Sooner or later there is gonna be a Tylenol incident(s) with ammo, someone substituting high explosive for double based powder in rounds. What would a pistol round packed with plastic explosive do when fired? It would not be pretty and there will be radicals against guns and they are at war, like many gun owners. There are other easier to make explosive options than C4, just a fast detonation time is required. So some guns could blow up in the future.
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Answer (1 of 9): The short answer is no. Gun powder burns instead of explodes, unless it is confined (like in bullet casing) or aerosolized. While gun powder does explode when confined, it explodes at a much slower rate than TNT and even slower than C4. This matters in that there is resistance in...
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