4th of July

"desertdog5051" (desertdog5051)
06/30/2015 at 14:18 • Filed to: None

I was putting up a rain gutter on a womans garage and she comes out of the garage with a box. I noticed there were some firecrackers in it. She was going to throw it in the trash so I asked if I could have the firecrackers. Help yourself, she says. I put the box in my truck and went on working.

I get home and look in the box and there, among the black cats are 10 M-80’s. Yes, the real deal M-80’s. I split them with her son cause he is a friend of mine and got me the work. They are very old and I don’t know if they will even explode. I’ll find out here in a few days.

DISCUSSION (16)

Brian, The Life of > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:21

Those look unstable. Protip: extend the fuses somehow. Maybe use the joining fuse from one of the Black Cat strings (if they are in strings still)?

desertdog5051 > Brian, The Life of
06/30/2015 at 14:24

Unstable. Sorta like me when I get my hands on explosives. Good point though. I have some cannon fuse I can use.

functionoverfashion > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:24

My experience with old fireworks like that is: A big Yes - yes they will work fine. But ummm needless to say, be careful.

I had a box of old fireworks that my father and his brothers somehow left in a place where I found it at about age 13, leftover from when THEY were that age. We had a LOT of fun with that stuff, M80’s and the like. Those things are no joke.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:24

Put them in a thick gague metal trach can one at a time, throw some kind of flaming substance in them....RUN! The resulting noise will summon the gods....or the police...totally worth it.

atrombs > Brian, The Life of
06/30/2015 at 14:24

I’ll second this. I had a couple blow up in my hand when I was younger (two in one night, I was not the brightest kid). Old dry fuses burn so fast you won’t even have time to think about throwing it.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Brian, The Life of
06/30/2015 at 14:25

2nd this, those fuses look like they’ll burn way to quickly and you could lose a some fingers, a hand or both.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:28

I wish I could get these in Canada...

450X_FTW > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:29

Time to go America all over the neighborhood

desertdog5051 > functionoverfashion
06/30/2015 at 14:31

I know. I have not seen an M-80 in quite a few years. Safety glasses and a long firestarter lighter.

functionoverfashion > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:42

that’s better than I’ve ever done... I’d light it with a zippo and throw it in water! Or put it inside a coffee can upside down, or something like that. If the bottom didn’t blow out (put a rock on it) it would go 50+ feet up in the air. Or find a broken appliance, or old remote controlled vehicle of some kind? You gotta put it IN something, or you’re wasting it!

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:45

Nice. Watch your extremities when you do go about lighting them off.

I made a "film" using m-100's in my youth ad the pyrotechnics. Bury them in a little bit of sand and put an action figure in front of them and they make quite the nice little explosion.

$kaycog > desertdog5051
06/30/2015 at 14:56

Please be careful.

desertdog5051 > functionoverfashion
06/30/2015 at 15:08

Definitely will. The first one is to see if and what they will do. Then, let the fun begin.

desertdog5051 > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
06/30/2015 at 15:09

They will be lit with a nice long fireplace lighter and I’ll wear safety glasses/goggles.

desertdog5051 > $kaycog
06/30/2015 at 15:11

I will. I’m too old to take chances with my extremities and hearing.

desertdog5051 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
06/30/2015 at 15:14

You can’t buy them anywhere in the US that I know of now. These are quite old.