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  • Is M-80 really 1/4 TNT

    From Mike@21:1/5 to U54...@uicvm.uic.edu on Tue Sep 12 19:20:26 2017
    On Monday, July 4, 1994 at 10:59:00 PM UTC-6, U54...@uicvm.uic.edu wrote:
    Is an M-80 really equivalent to a quarter stick of dynamite? What does the degnisation "M-80" stand for? Anyway, not being an explosives expert and
    with all of this dangerous fireworks hipe from the media, I am just curious.

    -Thanks, Tim

    I heard the 1/4 stick of "dynamite" when I was about 10 (1966) years old. It's something that was passed down for decades and I suspect long before I heard the myth. The 1/4 was meant to suggest it had 1 fourth the power of a stick of dynamite.

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  • From gsullivan557@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 20 23:50:54 2017
    M80s only contain about 3 to 5 grams of flash powder equivalent to a cherry bomb. 1/4 sticks are called M1000s with
    about 25 to 28 grams of flash powder based on its strength compared to dynamite and NOT TNT.

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  • From gsullivan557@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 20 23:55:27 2017
    If one goes to the B.A.T.F website,it will tell you the strength of various kinds of firecrackers.

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