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firecreacker pots redux

updated fri 8 mar 02

 

Frank Gaydos on wed 6 mar 02


Sounds a little like that person who shot their beautiful freshly thrown
pots
with a high powered rifle, also in CM some years back.
Firecrackers?......HA!.

Frank Gaydos
Enjoying Spring Break.
Send Rain Please!
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| > For those who want to try it, take a wad of fairly soft clay say 3"
| > diameter...insert firecracker into the center of ball with fuse sticking
| > out. set on ground and light fuse...BANG... if luck was with you you'r
| ball
| > of clay is now twice as large as it was...inflated like a balloon. Now

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BVCuma on thu 7 mar 02


> Sounds a little like that person who shot their beautiful freshly thrown
> pots
> with a high powered rifle, also in CM some years back.
> Firecrackers?......HA!.
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Ya I did remember
that article in relation to the firecracker thread also.
These "techniques" strike me more as gimmicks.
Good fun for a weekend....
I was far more impressed
by Tommy's "Pots by the thousands"....
Wow!

Bruce
ps. I recently used clay
to sight my pellet gun...
not quite the same effect. : (