Posted on 03/15/2018 1:13:59 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -Punta Gorda police were called to Higher Power Outfitters at 1826 Tamiami Trail because someone found two grenades while cleaning out a nearby home.
The person who found the grenades brought them to the store for destruction, and the store owner called the police.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad said the grenades were live and were able to make the grenades safe. They will take the grenades back to their facility to destroy.
The man who found the grenades said they found them in an old chest that belonged to a family member who recently died.
I’m guessing Higher Power Outfitters is a certified bomb disposal site?
I’m trusting the fool called them first to say: “... and oh yeah. I’ll be in later with two grenades.”
Is there a “best by” date on grenades?
I’m betting WWII or Korea...................
I’m betting they’re smoke grenades.
Or CS gas grenades. They are not too hard to come by.
Were they higher power grenades than those regularly available over the internet?
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Or Incendiary grenades.........wouldn’t mind having a couple of those..................
I wouldn’t trust my life to the powder burn rate of a 60-70 yr old grenade fuse to give me 3-5 seconds before it blows.
“Best if exploded before...”
We used M26 hand grenades for fishing in Vietnam. They were referred to as “DuPont Lures.”
But looks like a gun store to me. 8>)
Thought it would be cool to light one off on our desolate country road in front of the house outside copperas cove tx. That thing was about one foot long and maybe 2 inches round, maybe less in diameter. It whistled, then went off, lighting up the night sky like an arc welder.
We spent the next week hiding in the apt, sneaking a peak out the window behind the closed blinds, just knowing the federales were soon coming for us.
Took the rest back to the range and placed them where we found them and never went back.
A former roomie had 40mm grenades. He was one blooker away from a party.
“Hey Ethel! You seen my lighter? It was right next to the paperweight. And, it’s gone too.”
Did you mean to type blooper?
People brought in deceased father’s WWII footlocker with his ammo, etc to be evaluated, possibly purchased by gun store. Found two ‘pineapple’ grenades, LIVE ones in the bottom. Probably brought home at end of war.
No terrorism, nothing unusual hear, just souvenirs that didn’t get the primers and powder pulled.
If it was like the one in WV, the previous owner was a WWII vet. The family had no idea what was in the foot locker until they opened it and somehow let two WWII Japanese grenades roll down the stairs. The explosives expert at the WV fire marshal’s office took custody of them.
You learn the most interesting things in an explosives recognition class and get to blow things up legally. The best were the Claymores which the army disavowed losing. By the time they were used for show and tell the fire marshal had removed the C4.
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