Re: Exploding paperweight costs teacher his hand

From: Mark W (mnm3693234@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 07:03:51 PDT


Would this help:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/40.htm

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:

> At 7:04 AM -0500 4/5/06, Everette wrote:
> >I do not know much about power of primers, from
> >personal experience cap on muzzle loader blew
> >rammed ball out for a friend of mine that had
> >patched and rammed ball into a 58 cal. rifle
> >before he put powder in.
> >
> >I am sure others remember from basic training
> >when instructions put fuze from hand grenade
> >under steel helment and just fuse blew helment
> >many feet in the air.
>
> In that case its a detonator. Note, the 1st post
> says the projectile was 5" long. seems like a
> 40mm round complete would be much longer? Anyone
> have that standard catalog of ordnance around?
>
>
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> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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