i was able to get my hands on one pound of Black Mag III and it is a really fine powder. Problem is you could not get the stuff. MDM quit making Black Mag III altogether and concentrated on manufacturing Black Dot for Alliant. Then the plant blew up killing two workers.

OSHA fined MDM 1.2 million dollars and gave 54 safety violations. It appears that MDM will not be making powder any time soon; perhaps never. Alliant may have found another company to manufacture their new BP substitute.

Just browsed the OSHA writeup. i've been involved with explosive ordnance disposal, ammunition storage and ammunition safety for going on 50 years. Have read dozens of OSHA citations and accident reports. Never saw anything like this one at MDM. MDM failed to clean up their act after a previous accident killed one worker.


To save time scroll down to Willful violations:

http://www.osha.gov/dep/citations/blackmag.pdf