All of us who live in Canada know that haloween means fireworks. Canadas haloween is like Americas July 4th, most of the kids in my high school crush up screamers with a hammer, tape them up, and they make a boom. Isn't this pretty unsafe Because you not suppose to ram, grind or crsh whistle mix? Of course I could be totally wrong and whistle mix isn't even in screamers. If you don't know, screamers are also called zingeroos,hummeroos,screechers screecheroos,piccalo petes etc. I usually have my homemade stuff for haloween though.

I know them all to well

The most common and effective mod is tape up first and pinch the tube with some pliers to break up the whistle mix.

I have seen them all: zingeroos,hummeroos,screechers screecheroos,piccalo petes etc. and I have never had any whistle mix that exploded from impact. I grind it like crazy in a mortar and pestel, and its not sensitive.

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I forgot to say, but I have noticed(and some of you may have too) a design change in a lot of whistiling fireworks.


The one on the left is the old model, and the one on the right is the new model. They put in the extra clay to thwart that common "compacted" modification, and to stop them from flying.

That's lame that they are changing them...

Whistle is definetly more sensitive than something like bp, but I wouldn't be too worried. I don't recomment using a hammer on it, like Rat said, I find pliers to be the best method. From there the chunks can be gently crushed.

Too bad we don't get fireworks in the US for Haloween!

thanks rat, what do you recommend, cut the screamers in half or just crush them and leave them that way.

Count yourselves lucky, then. In my area we don't get fireworks for spit - Everything, up to and including sparklers are illegal.

~Zero

you guys don't get fire works on halloween in the us. thats fukin halarious. the cops in my town ligalize all of them on halloween

The tnt brand of piccolo petes are completely full of whistle. So you can do the compact method or the rocketing method, if you can, try and get those.

hell i tested it i throw 40 pound slabs of cement on top of my screecheroos and have yet to have one ignite i hit them with hammers and put thme through the worst possible abuse i have never had one go off im pretty sure your safe man

Flash powder is way overrated. 7/3 uses the same oxidizer as whistle mix, and aluminum is much, much harder to ignite than sodium benzoate, so stop saying" oh yeah, I am a fucking nerd, and flash powder will go off with a small fucking bump" OHHHOUUUOOOO Im a fucking retard that doesnt know shit about flash powder and but ilike to pretend that i made flash powder becuase my name is dsithgs;jgn and i am a kewl. SHUT THE FUCK UP!

I am going to be a stand up.

still wondering, cut them then crush them or crush them as is. Where do you live zero new york?

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Originally posted by Zero the Inestimable:
Count yourselves lucky, then. In my area we don't get fireworks for spit - Everything, up to and including sparklers are illegal.

~Zero

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Same here you cant even make campfires in camp grounds.

CTR

Nick, noone has posted any flash powder stuff in here...
Are you taking any prescribed medications?

Burg, you haven't been here long enough to know what he's talking about.

Nick... wow. Theres no reason to go haywire because of whatever's on the forums. About the screamers, I would think you're safe, but as always, don't do anything that you don't really need to do because thats how accidents happen...

A note to 6C: I am STILL HERE. Just to prove you wrong, too.

I was just playing around.

What are you talking about Dave?

Sorry, I had just remembered the post where you said I'd be gone by the end of the month, and I got a bit miffed...