Forumdude - 16-3-2013 at 10:12
So I was skiing today and I heard a large pop and I am just wondering what they use ?
Kalium - 16-3-2013 at 12:51
They use pentolite, ANFO or modern dynamite, initiated by something like Primafuse (a blasting cap connected to a plastic-coated fuse).
AndersHoveland - 16-3-2013 at 13:00
Usually gel dynamite, sometimes pre-mixed ANFO emulsion packs.
franklyn - 16-3-2013 at 21:57
An avalanche gun is the preferred way. No mountaineering skills required.
Obviates the looming prospect of having to attend a failed shot. Dud
rounds can be a concern though. Read the last paragraph here _
http://books.google.com/books?id=DEQrAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA39&a...
www.fsavalanche.org/NAC/techPages/articles/04_Manali_Abro.pd...
www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/upload/finalreport-march_2007.pdf
Read the last paragraph here _
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M20_recoilless_rifle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDyj6Sd0Fg
Remarkably the 75mm recoilless M-20 can even be fired off the shoulder
standing. Though it's not recommended practice , it's done by irregular
combatants in the middle east all the time.
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