I have my CELEBRATION loaded up! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRONT STUFFING BRETHEREN!!

[Frontstuffer070]

The Pietta G&G will start the show with her little 18 grain charge. The two 44's will finish the festivities with their, well, more SPIRITED Charges. The muzzle blast from the snubby should be impressive! It will be recorded and posted to the tube. I hope you ALL have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR and may it bring you much happiness!!

disclaimer: No alcohol will be used in the making of this New Years Celebration (as I don't consume alcohol, I prefer sweet tea with my Bon Fire), Revolvers will be discharged in a safe manner and location, Careful planning has gone into where the round ball will STOP!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Looking good!

LD

 

[Smokerr]

I would not dare do that in the city though the Police make a big deal about enforcement and the ignore it. When I was working it was an issue as I had a Sunday shift start. Now I use the foam ear plugs. Its not the bang at New Years, its starting at 9pm and going on until 3 pm.

That said, my brothers and I (instigated by my oldest brother) did the mother of all booms one New Years (we lived 10 miles out of the City in a pretty remote Subdivision.

This was all supervised by my then step dad who had done blasting work and all process of safety followed.

So we had reloading powder my dad had not used before he died. We had a bunch of soaked M80s that did not go boom (stolen off from base by parties never admitted to and hidden under a tree to keep parents out of the loop!)

Ok, then there was the hand propane bottle. Drill out the relief, Gun Powder went in then we began to grind the M80s clumps with non sparking bowls and cudgel (of whatever that is).

Ignition was going to be a thin electric wire plugged into 110 volts 250 feet away (also no windows on that side of the house).

Said device was put in place, then one section at a time extension cords were plugged in working our way to the house with one designated brother guarding the outlet to ensure safety.

Plug in Ignition was only allowed when my step dad had checked the area, made sure all bodies amounted for.

Then midnight hit and the valley did its usual firing off of guns and fire works.

Ok boys, plug it in. Kaboom does not describe it. Like the Wrath of God. Big crater in Alaska frozen ground. Stripped the tree it as under for 20 feet up

The Valley went quiet and never resumed. Ain't not topping that. It was the talk of the school next day back. We never admitted it, but it was, how much dynamite did they set off?

Good old days

 

[Colonial Boy]

It’s just 8:00am here on New Years morning and the noise has long subsided, however at 7:00 we were greeted by a famikiar sound, the screeching of White Cockatoos

having their own celebration eating the nuts from ornamental pine trees.
The tree on the right was festooned with them but just as I got the camera a motor cycle roared past and they all took off, when they settled again a lot chose the tree on the left.
The noise has to be heard to be appreciated.

The wife just showed me this that she managed to snap with her phone a second before the motor bike.

 

[snakebit]

I probably won't make midnight. If I do, I may or may not be bourbon infused by then, so I won't be handling an FA's.

 

[Frontstuffer070]

I would not dare do that in the city though the Police make a big deal about enforcement and the ignore it. When I was working it was an issue as I had a Sunday shift start. Now I use the foam ear plugs. Its not the bang at New Years, its starting at 9pm and going on until 3 pm.

That said, my brothers and I (instigated by my oldest brother) did the mother of all booms one New Years (we lived 10 miles out of the City in a pretty remote Subdivision.

This was all supervised by my then step dad who had done blasting work and all process of safety followed.

So we had reloading powder my dad had not used before he died. We had a bunch of soaked M80s that did not go boom (stolen off from base by parties never admitted to and hidden under a tree to keep parents out of the loop!)

Ok, then there was the hand propane bottle. Drill out the relief, Gun Powder went in then we began to grind the M80s clumps with non sparking bowls and cudgel (of whatever that is).

Ignition was going to be a thin electric wire plugged into 110 volts 250 feet away (also no windows on that side of the house).

Said device was put in place, then one section at a time extension cords were plugged in working our way to the house with one designated brother guarding the outlet to ensure safety.

Plug in Ignition was only allowed when my step dad had checked the area, made sure all bodies amounted for.

Then midnight hit and the valley did its usual firing off of guns and fire works.

Ok boys, plug it in. Kaboom does not describe it. Like the Wrath of God. Big crater in Alaska frozen ground. Stripped the tree it as under for 20 feet up

The Valley went quiet and never resumed. Ain't not topping that. It was the talk of the school next day back. We never admitted it, but it was, how much dynamite did they set off?

Good old days

That will shut em up haha!! I LOVE a big boom! We were gonna do about 10lbs of tannerite tonight, until I went and saw the price of it. So burning charcoal it is.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Second hand story from my father that happened back in 1912 when he was ten.
His father had a contract to clear some land on the outskirts of town [Uralla NSW]
One of the remaining jobs was to dig out a big dead, hard box stump, so his father and he drilled lots of holes with augers [he managed a few].
Then the grandfather filled them with blasting powder [black, of course ] and at midnight touched it off.
Dad said that it was spectacular both to the eye and to the ear, and a few days later he helped his father gather the bits of the stump and fill in the hole.
Lots of the towns folk remarked on the BANG, and the owner of the land laughed and said ‘’. . . that wasn’t in the contract.’’

 

[Frontstuffer070]

Second hand story from my father that happened back in 1912 when he was ten.
His father had a contract to clear some land on the outskirts of town [Uralla NSW]
One of the remaining jobs was to dig out a big dead, hard box stump, so his father and he drilled lots of holes with augers [he managed a few].
Then the grandfather filled them with blasting powder [black, of course ] and at midnight touched it off.
Dad said that it was spectacular both to the eye and to the ear, and a few days later he helped his father gather the bits of the stump and fill in the hole.
Lots of the towns folk remarked on the BANG, and the owner of the land laughed and said ‘’. . . that wasn’t in the contract.’’

I wonder if he also had one of those antique Black Powder Wedges.

 

[Frontstuffer070]

 

[Gtrubicon]

It’s just 8:00am here on New Years morning and the noise has long subsided, however at 7:00 we were greeted by a famikiar sound, the screeching of White CockatoosView attachment 372288 having their own celebration eating the nuts from ornamental pine trees.
The tree on the right was festooned with them but just as I got the camera a motor cycle roared past and they all took off, when they settled again a lot chose the tree on the left.
The noise has to be heard to be appreciated.

The wife just showed me this that she managed to snap with her phone a second before the motor bike.View attachment 372290

Are those white cockatoos good eating?

 

[Frontstuffer070]

Looking at this video today. That 18 grain charge in the G&G (first revolver fired) doesn't look to be too much of a slouch.