Making more ammo stuck on a low tech world.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I don't see why a skilled synthetic chemist couldn't make double base smokeless propellant with a TL8 lab.

Say rather a very precise chemical engineer who can design and build the industrial production of pure nitroglycerin in a plant that doesn't blow up too often.

This is done in our world and has been for quite a while but it's been done by the people who didn't make too many mistakes and the professional heirs of their successful techniques.

Nitrocellulose is a lot easier to make and handle even if it's a primary explosive too.