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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
Ah yes another fine April 1st.

None of these will ever compare to the first one.

Nice one!

thanks for the banner!!!.. my best to you, Saeed and Don..

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Originally posted by mboga biga bwana:

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:
Reminds me of Saeed building his backyard toy rifles and comparing them to German made and proofed blaser rifles

Mike

Mine work.

They never blow up like the Blasers!

I believe You Saeed

You guys need to form a curmudgeons association of blaser haters and anvil shooters

Probably generate the same kind of accuracy out of home made toys and shooting anvils

Mike

Good one

Awesome! It blowed up real good!

April 1st, one of the best day’s every year.
Great topic this year. It does remind me of a true story about when my brother built a cannon in high school metal shop and we tested it out, but that’s a story for another time.

As a kid I was mesmerized by the farrier shaping horseshoes after they came out of the coals.

A few grains of misplaced powder and a little friction while he's placing the anvil, wouldn't be funny anymore.

Grizz

I actually worked as a professional blacksmith for a couple years before I got smarter.

Went to a professional blacksmith school when I graduated HS, came back home and my Grandmom had left me a little bit of money in her will which I used to build my shop with. My anvil story is a old guy who was a friend and HIS father had been a blacksmith as a trade, and sold me his Dads old anvil. So I go to his old shop which was also the stable and he related to me that his Dad had purchased one of the first Model T's in the county, and he showed me the bay that he had to clean out as a child so it could be the garage for the new car. So the big day came and his Dad pulled the car into the bay, and when it was inside he proceeded to pull back on the steering wheel yelling "woah, woah, WOAH!!" as the car chugged through the back wall of the stable. He then proceeded to point out the boards on the wall they used to patch the hole the car had made.

Thanks again, Don! I love April first!

I once read that a gallon of gasoline, fully vaporized in air, had enough potential energy to lift the Empire State Building 3 feet off it's foundation were it ignited. A few drops would probably send an anvil pretty far.

They used to have anvil shoots in Iowa Park, Texas but never got a chance to see them.

rabbithabit, I'm from Iowa Park, right outside of Wichita Falls. I don't remember any anvil shoots but I would like to know more. My cousins still live there + we get together every 10 years or so. Any info you have I would appreciate. Thanks.

Kinda related + not. A buddy of mine was the editor of the Brenham newspaper years ago. They had a police radio in the office to get the reporters out wherever fast. There was a call in about a sniper shooting at cars on the highway. Long story short, when the police + news showed up there was some yahoo that was silouette/ steel plate shooting (at a curved bucket of a bulldozer). You can figure out the rest. I have always hated to make this statement for obvious reasons but there are a lot of folks out there that should not be allowed access to firearms.

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Originally posted by Bobster:
I once read that a gallon of gasoline, fully vaporized in air, had enough potential energy to lift the Empire State Building 3 feet off it's foundation were it ignited. A few drops would probably send an anvil pretty far.

Some of the most powerful explosives are dusts and air in the proper proportions. IE. the Daisy Cutter bomb of Viet Nam repute.

Grizz