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> ammonium nitrate is by todays standards just one step up from black powder

I thought that was potassium nitrate. Which I bought a bottle of on Amazon when I was curing a ham.






Didn't know about the use for meat curing. I've routinely bought KNO3 for stump removal.

hmmm. I have lots of stumps, and didn't use that much from the bottle. I think there's some old diesel in a can somewhere...

Use aluminum powder instead. Is less messy and easier to set off.

And it's more fun because it's more of a pop than a push.




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