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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 772737" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Nothin to fool with. Just tough it out and shoot less, or barter for powder/primers on here....</p><p> </p><p>I hauled dynamite and powder, nitro and fertilizer when I was younger. I used to take it to the coal mines where they did coal longwall extraction. Mixed cheap fertilizer with diesel fuel and put the paste in what looked like Vienna bread bags and stuffed those into holes drilled in the face of the wall they wanted to remove. Some mines made their own blasting caps from powder, some used electrical ignition and some just used dynamite or nitro to blow the wall. The bags are called 'wet hole bags' btw.</p><p> </p><p>Thats where the Nichols boys got the idea on how to blow up that Federal Building. Diesel fuel and fertilizer with a cap or electrical ignitor makes a big whump. So does powder and nirto and dynamite which is nothing more than nitro in a paraffin base. When dynamite sweats, the 'sweat' is pure nitroglycerine and even a fly walking on it can set it off.....</p><p> </p><p>Did that back when I was youg, dumb and full of.....</p><p> </p><p>I have lots of respect for any type of powder or primers and would never consider attempting to make it at home... Just too many things to go wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 772737, member: 39764"] Nothin to fool with. Just tough it out and shoot less, or barter for powder/primers on here.... I hauled dynamite and powder, nitro and fertilizer when I was younger. I used to take it to the coal mines where they did coal longwall extraction. Mixed cheap fertilizer with diesel fuel and put the paste in what looked like Vienna bread bags and stuffed those into holes drilled in the face of the wall they wanted to remove. Some mines made their own blasting caps from powder, some used electrical ignition and some just used dynamite or nitro to blow the wall. The bags are called 'wet hole bags' btw. Thats where the Nichols boys got the idea on how to blow up that Federal Building. Diesel fuel and fertilizer with a cap or electrical ignitor makes a big whump. So does powder and nirto and dynamite which is nothing more than nitro in a paraffin base. When dynamite sweats, the 'sweat' is pure nitroglycerine and even a fly walking on it can set it off..... Did that back when I was youg, dumb and full of..... I have lots of respect for any type of powder or primers and would never consider attempting to make it at home... Just too many things to go wrong. [/QUOTE]
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