This is how people get hurt or killed
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Two things to add
First, the powder didn't ignite because it wasn't in a contained space that would allow ignition. Without the pellet load and wadding, this was simply a load of powder that couldn't be ignited. You would get the same result by removing a bullet from a metallic cartridge and firing off the primer and powder.
After four decades in public education, I have to agree with MRT. You CANNOT fix stupid, no matter how hard you try.
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First, the powder didn't ignite because it wasn't in a contained space that would allow ignition. Without the pellet load and wadding, this was simply a load of powder that couldn't be ignited. You would get the same result by removing a bullet from a metallic cartridge and firing off the primer and powder.
After four decades in public education, I have to agree with MRT. You CANNOT fix stupid, no matter how hard you try.
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Nuke8401
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I grew up in the south, yes I'm a redneck. At least he wasn't hitting it with a hammer and nail. Don't ask how I know that’s bad.
You have never lived until you have used the hood of a car as a sled with 4-5 people going down a hill. Golf course hills are the best!!!! Sorry to all the golfers out there,
4x4s on golf courses in the winter do make a mess.
You didn’t really grow up as a southern boy or girl unless you have some scars to prove it.
What was the last thing the redneck said before he died?
Hey fellas, Watch This!!!!
You have never lived until you have used the hood of a car as a sled with 4-5 people going down a hill. Golf course hills are the best!!!! Sorry to all the golfers out there,
4x4s on golf courses in the winter do make a mess.
You didn’t really grow up as a southern boy or girl unless you have some scars to prove it.
What was the last thing the redneck said before he died?
Hey fellas, Watch This!!!!
SharpsDressedMan
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We used to wedge a cut off paper shotshell (pellets removed) into a lead pipe and hit the primer with a nail and hammer in the garage. Dang, would our ears ring after that! Not something you want to keep doing, though.
DeathByCactus
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Sheep thread? I think the title of this thread is a little overboard. The OP knows nothing about any safety measures taken, nor the distance of the shot fired, nor what pellet gun was used to make the shot (so it could of been from a very safe distance).
I don't see how people got hurt or killed off of this because as far as I can see, it wasn't done in an unsafe manner. It simply shows the shell being detonated in slow motion. I can see the potential for injury, but comon now.
I don't see how people got hurt or killed off of this because as far as I can see, it wasn't done in an unsafe manner. It simply shows the shell being detonated in slow motion. I can see the potential for injury, but comon now.
Nuke8401
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9mm+,
I’m from Kentucky, I live in CT now, these people sure don't know how to have fun, especially the kids. Too protected, live a little.
When I was a kid my dad would come home from work and just give me that "what have you been up too look". In recent years, he is 82, I'm 50, he told me when he was young they used to hang dynamite sticks in trees and set the off for fun, usually reserved for Halloween and the 4th of July. He also said one stick of dynamite does a number on an outhouse.
Can you imagine doin that now!!!
I’m from Kentucky, I live in CT now, these people sure don't know how to have fun, especially the kids. Too protected, live a little.
When I was a kid my dad would come home from work and just give me that "what have you been up too look". In recent years, he is 82, I'm 50, he told me when he was young they used to hang dynamite sticks in trees and set the off for fun, usually reserved for Halloween and the 4th of July. He also said one stick of dynamite does a number on an outhouse.
Can you imagine doin that now!!!
rocky branch
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Us hillbilly kids learn early about that stuff.
Those of us who survived intact think it's pretty funny to see beginners in action.
Those of us who survived intact think it's pretty funny to see beginners in action.
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Things we did as kids would now land us in Guantanamo.
A buddy of mine and I were going to go to a park to shoot grackles after school on the Friday before spring break. He had a Co2-powered bb pistol he took with him to school so he could ride my bus home and we'd go to the park. Long story short: bell rings, buddy leaps up from his desk, briefcase opens, pistol and Co2 cartridges go spinning across the floor in front of EVERYONE, no one does anything besides confiscate, buddy gets his stuff back over the summer without even a parental notification. It was 1983.
A buddy of mine and I were going to go to a park to shoot grackles after school on the Friday before spring break. He had a Co2-powered bb pistol he took with him to school so he could ride my bus home and we'd go to the park. Long story short: bell rings, buddy leaps up from his desk, briefcase opens, pistol and Co2 cartridges go spinning across the floor in front of EVERYONE, no one does anything besides confiscate, buddy gets his stuff back over the summer without even a parental notification. It was 1983.
Niel4
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Variation....
When i was a kid we used to take used CO2 catridges, cut of the nipple end (getting this right was the key) and then fill it up with about 10 packs of match heads.
If the nipple opening was the right size...u had a nice little rocket. If you got it wrong, it just spun around in a circle.
It always amazed me how match heads could work as a propellant.
When i was a kid we used to take used CO2 catridges, cut of the nipple end (getting this right was the key) and then fill it up with about 10 packs of match heads.
If the nipple opening was the right size...u had a nice little rocket. If you got it wrong, it just spun around in a circle.
It always amazed me how match heads could work as a propellant.
Nuke8401
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Central High School, downtown Louisville KY, rifle range in the basement. I was "bused" there in 1975-76 joined the NROTC and rifle team. The school kept the guns in a locker near the range. "Guns in School!!!" Oh my!!
I used to go the Beach Ben drag way and camp for the weekend during big races. It rained one year so hard some of the boys P/U trucks got completely lost in a mud hole. I saw Big Daddy Don Garlits run there. First time I heard, I mean felt, a nitro methane rig run, the experience of a lifetime.
If you have never seen/felt a Nitro car run, it should be on your "bucket list".
I did shoot out my dads garage window during the post modification testing phase of my first try at gunsmith my Daisy CO2 pistol, that crazy thing went full auto!
I used to go the Beach Ben drag way and camp for the weekend during big races. It rained one year so hard some of the boys P/U trucks got completely lost in a mud hole. I saw Big Daddy Don Garlits run there. First time I heard, I mean felt, a nitro methane rig run, the experience of a lifetime.
If you have never seen/felt a Nitro car run, it should be on your "bucket list".
I did shoot out my dads garage window during the post modification testing phase of my first try at gunsmith my Daisy CO2 pistol, that crazy thing went full auto!
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