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To: wrench

“Bullseye, Unique, Reddot, etc.”

Safer to use than black powder. Black powder is said to go off from just screwing the cap on the pipe is a spark is generated. Her face book page says she is from Washington and has interesting friends. Wonder why she was stock piling stuff. One report said that Amazon alerted police to her because of the books she was buying some time ago but they found no issue with her.


53 posted on 10/04/2019 5:08:37 PM PDT by DOC44
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To: DOC44

The black powder will go off just from the compression of the threads. One flake is said to be enough. I’ve seen some interesting photos during Hazmat training.


54 posted on 10/04/2019 5:16:24 PM PDT by Clay Moore (“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” Voltaire.)
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To: DOC44

I have around 10 cans of powder for black powder. Only one or two are actually black powder. The rest are golden 7, pyrodex etc.

I have not fired one in twenty years. A couple of years ago I decided to go ahead try my old Thompson Center .50 cal Hawken.

When I got it out the front sight was missing. I then remember dropping it on a hardwood floor. It did not seem to be damaged but the front sight must have hit and soared to some forgotten corner.

The black powder is probably too dangerous to just keep around. I will pour it very loosely on my trash pile and watch it go whoosh


56 posted on 10/04/2019 5:18:44 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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