What’s that Smell? Cordite vs. Gunpowder vs. Propellant

TLDR: Avoid depicting��cordite, use gunpowder as a default, reference propellant to look like a smarty pants. When articles debunk common firearm tropes in fiction, they usually mention how the “smell of cordite” isn’t in the air after a gunfight. Cordite’s heyday as the powder that makes a gun go��bang��started in the late 1800s and ended […]