that black powder will really give the bullet a send off.I had a sassafrass stump I had been diging on for quite some time got tired of digging,went to my black powder accessories filled a baby food jar about 3/4s full put a hole in the top for a wick/fuse buried under the stump,blew that damp stump 50 feet in the air.did have cornagraphs available back then so I can not give a report on the velocity of said stump.