how hot you can load. Essentially, standard gun powder is a mixture of Potassium Nitrate, Charcoal and Sulfer. To what extent each of these is mixed is how you get hotter powder, cleaner burning powder, residue etc. There are synthetic compounds that are used now in place of the basic elements or in conjunction with the basic elements that compose gunpowder that enhance performance characteristics. This experimentation is how we came up with silicon based gunpowder, which is a great deal more flexible, more efficient then is carbon based gunpowder. It's the future. Not only do you have to be a dead eye shot, you also have to be a pretty good mathematician and a chemist.

Progress I guess.