Guns and fireworks

[Bailey Guns]

I remember as a kid July 4th was open season on safety and reason. "I don't care he's only 6, dammit. Give 'im the Black Cats and a lighter. He's gotta learn how to do it sooner or later. Now you make sure you thow that thang before the fuse gets too short."

Seriously. A bag full of fireworks or all sorts, some "punks" and we were off on an evening of fun and adventure. Can't believe I still have all my fingers.

Oh...and we didn't even wear helmets back then.

[Irving]

I would love to fly my quadcopter into a fireworks display (within reason)

There are a few good YouTube videos of this.

[rondog]

I'd love to go wild with fireworks, but the good stuff is so damn expensive and ya gotta go to Wyoming to get them. The stuff they sell here is so pussified I don't know why they even bother.

[DireWolf]

I remember as a kid July 4th was open season on safety and reason. "I don't care he's only 6, dammit. Give 'im the Black Cats and a lighter. He's gotta learn how to do it sooner or later. Now you make sure you thow that thang before the fuse gets too short."

Seriously. A bag full of fireworks or all sorts, some "punks" and we were off on an evening of fun and adventure. Can't believe I still have all my fingers.

Oh...and we didn't even wear helmets back then.

^this! We used to get a few gross of M80's and a few gross of quartersticks every year (in addition to the standard firecrackers, arial stuff, etc.)

The M80's went great with a cigar and a slingshot (which as a 10 year old was awesome but would totally freak me out now), and the quartersticks (and occational halfsticks) were great for rodent control, fishing, backyard excavation, etc...

I miss setting off my own stuff, but I have nowhere safe enough to do it and it's just not worth the risk, considering that there are some pretty good professional shows around town...


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[colorider]

I live in Westminster and from my looking we have some of the more relaxed laws on fireworks. I used to go to Wyoming every year and spend too much $$ on the good stuff. This year we are skipping Wyo and decided to go to the local stand last night. Bought a few items to sample and will buy more of the ones we liked. So far, we have a few really good winners. Some are amazingly loud for "legal". Was at a buddies last night lighting some legal stuff of (well, legal if it were the 3rd of July per the rules) and his neighbor started to bitch. Yelled at us and asked if what we were doing was necessary. It was 9:15pm. Sooooo we kindly had a smart ass response about it being necessary becaise MERICA and stopped. Tonight we will be drinking beer and igniting more in my yard. My neighbors don't care and usually respond by lighting off their stuff. One year it turned into a contest between 3 homes. Attracted a crowd of about 100 people and was quite the spectacle. Westminster police stopped by and told us we had to stop at midnight, but to continue our fun. They had a few sausage sandwiches while they were here. LOVE fireworks.
Shell Crackers, out of the 12 gauge are aLos awesome. Basically an m-80 shoots out of the barrel and splodes really good about 100 yards out. Can't find them reasonably priced anymore. Used to buy them from a small shop off of federal and i70.

[ray1970]

I am lucky to still have all of my digits as well.

Roman candle fights were the best.

[Bailey Guns]

Roman candle fights were the best.

We'd tape them on to the handlebars of our bikes and ride towards each other. It was like dogfighting on Schwins. Freakin' awesome.

I'd go do that again right now if I could talk my wife into it.

[DireWolf]

We'd tape them on to the handlebars of our bikes and ride towards each other. It was like dogfighting on Schwins. Freakin' awesome.

I'd go do that again right now if I could talk my wife into it.

There's a video around somewhere (too lazy to look for it right now) of someone strapping some roman candles and a gopro to a quadcopter and chasing somebody down with it...looked friggin hilarious.....


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[HoneyBadger]

When I was a kid I legitimately wanted to work in pyrotechnics for movies and fireworks displays. I made some of my own that were pretty good and of course always had plenty of mortars and various rockets. In high school, I would work all year long just so I could go spend $1000+ on fireworks.

In my town here in CA, there is a $1500 fine (for first offense) for anything that explodes, leaves the ground, makes too much noise/fire/etc., and just about anything that is fun is illegal. Wildfires are a much bigger problem in CA then CO, but the town I live in is surrounded by farm fields, not forest. *Le sigh...*

[rondog]