thefireworks that I buy are wierd... one type has finely powdered black powder and some clay and another one has a small thing in it when I open it up... I don't know what it is

it has a casing that is 2 inches tall and it has a wall of about 3mm

it has no caps on the side and has a fuse that is about half a centimetre

the stuff that is in there is orange-red and is solid

I gave one to my friend to light and when he lit it, it made HUGE noise and a big explosion

the noise was like a gun shot

what's inside of this?

EDIT: it has a lable that says "DANGER DO NOT LIGHT. HAND TO LOCAL POLICE FOR DESTRUCTION"

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oh you mean this?


It's a warning just incase it's a dud and does not go off.

damn, Rat_Bastard... why do you always have the answer to everything? lol

do you know whats in it?

Flash powder? Gun Powder? Probably flash powder.

Well holy shit, thats got to be the funnyest thing ive ever seen, i would bet it is black powder, but only rat can know for sure.

CTR

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Originally posted by Genital-Warfare:
Well holy shit, thats got to be the funnyest thing ive ever seen, i would bet it is black powder, but only rat can know for sure.

CTR

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Nah, the black stuff below it is, but inside the arial salute is flash powder ive taken one apart.

Well my bad just a guess never taken one apart.

CTR

This is a classic Canadian airbomb. Fires shell in the air and BOOOM!!
The shell capsule is full of flash powder, thats what makes it so loud.

The warning is to ensure if by the slim chance that an airbomb shell fires out and does not go off, that a kid wont find it and try to relight it.

It makes perfect sense because the delay fuze is like 1 1/2 seconds.

The black coarse powder is the lift charge (BP).

[This message has been edited by Rat_Bastard (edited 10-14-2002).]

It's not fair that Canadians get airbombs and we can't get them here in the States...

I have seen plenty of aereal salutes at fireworks stands. Of course they are homemade, and they are illegal. They are easy to make anyways, but I would much rather it be like canada, where they are cheap and legal.

not fair? NOT FAIR?

rockets, bottle rockets, snaps, smoke bombs(WTF???), firecrackers, helicopters, bees, bloom flowers, jumping jacks, reloadable shells are all illegal in Canada!!

Not to mention we have like no novelty fireworks, such as race cars, tanks, aircraft carrier, cold war ethics ect.

We don't even fucking have morning glories, or multicolored sparkalers!


[This message has been edited by Rat_Bastard (edited 10-15-2002).]

Yes, I know we get way more stuff than you, but if you get something we should get it too since we already have everything else!

I know how u feel rat..the only fire works i can buy are sparklers (non coloured of course) and fucking party poppers.

when its canada day for me, there are booths everywhere in parking lots of plazas selling fireworks so I can buy fireworks from there


when I need BP, I go to that nice little dollar store that has a shitload of BP in their fireworks

This isn't much but I can also get those things that you throw on the ground and they snap...

1 out of 3 firework tents have M-80s every fourth of july. They are not that rare over here.

rat_basterd-the most populated areas in the US can't buy any fireworks, i.e. the big cities, even in the small city of wichita we can't get black cats, bottle rockets, m-80-even though they're fake-, artillary shells, etc. so don't act like we're all privlidged down here or something

i forgot to ad bloom flowers, roman candles, and bird bombs

h

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the noise was like a gun shot

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Hell no, did you ever shoot a gun? They are much louder than a flash powder based salute.

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It's not fair that Canadians get airbombs and we can't get them here in the States...

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Uh oh

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h Hell no, did you ever shoot a gun? They are much louder than a flash powder based salute.

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actually, yes...

I have my firearms and hunters license so ya... I do know what I am talking about

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rat_basterd-the most populated areas in the US can't buy [b]any fireworks, i.e. the big cities, even in the small city of wichita we can't get black cats, bottle rockets, m-80-even though they're fake-, artillary shells, etc. so don't act like we're all privlidged down here or something[/B]

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M-80s aren't fake. People sell fake M-80s but aren't fake. Well if they were fake, fake what? Anyways, I know what you mean. I cant buy anything, not even around July4!

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actually, yes...

I have my firearms and hunters license so ya... I do know what I am talking about

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For some reason I doubt that...

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It's not fair that Canadians get airbombs and we can't get them here in the States...

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I do get them here, from Missouri. They have just become illegal this last fourth of July, but are still readily available, because of the supply they still have. They are nearing $2 a piece. I bought a 25 shot "Thunderking" they are called here for $25 thats alot cheaper. Only $1 a shot. Thats $1 for a little bp, a tube, & a short fused m-80. That is not bad compared to the m-80's $2 tag.

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For some reason I doubt that...

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now why the motherfuck would you doubt it? why dont you think that I have my license?


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Hell no, did you ever shoot a gun? They are much louder than a flash powder based salute.

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Depends on the gun and the salute... You can easily make a salute much louder than a .22 for example.