asking myself for years what the use to make blackpowder pellets, think he is having the answer.

here he shows how the pellet is made while mixing blackpowder with nitro cellulose - the Bartolow method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z6HYNZCNUY

and here he make the pellet mixing blackpowder with dextrin and water- the Hazard method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvQqLXU_kNk

by any means the better way to glue blackpowder together

its interesting that you can paint the powder pellet with nitro cellulose and making the powder pellet more resist and water proof and it can be primed in a muzzle loader without a problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVTvuUZ2TWc