Grizzly Dave Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 You had a paper origami box, and inside you had several table spoons of smokeless powder, with still plenty of air room, and then you threw the box into a campfire? How about if you did the same thing only it had black powder in it? Would the results change if flame was applied to only one point of the box? Would the box pop from the expanding gases of the powder burning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 GD, are you taking Pyromaniac 101 somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Just what was in that sausage and gravy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Phil Peeno #50923 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Just what was in that sausage and gravy? Yeah. What else did you mix in the gravy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 You had a paper origami box, and inside you had several table spoons of smokeless powder, with still plenty of air room, and then you threw the box into a campfire? How about if you did the same thing only it had black powder in it? Would the results change if flame was applied to only one point of the box? Would the box pop from the expanding gases of the powder burning? Too many variables to tell with the smokeless. Some powders if you give them any confinement at all will sorta go boom. I had put some in a tuna can once, tossed in a match and, while it didn't exactly BOOM, it was a lot more energetic than the usual slow burn you get when you burn it in the open. Black powder would likely do its usual FOOSH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 It was either black pepper, or black powder in the gravy, my old eyes couldn't read the can very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 It was either black pepper, or black powder in the gravy, my old eyes couldn't read the can very well. I shudder to think what's going to happen when you PFFFT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Actually, the question should be, "If you had several table spoons of black powder in an origami box and threw the box into the campfire, and you got outta there before anything happened, would there still be one heckuva noise if nobody was there to hear it?" The second part of the question is, "How much H@!! would your wife give you even though she wasn't even there?" Don't ask me how she'd find out! All women are clairvoyant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Houston # 35508 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Try it and let us know!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 You do origami? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 You do origami? :D Not in many years, my daughter does some from time to time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Try it and let us know!! BUT, KEEP IT IN COLORADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang, SASS #53480 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 You had a paper origami box, and inside you had several table spoons of smokeless powder, with still plenty of air room, and then you threw the box into a campfire? How about if you did the same thing only it had black powder in it? Would the results change if flame was applied to only one point of the box? Would the box pop from the expanding gases of the powder burning? That does not sound like a very interesting experiment. Why don't you include a little vial of nitroglycerin . . . stay real close as you apply it to the flame so that you can make a careful observation, . . . report to us about the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 .Depends on how tightly sealed the box was. Generally you'll just get a fast burn with the BP and a slow one with the smokeless. I(f a hole burns through in one location you'll have a mini rocket on your hands. best to do it with snow on the ground so the neighborhood don't burn down. I suspect some Chinese fell asked a similar question several centuries ago...and the rest, as they say, is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Generally you'll just get a fast burn with the BP and a slow one with the smokeless. I've never seen smokeless burn "slow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 .Depends on how tightly sealed the box was .... If a hole burns through in one location you'll have a mini rocket on your hands. I can attest to that. When I was a kid me and some friends made up a batch of black powder and packed it into a metal band-aid can. Not having a proper fuse, we punched a good sized hole in the can and used a paper straw filled with powder to use as one. Set it on a cinder block in the back yard, lit it, and ran around the corner of the garage to watch. It sat there and fizzed for a moment, and instead of exploding started burning and jetting thru the hole. Bounced all over the yard belching sparks and smoke. Was actually kind of neat. My Dad, who was sitting on the back porch reading the paper, having a glass of iced tea, and listening to an Indians' game on the radio happened to look up. "Jesus Christ! What the hell is that!?" Thus ended our pyrotechnic experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I'll do some vidoes if someone will send me a few origami boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Logan #12252 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Griss I kno its medical stuff, buutt ya should not smoke that stuff, make cookies outa it... :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Might be a new way to get rid of gophers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Might be a new way to get rid of gophers. lil' bunker busters... GG ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I can testify the a pound of FFFFg will get all the gophers out of a yard. This might be an improved delivery system. (Mine was just poured in loose.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I can testify the a pound of FFFFg will get all the gophers out of a yard. This might be an improved delivery system. (Mine was just poured in loose.) How big is the yard? Mine is 2.5 acres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 'Bout 800 square yards. You're gonna need more that one can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I tank we should start callin him "Pryo Grizz." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 'Bout 800 square yards. You're gonna need more that one can. Calcium carbide and water. Pour in the carbide chunks, use a hose to flush it deeper into the tunnels, wait a few minutes, run some fuse, or rig an electric igniter like for a model rocket, on a long lead, punch the button and watch the runs blow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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