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muffett.2008 Another Anzac Day 04-24-2021, 05:19 AM
Warren Is that not a sight coaching... 04-24-2021, 09:37 AM
smerdon42 Muffet what branch ? I was in... 04-24-2021, 06:04 PM
muffett.2008 No Warren, it's a ridgey... 04-24-2021, 06:45 PM
smerdon42 Muffet my dad was in Vietnam... 04-25-2021, 01:48 PM
muffett.2008 Sorry Warren, didn't realise... 04-24-2021, 08:32 PM
CINDERS Interested to know muffet if... 04-25-2021, 10:07 AM
muffett.2008 Hey Cinders, no clicks or... 04-26-2021, 06:42 AM
browningautorifle Can you explain that one to... 04-26-2021, 11:05 AM
muffett.2008 Hey BAR, don't ask me how it... 04-27-2021, 05:40 AM
browningautorifle Just curious, never heard it... 04-27-2021, 11:59 AM
muffett.2008 Interestingly enough, ... 04-28-2021, 12:37 AM
browningautorifle Yes, that I was aware of. ... 04-28-2021, 11:06 AM
Daan Kemp In general, small arms... 04-28-2021, 02:37 PM
Madzi Hi Muffett - assuming a no... 05-21-2021, 03:55 PM
muffett.2008 No, most Lithgow rifles were... 05-22-2021, 05:42 AM
smerdon42 My 1913 is still sighted and... 05-22-2021, 02:46 PM
ufo8mydog I have seen a few Lithgow's... 05-24-2021, 02:12 AM
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    Interestingly enough, Potassium Chlorate was the go to primer composition until about 1930, it was the byproduct of this that caused the rapid rust problems experienced.
    It brings me to a course I did back in my Super Grunt days at the Pioneer Wing at Singleton.
    The course was broken into two groups, each to booby trap a building.....losers get to be blown up.

    Well I headed into the local chemist shop for a bit of non military thinking, Potassium crystals, Iodide crystals and Ammonia.
    You chemistry kids are probably way ahead of me by now.
    Yep , mixed up a batch of touch powder with a drop of Potassium to give it greater boot.

    So we set the joint up with various switches and traps, poured a bit of my solution on the steps on the way out, and headed off to watch the fun.

    Big problem I had was an over curious Instructor, he kept stepping on the crystals as they grew in the sun, luckily there were enough there to give the opposition a great welcome to the dirty tricks, they got caught by three devices that day, while we had a clean sheet, deactivating all off their devices....fun was the go back in those days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by muffett.2008 View Post
    Interestingly enough, Potassium Chlorate was the go to primer composition until about 1930, it was the byproduct of this that caused the rapid rust problems experienced.
    Yes, that I was aware of.

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    I took demolition instructor at our engineer school in Chilliwack in about '87...also had good fun except for the demolition calculations. Not much boozing on that course.
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