If you subscribe to The Single Shot Exchange Magazine and had a chance to read the April issue, you’ve most likely read the article titled, Sensitivity to Black Powder to Static Discharge. If you don’t get the magazine and are interested in reading the article, you can access it by clicking on the following link or copying and pasting it into your browser: http://www.texas-mac.com/Sensitivity_of_Black_Powder_to_Static_Discharge.html
Wayne
NRA & TSRA Lifetime member. NSSF member. Author & Publisher of the Browning 1885 BPCR book. See www.texas-mac.com
I always used my plastic powder measure for BP. BP is hard to ignite after all. Static has proven to go around the coating to ground. Heat and fire is what does it.