Although it's getting hard to find, if you have some Potassium Chlorate, sulfur, powdered glass and aluminum powder, you can replicate the primer formula used by our military, right up to the Korean War. Never make more than about ten grams. This is a shock sensitive composition, which should be mixed with a feather. 50-25-25. With a little glass powder to improve ignition. Numbers are by weight. There are videos on Youtube that show you how to make potassium chlorate using household bleach. I know nothing about such things, and I take no responsibility for any missing body parts.

Although it's getting hard to find, if you have some Potassium Chlorate, sulfur, powdered glass and aluminum powder, you can replicate the primer formula used by our military, right up to the Korean War. Never make more than about ten grams. This is a shock sensitive composition, which should be mixed with a feather. 50-25-25. With a little glass powder to improve ignition. Numbers are by weight. There are videos on Youtube that show you how to make potassium chlorate using household bleach.