An alternative would be standing near any Mosin Nagant 91/44 carbine (with bayonet extended, of course) as it was firing. How about 6 feet of muzzle flash!
My Ruger Old Army would be fun too with 35 grains of black powder under a 240 grain bullet. Huge BOOM! and muzzle flash, plus a big cloud of smoke.
LOL, The poor guy and his girl would be deaf and flash-blind for a week! Everytime they closed their eyes would be this after-image of the muzzle blast floating in their vision. I know this because I own one.
CC