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Not sure yet if mine will be on the 4th proper, or on the 5th. I really dislike doing an mid-week shoot, as it ends up feeling rushed to tear down and clean up afterwards. At least that's how it...

Could it be a toy waking cane that fires a cap? Kind of a James Bondesque disguised prop type gun? Never seen this referred to in print before, but I seem to have a distant memory of a walking stick...

That's a bit unsettling. I think I'd prefer you to continue doing your own presentations. You are far more entertaining than little miss AI from HR.


Besides, she doesn't look like she has ever...

Ouch, a whole series of tough breaks there, it hurt just reading it. I've been hit with some personal setbacks recently as well, but nothing on that scale. It's good though that you have found the...

I don't think AP does much to imperil straight consumer product. Further regulation by busybodies at the behest of paranoid Karen's (and number of stupid accidents that get publicized) will probably...

There was some footage in the one news report that showed a few spent cakes, but nothing I could see either in terms of evidence ematch was used. I surmise this done off a hand lit fuse. Which means...

Where I've shot the last couple of years gives me 50-75' max from dwellings. Not ideal, but is within the requirements set forth here for discharge of consumer fireworks. I'm trying to nail down a...

Interesting to me that while what was shown in spent cakes was consumer packaged product, the video footage shows what looks like a lot of color tail to thunder (snowball) type breaks. So, apparently...

Got it. SO76 is my geographically closest wholesaler. I bought from them last year (all consumer case packs, no AP), and picked up in person. I was generally satisfied with what I got for the money...

Thanks for that, it offers some clarity on what the vendors are expecting in terms of proving oneself qualified. I've no aversion to taking a PGI course if/when I find one locally. I just wanted to...

Having just read the recently posted thread here on "value of PGI training class", I now am of the understanding that these courses apparently don't even address 1.4G AP specifically. Are most...

I'm looking forward to ordering and using some AP product this year, and have taken Dave's course so now have the needed "credential" to do so from vendors he has made appropriate arrangements with....

I keep unused product in plastic storage totes with a snap on lid. I keep those inside a metal storage cabinet (not fire resistant, though I wish it were). They are in a climate controlled area, so...

That's actually reassuring. I worry a bit about shooting product that's just a year or two old, as I frequently have left over stock I need to use every July.

I'm especially concerned about...

Ok, good to know. I don't recall seeing them do one last year, but I may have missed it.

Some interesting stuff here, to me anyway. I'm amazed that some of you have firecrackers sitting around that are pushing 70 years old. I don't think I could resist blowing off old stock like that...

While my history as a customer of Cobra only goes back about a couple of years, I've not observed that they typically do a spring sale. Their big promotion is usually a Black Friday sale in November,...

Thanks Dave. I was specifically looking for the ones you used in your New Year's Eve video that was posted as I thought those went off pretty nicely. Spirit of 76 is closest to me geographically,...

I've already been looking for 1.4G airburst cakes, and so far am not finding a lot of selection of availability. Does anyone have suggestions for specific product by name/catalog number? I already...

Well, there you go. Ingratiate yourself to the local FD, and it should be all good. I'd still be concerned about a police dispatch though. Fourth of July is probably a somewhat different situation,...

^ Ha, a Karen posting about an explosion that "shook the house". But of course; can't allow anyone to have a good time without publicly complaining. Just hope she doesn't figure out the source, or...

I too would be curious to see feedback from those who have already used some of this product. I've not purchased any yet, and probably won't until March or April at the earliest, as I'll plan to...

I'd not given much thought to that before, but it is interesting that it went off more like a planned show, instead of all at once with much more catastrophic results, as has been seen numerous times...

@ScottyRockets, I was recently made aware of MOPYRO, and will plan on joining up soon. Appreciate the heads up in any case, as it will be nice to find some like minded sorts who share the interest. ...

Good tip from Dave, I think I'll do that next year, as I had some younger helpers (nieces and nephews) help with tear down this last 4th, and had to caution them about pulling the initiator wires out...