now HOW did that happen ???

What'd he do? Wrong?


I don't know.

WOW! Hope nobody was injured. He didn't put the lid on the bottle of powder.

The same person who didn't tell him not to leave an Open powder container :youcrazy: didn't tell him about the "Stuff" that comes out of a touchhole. :shake:

At least some powder burns on the legs.

No eye protection either.

Good candidate for the Darwin Award.

Shorts, barefoot, and an open jar of powder. What could possibly go wrong?

THANKS Darto.

As mentioned a number of silly choices made by the shooter. Demonstrates that although you are legally allowed to buy the replica and the powder, you're not automatically endowed with enough sense to properly use either.



LD

Note to self: do not leave funnel on top of powder container.

Many years ago I made a flintlock rifle and went to test it at the local range that I belonged to. I was the only one on the range that morning so I set up my "stuff". I placed a soft terry towel on the bench top to prevent scratching the stock. I had loaded the gun while I was standing but primed the pan on the bench. After about 12 or more shots I noticed flames coming from the towel after my last shot. I had spilled powder during my priming of all my previous shots and this last time it all flashed off and started a fire. Needless to say I did not prime like that again.

LOng ago, I went to the local range to do some shooting. A couple of benches down was a man loading a bp rifle. He was dipping black powder from an open bowl, and smoking over it.

No. He was puffing on a cigarette.

If a hot ash would have fallen into the bowl full of powder, THEN, after the flash was gone, you could say, "he was smoking over it".

:rotf:

In any case, the range officer saw what he was doing and kicked him off the range.

A good call by the range officer. You can't fix stupid!

Have one even better. At the 150th Gettysburg, someone brought a newbie and tried to attach them to our company. First night he sits down next to the campfire loading cartridges. Second Sgt. flipped out on him. Here is the best part, he was legally blind and we wouldn't let him on the field with his girlfriend/guide. They packed up and left the next day. Haven't seen him since (no pun intended).

Years ago, in Green Bay, the owner of Green Bay Bullets who was known to measure black powder with a modern, shear type measure. Legend has it, he was loading and smoking over a 25lb open keg of black. The resulting explosion shifted the whole house off the foundation, and the fire department was busy for quite a while. He didn't survive the incident.

He done blowded up, ma.

Shannon Corman was an 80 year old black powder dealer in Kentucky. He received black powder in huge containers and broke it down into small packages that he sold at re-enactor events, etc. He did this stuff at his residence.

Then there was the explosion that was felt 20 miles away. Shannon Corman died at the scene. Another man was seriously injured and later died.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/81265252.html

If you scroll the video slowly, you can barely see a wisp of smoke arc towards the container and the container start to ignite.