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I think the best book on making black powder.
The author maintains that modern commercial black powders are all crafted for military purposes and therefore far less desirable than typical late 1800's black powder for small arms shooting purposes. All major militaries buy tons of black powder every year. But not for loading their guns.
You can read the first few pages on Amazon Look Inside: anyone can make black powder that has more power, less messy residue, and less hygroscopic. None of which particularly matters much to the military.
Like Fire and Powder: Black Powder for the Modern Shooter
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The Destroying Angel: The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon
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Off topic: One of two autobiographies by Detective Jerome Caminada the Victorian Scotland Yard detective believed by some to be the source of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
The author maintains that modern commercial black powders are all crafted for military purposes and therefore far less desirable than typical late 1800's black powder for small arms shooting purposes. All major militaries buy tons of black powder every year. But not for loading their guns.
You can read the first few pages on Amazon Look Inside: anyone can make black powder that has more power, less messy residue, and less hygroscopic. None of which particularly matters much to the military.
Like Fire and Powder: Black Powder for the Modern Shooter
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The Destroying Angel: The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon
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Off topic: One of two autobiographies by Detective Jerome Caminada the Victorian Scotland Yard detective believed by some to be the source of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
luckily my rifles are flintlocks, so I can make that powder.
Bob B. 
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