Tinhorn
40 Cal
I'm reading on here about folks discussing powder, home-made caps, etc. I would like to tell a true story that happened a few years ago in Redding, Ca. My general vicinity:
This older, retired fellow, D.R. was making contact explosives (think percussion explosives) in his garage of his nice house in the nice neighborhood. With his nice wife of many decades in the house, of course. And our hero managed to blow off a couple of fingers. Wife calls 911, ambulance arrives, EMTs call police, Sheriffs, P.D. arrive, shortly followed by the BATFE folks. While our hero is in the hospital, the decision is made to evacuate the house, and the neighbors, and the investigation determines that D.R's house is an explosive hazard, so it is torched by Shasta County firefighters in a controlled burn, with various subsequent explosions as it goes up. And that's the end of everything they worked decades for. And then about 5-10 years later, it happens again, about 5 miles closer to my house, with 60yr old dynamite found in the barn by the new owner. Shasta County makes the same decision and result. Why do people do this? In my experience, this explosive tinkering never ends well. Google it yourself- Redding Searchlight Newspaper, Shasta County, Calif. OK, I'm done. Tinhorn
This older, retired fellow, D.R. was making contact explosives (think percussion explosives) in his garage of his nice house in the nice neighborhood. With his nice wife of many decades in the house, of course. And our hero managed to blow off a couple of fingers. Wife calls 911, ambulance arrives, EMTs call police, Sheriffs, P.D. arrive, shortly followed by the BATFE folks. While our hero is in the hospital, the decision is made to evacuate the house, and the neighbors, and the investigation determines that D.R's house is an explosive hazard, so it is torched by Shasta County firefighters in a controlled burn, with various subsequent explosions as it goes up. And that's the end of everything they worked decades for. And then about 5-10 years later, it happens again, about 5 miles closer to my house, with 60yr old dynamite found in the barn by the new owner. Shasta County makes the same decision and result. Why do people do this? In my experience, this explosive tinkering never ends well. Google it yourself- Redding Searchlight Newspaper, Shasta County, Calif. OK, I'm done. Tinhorn