On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:16:43 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:


"Gunner Asch" wrote

Actually..Steve is wrong. A primer DOES have the ability to detonate
c4 , RDX and others. We salted caches all over southeast Asia with
such doctored rounds. I actually saw the results of such a round being
fired. Not pretty, not pretty at all.

Gunner

I stand corrected. From what I recall of basic explosives training during
diving school, and actual field explosive work, I would not have thought
that a primer could reach the detonation velocity of C4.

Steve

The only true Explosive in a cartridge is the primer/priming compound.
When in intimate contact with the flash hole, sufficent energy is
transfered to do the deed.

Shrug...its on the low end, but yah..it will toss a AK bolt backwards
fast enough embed it in the tree behind the shooters ...well..what
remains of the shooters skull.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner