Comments on: Loading for a 16″ Naval Gun? Try these Really Big Powder Sticks… https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/ from AccurateShooter.com Fri, 22 May 2026 11:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Michael Pickle https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-61651 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 03:20:09 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-61651 Gary Jordan 18-18.5 tons per square inch as per NavWeaps website.

]]> By: Gary Jordan https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-60872 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:08:21 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-60872 Hi Boyd,
any idea what the chamber/barrel pressure was on the 14/16″ guns ?
Gary

]]> By: Richard Wagner https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-45286 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:23:56 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-45286 Powder bags for the 16 inch guns were not made of cotton as it produces glowing embers.

Powder bags were, pre-WW2 made of silk but shalloon a woolen fabric was later found suitable as a substitute. Animal based fabrics are normally not fire supporting thus fire the preference for silk, wool, and leather for those exposed to glowing embers.

]]> By: Outrider27 https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-43100 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:39:19 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-43100 That brings back memories. Early in my Navy career I had a marvelous instructor, Senior Chief Bowling, for a course called “Gunnery and Fire Control”. Chief Bowling (because some of the IOWA Class battle wagons were being re-commissioned for service in Vietnam)led us through the care and feeding of the 16″ Naval Rifles in great detail, including adjusting velocity (and hence range) by varying the number of bags in the charge. The max charge, if memory serves, was 6 bags. For reference, the average 16″ projectile (they varied somewhat, depending on purpose) was about 6 feet long and weighed a ton, +/- 200 pounds, again depending on purpose.

]]> By: Tom Alves https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-43098 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:20:51 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-43098 One of the other things made at the powder plant at Jeffersonville,IN was cotton bags to contain specific amounts of propellant. The powder was loaded into the 16in gun behind the projectile of choice and the number of bags used, like the number of grains used in a cartridge case, determined the velocity of the round. A 16in round has been described as being about the size of a VW Bug

]]> By: NMM1AFan https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/09/loading-for-a-16-naval-gun-try-these-really-big-powder-sticks/comment-page-1/#comment-43097 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:45:11 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=53607#comment-43097 What’s that make it, IMR 10,000?

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