[ThunderSleeps]

My friend and I used ground up Estes rocket motors, copper tubing, and spent CO2 cartridges as projectiles. It’s a wonder we didn’t lose any body parts.

[farming pharmer]

My friend and I used ground up Estes rocket motors...

And the smell of victory that went with it. I've still got a few in the garage. Maybe I'll grind one up, light it off and travel back to my mis-spent youth!

[Lurker]

“My friend and I used ground up Estes rocket motors,“

I can’t remember the exact model of the Estes rocket but there was one that had a section for a small payload. If one were to drill a small hole in the bottom of that section, insert some cannon fuse, seal it with canning wax, fill the payload section with black powder, run the cannon fuse back to the motor, and launch it hilarity ensued.

We had to work on our math a bit to get things just right.

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[antidisestablishment]

We filled C02 containers with black powder, glued lawn dart fins on the round end, and capped them with primers. They made great little grenades, but you had to throw them well to ensure you were out of the shrapnel zone. Stupid kid stuff—but at least we never tried to hurt anyone on purpose.

[GingisK]

I still have CO2 cartridge bits and lead in my face. That really hurt, but didn’t slow us down that much. My mother often said, “God watches over children and fools”.