Pioneers wearing static-prone furs had to handle muzzleloading in winter. If the stuff were wildly sensitive to static sparks, they'd have experienced damage from bursting powder horns on a regular basis, but I've not heard of such incidents figuring large in the history of the times.
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CLeaning up gun powder
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jetinteriorguy
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Just think of how much static the wool uniforms worn during the Civil War would produce. Especially ramming bags of it down cannon barrels. Yikes. Or tearing open paper packets and pouring them down barrels when the rifles had been rubbing up against wool while marching along.
jaguarxk120
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Where are Myth Busters when you need then! A shop vacuum cleaner
half full of powder and primers with a lit cigar should solve any questions.
half full of powder and primers with a lit cigar should solve any questions.
I had to check my shorts after that.
I would have had to call the fire department to bring the "jaws of life' to spread the cheeks for that
Where are Myth Busters when you need then! A shop vacuum cleaner
half full of powder and primers with a lit cigar should solve any questions.
Loved that show but youtube to the rescue
Vacuuming a lit cigarette when the vacuum is filled with gunpowder