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Flintlock Fun!

2008 Reader Submission
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Me and some friends were doing tests on a special prop we have been developing for a show we are doing behind one of our houses. We had some triple 7 blackpowder substitute left over. We went in the house to shoot pool and discuss the results, when one of us noted a replica flintlock on the wall. It was a dueling pistol. So we had the bright idea to shoot it. TO be safe we did not load it with any sort of round. We just wanted to see a pop fizzle. SO we did it once, pop fizzle. We wanted to do it again, so, we go inside. We had a little left. My friend said never mind let me load it. Grabs the powder and loads some. He loaded about 3/8 the barrel full. Now I have lived around guns my entire life, you should only load 1/8 to 1/4 of the barrel on that sort of gun. That said, he went and made it worse on himself he took some paper towel and wet it slightly making a very nice seal. Me telling him that this was a very bad idea the whole time. We went back out side, made the gun ready to fire and pop nothing. Did it again nothing. Eventually after a few tries my other friend had the idea to use a lighter to do it. He holds it to the charge hole, a hole through which the flame from the pan full of BP is supposed to fly. OK nothing.... (This is the part where I take cover behind something) MY friend tips it slightly towards the lighter. PZZZZZZ BOOM!!!!!!!!!! The gun recoils back. Almost taking the friend with the lighter's head off. No media and no harm done but a really funny story. And all parties walked away from this with nothing more than ringing ears.

Submitted on 05/14/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Personal Account

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Bruce said:
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Nothing like a little bit of cluelessness to build a pipe bomb with. Thanks for the story.


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
This is funny! I love it when people don't listen to "someone who knows" and get blasted. I am glad none of you were seriously hurt. Thank you for this story and a laugh!


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A fresh collection of magnificent misadventures! Lust, Vanity, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath extract an evolutionary toll on the wicked. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his own safety video. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own strange passion for jumping into rivers. Heed the honest bricklayer who loses a battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools.

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