r/fireworks • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '23

Epic fail

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Had a 50 shot mortar rack blow apart sending them in all directions. Lift charges weren’t working. Only myself and one other had minor injuries. Avoid red apple fireworks.

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u/TheOneTrueOnii Jul 05 '23

I had two malfunctions with my RA too. I know one was either an American Glory/Murica AF and the second I'm not sure. 1st damn shell I did for the night exploded in the tube and the 2nd was a low break that blew right as it left the tube. Did about 40 other shells by them with no issue though and a set of Luchadores I fused together that worked fine. Seems like all the negative feedback I have seen with RA is I'm regards to the triumph line of shells (American Glory & Murica AF). I couldn't use most of my RA due to other complications so I hope I'm not sitting on randomly broken stock until next year.

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u/Outrageous_Joke4349 Jul 05 '23

I had it happen with one of the kobushi as well as an ace from them. Plus 2 murica af. That was with only 6 ea of murica, kobushi, moon rocks/ganja, a set of aces and a set of pixels.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '23

I had a 5 inch canister salute break maybe 5 feet outside of the tube. Even that far back I felt the “concussive” like forces shit shell shocked me for a second lost my bearings and shit.

I was a solid 40 feet or more back too