[GeoStL] Re: [GeoStL]Now: gunpowder, was: Our world has gone crazy!!!!!

  • From: "Greg & Bobbi Crouch" <mocrouchs@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:44:15 -0500

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Well, I never played with big time explosives but my kids do enjoy watching
me blow a soda can about 75-100 feet in the air using just a fire cracker,
water, and another can. Really amazes small kids and it's "legal". Did I
mention really cheap. I uesed to make mini explosives using glass test tubes
filled with matches pointed down and sealed it then placed it over a burner
and got away quick. It would blow glass all over the place when the matches
lit.
HereFishyFishy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dru C Reeves" <drur@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:57 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: [GeoStL]Now: gunpowder, was: Our world has gone
crazy!!!!!


> -
> I remember when I fired a 155mm Howitzer. It makes a really big BOOM!
Those
> nuclear rounds fired from the 155 have a nice pretty mushroom that really
> makes it worthwhile. :)
>
> Dru
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Everman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:48 AM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: [GeoStL]Now: gunpowder, was: Our world has gone
> crazy!!!!!
>
> -
> GC-RGS wrote:
> >
> > -
> > Jim,
> >
> > I used to buy all my gunpowder supplies (sulpher and saltpeter) at Old
> > Orchard pharmacy in Webster. We learned that adding powdered aluminum
> along
> > with the charcoal make it burn much brighter and worked great in our
> little
> > pipe and carbide cannons. This was in the early 50's before drugs so
it's
> > all we had to keep busy.
> >
> > Rich
>
>  I built a cannon using two sizes of plain water pipe sweated
> together. I tried just one first and it didn't burst, so I used two.
> :-)
>
>  My dad reluctantly agreed to let me fire it - we lived far out in the
> Ohio country - as long as I used ONLY my home made black powder. He
> knew I could make gun cotton and that was specifically forbidden for
> use in the cannon. We had a blast with it. hahahahaha
>
>  Anyway, at some point I worked out a way to make black powder in
> granules that did not need to be tamped to the exact consistency to
> burn properly. I loaded the cannon with it and proceeded to remove the
> breech plug (regular plug in small pipe, cap on large pipe, gap filled
> with sand).
>
>  To my relief, I had lit the fuse, sighted the cannon and then for
> whatever reason, decided to step off to the side. Usually I just fired
> it with the touchhole. One of my smarter moves...
>
>  Geo Jim
>
> -- 
>    Jim Everman       mailto:everman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>                      http://webusers.Anet-STL.com/~everman/
>
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