@drgo ...and muskets can be used with actual gunpowder, which is a lot easier to make from scratch than smokeless powder.
@pete @drgo DIY smokeless is in the works though. Twitter accounts @cathode_g and @freegunzone are experimenting with DIY berkeland-eyde reactors for the nitric acid and then making nitrocellulose. Here are the files for Cathode's reactor. https://keybase.pub/cathode/Birkeland-Eyde%20and%20nitrocellulose(WIP)/
@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo Though these days electric ignition is a potential replacement for primers:
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/remington-etronx-electrically-primed-ammunition-video/
@pete @alan8325 @drgo I'm familiar but no one is gonna integrate that into pop's AR.
Maybe for a single shot self defense handgun it'd be a good choice because some kanthal wire and a match head will do wonders for making shit easily accessed; but at that point you can just do your own primer anvil if you have the room to make your own cartridge.
@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo There's probably a way to use existing brass bullets with the primer removed. Eg with a pin that projects into the bullet, and driven with high enough voltage to generate a spark.
With a tungsten electrode from a welder no reason why it wouldn't be able to do thousands of shots.
@DickForgetsHeRunsServices @alan8325 @drgo But yeah, no way to actually do that with any existing gun without pretty big changes.
