Daily Bulletin » Pyrotechnic https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com from AccurateShooter.com Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 Origins of Pyrodex Black Powder Substitute https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/11/origins-of-pyrodex-black-powder-substitute/ https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/11/origins-of-pyrodex-black-powder-substitute/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:15:35 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=43496 Pyrodex certainly sounds cool, but does anyone know where the name came from? In 1972, chemist Dan Pawlak developed a mixture that performed like black powder but was much safer to handle. This black powder substitute was able to win a Flammable Solid designation from the Department of Transportation, which meant it could be shipped like regular smokeless powder.

Dan called this mixture a pyrotechnic deflagrating explosive…or Pyrodex for short.

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