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RalphieJ replied to a thread Fireworks Explosion Esparto California in Fireworks legal/regulatory/Miscellaneous

Reminiscent of the bunker explosion in Newburrgh NY a few years ago, supposedly caused by a worker pulling out the electric match from a shell.

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07-02-2025, 10:48 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Fireworks Explosion Esparto California in Fireworks legal/regulatory/Miscellaneous

Shipping containers are commonly used for storage. And those salutes are not 1.4.

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07-02-2025, 10:47 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Fireworks Explosion Esparto California in Fireworks legal/regulatory/Miscellaneous

what are all those containers outside the long buildings? How much "manufacturing" could really be going on there? Most of it looked, after the...

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06-25-2025, 10:49 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Added lift experiments? in Consumer Fireworks USA

I would not chance dropping loose BP in the bottom of the mortar due to the chance of having it firing sooner than the lift charge, causing a low or...

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06-18-2025, 11:31 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread So where do we think.......... in Display Fireworks USA

I've been following the unrest closely, there were 3" titanium salutes hurled and shot at the police.

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06-16-2025, 10:27 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Vintage Gorilla logo crackers in All about Firecrackers

I also have a Gorilla Brand brick label, 10/240, but they are 1 1/2". "Copyrighted and Distributed by Rich Brothers, Sioux City Falls, South Dakota....

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06-16-2025, 10:26 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Vintage Gorilla logo crackers in All about Firecrackers

I've no doubt those cherries are still good! There were some manufacturers of torpedoes that used a buffering agent in their formula which would...

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06-16-2025, 09:42 AM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Vintage Gorilla logo crackers in All about Firecrackers

PS - I'm glad nobody took the advice of the jar lid and "shook well", given that loose torpedo, lol! Slim to none chance it would do anything but...

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06-10-2025, 07:46 PM

RalphieJ started a thread So where do we think.......... in Display Fireworks USA

........that the Los Angeles rioters are getting their 1.3 salutes and bombshells from that they're hurling at the police and National Guard?

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06-07-2025, 03:30 PM

RalphieJ replied to a thread Old Firecrackers and vintage M-80 for sale Madison WI in All about Firecrackers

In the NYC metro area, we called those salutes "ashcans".

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