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  1. Flawlessly! I just bought 100 more of them. :)

    Flawlessly! I just bought 100 more of them. :)
  2. Anyone else shoot anything this past weekend?

    A few weeks ago, a club I belong too asked me to put on a modest little pyro show the Saturday evening after Thanksgiving...so of course I obliged. Here was my setup for the 6-ish minute mini-show:...
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    Interesting...this looks very similar to some...

    Interesting...this looks very similar to some other initiators I've used but they lose continuity about 20-25% of the time after firing. Of course, I may be failing to properly consider the forces...
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    Ah, ok. I assumed MJG was just nichrome covered...

    Ah, ok. I assumed MJG was just nichrome covered by pyrogen (or some similar agent) which, is many/most cases, would just burn through. How are they designed then?
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    Maybe I'm operating on a bad premise, but wiring...

    Maybe I'm operating on a bad premise, but wiring in series would seem to inject a whole lot of risk of some of them not firing at all due to loss of continuity? The matches I've used are the same...
  6. Thread: Boomtax

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    Thanks for sharing that. Sounds grim.

    Thanks for sharing that. Sounds grim.
  7. Thread: Boomtax

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    I'm guessing you've never owned or run a company...

    I'm guessing you've never owned or run a company where a large portion of the money is tied up in maintaining inventory?

    Raising prices on existing inventory does NOT make a company...
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    I signed and threw a few bucks at them, too.

    I signed and threw a few bucks at them, too.
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    In the ancient words of Eddie Murphy, "Now DAT'S...

    In the ancient words of Eddie Murphy, "Now DAT'S a fire!"
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    Hello and welcome, from just down the road from...

    Hello and welcome, from just down the road from you in Duluth, Ga!
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    In the high-power rocketry hobby, our safety code...

    In the high-power rocketry hobby, our safety code (and insurance) dictates that if there are any "occupied structures" within the minimum safe distance radius (1500'+ for the larger rockets), they...
  12. For tails, the best bang for the buck that I've...

    For tails, the best bang for the buck that I've found (double-pun intended) are the Bang-Kok ball shells from Ninja Fireworks. Not sure how easy those are to find outside of Alabama & Atlanta,...
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    One thing that I don't think ever really bubbles...

    One thing that I don't think ever really bubbles up in the minds of a lot of people is that the 200 and 500 gram numbers are not absolute. The fine print says "up to 200" or "up to 500". I might...
  14. Exactly. Just enough to provide a nice fire...

    Exactly. Just enough to provide a nice fire bridge from the wire to the exposed fuse core is all i was thinking of adding.
  15. As opposed to doing some surgery on a fuse to...

    As opposed to doing some surgery on a fuse to expose more powder, has anyone opted to just put some extra powder in the cap?

    I have some FFFF powder that I use in my other hobby (model rocketry)...
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    I second the motion on both of those two. ...

    I second the motion on both of those two. Nuclear Sunrise is especially good, in my opinion.
  17. Thread: Atlanta Ga

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    It may not make sense, but here's more evidence...

    It may not make sense, but here's more evidence that it's real. This was a thread I just found here on this Forum from October 2017:
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  18. Thread: Atlanta Ga

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    Take pics if you do. On the same topic, I...

    Take pics if you do.

    On the same topic, I saw a video while I was just at lunch of someone who cut open a new excal. They didn't mention a dual lift, but they did show the break charge and stars...
  19. Thread: Atlanta Ga

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    The Excals I purchased from that infamous store...

    The Excals I purchased from that infamous store were from the 2016 production run. If the website you mention above is also selling the older stock, then that's a heckuva deal. But I suspect these...
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    Yeah, I had the same reaction. I think the Pyro...

    Yeah, I had the same reaction. I think the Pyro gene is more dominant in the DNA of Georgians. :)
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    Sorry for the bad terminology... Yes, I meant 3...

    Sorry for the bad terminology... Yes, I meant 3 boxes of 24 shells.
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    You've read my mind apparently. I am planning to...

    You've read my mind apparently. I am planning to do my big show this year on the 6th about 200 miles south of where I live and I just would not have enough time to get everything set up and fused...
  23. Thread: Atlanta Ga

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    I still have yet to make it to a Jakes. I have...

    I still have yet to make it to a Jakes. I have to drive past 2-3 other pyro stores that I like to get to the closest one to me so it just hasn't happened...yet. I will get there one day, though. :)
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    And in the Duluth area, I hate to say the name...

    And in the Duluth area, I hate to say the name due to their reputation as having extremely high prices, but that Fan Tom brand has a store near Gwinnett Place Mall that keeps their B1G2 sale going...
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    Welcome to the forum from a fellow Georgian....

    Welcome to the forum from a fellow Georgian. Living in the Metro Atlanta area now, but grew up in South Georgia.
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