>>64416888
>An electric spark doesn't set off black powder or smokeless powder.
You can use an electric spark reliably, it just needs to be 200+ volts.
https://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/electric_ml/electricml.html

Which is funny because historically static sparks were thought to be one of the main causes of accidental ignition. It takes more energy than that unless much finer powder was able to combust with just static.