Explosion at New Hampshire Gun Factory

[TheIrishJedi]

"COLEBROOK, N.H. (AP) -- Multiple explosions at a gun and ammunition manufacturing plant in far northern New Hampshire on Friday killed two people, shook buildings blocks away, filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes.

State Fire Marshal Bill Degnan confirmed the deaths at the MDM Muzzleloader building in Colebrook. He said the two victims, along with another person who received minor injuries, were the only people in the building at the time."

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Always sad to read about things like this, especially when it affects those who enable our hobby.

Here's video: http://www.jems.com/video/news/explosion-new-hampshire-firear

 

[alsaqr]

The plant manufactured Black Mag3, a blackpowder substitute. Most of the plant's production went to the US military.

 

[zombienerd]

This is a repost, you should have searched first

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=523075

 

[dashootist]

US military shoots black powder muzzleloaders?

 

[alsaqr]

US military shoots black powder muzzleloaders?

The US military formerly used black powder in artillery propellant charge igniters, artillery primers, simulators, pyrotechnics, etc. The military has replaced black powder with Black Mag3 and other blackpowder substitutes.