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To: SeeSac

Primer dusting can cause an explosion, for those not familiar its when a lot of shaking of open exposed primers shakes loose minute particles of the mercury of fulminate.

Get enough of this powder and some static electricity and it will flash, as a reloader I have seen accumulated material collect on my case primer installation tools.

Quite frankly with enough primer dust, a modified vacuum type thermos bottle and even hairspray a crude IED can be built. I can see using a an emergency glass breaker tool or a spring loaded center punch as a detonator.


76 posted on 12/28/2010 5:18:26 PM PST by Eye of Unk (If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
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To: Eye of Unk
I won a steak dinner when I bet the
Washington sniper name be Mohammad. Maybe I should bet on the Hairspray-Primer Bomber.
I tried one time to Load .45 Lead ball over Primers in a .45 caliber Revolver for an indoor round. Did not work as it would barely make it out the end of the barrel.
79 posted on 12/28/2010 5:47:31 PM PST by barb-tex (What else did you expect from the likes of 0? BTW, What ever happened to Rhodesia?, Oh, yes, Zimbabw)
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