On Apr 6, 10:16=A0am, LadyKate <ladyk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 6, 12:52=A0am, frontier_market...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > What happened is as if you put pyrodex in a 45-70 government and
> > packed the bullet and powder too tight, might destroy your gun. The
> > stuff burns very hot under confinement as does triple 7
>
> Long ago, far away, I decided to experiment with how to make Pyrodex
> work as lift. I used a 1.5" mortar tube and put 10 grams of pyrodex in
> it with a 33 gram dummy shell. =A0It went 'whoosh' and the shell popped
> up about 5 feet.
>
> I then tried 15, 20, and 28 grams of Pyrodex - thinking that I would
> get to a point where the shell would actually rise far enough to be
> useful. =A0No luck - it went higher but not pro****tionately higher.
> Most of the Pyrodex was escaping from the tube and burning in the air.
>
> So... for one last attempt, I dumped 60 grams of Pyrodex into the tube
> and put the shell on top. =A0The Pyrodex confined successfully and blew
> the tube to smithereens. It was pretty loud - as in dog howling loud.
>
> As you said, Pyrodex and BP substitutes have their own dangers. They
> don't work well for lift or burst using the standard pyro techniques.
> It is best to let them do their job on the s****ting side and avoid
> them for pyro.
wow 60 grams of pyrodex confined under a shell, that must have been
some salute!!!! yeah that stuff will work as a salute but may become
dangerous as it needs lots of pressure to burn fast enough to cause an
explosion, but when the explosion occurs with pyrodex it is loud!!!
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