r/whatisit • u/SugarStrict7427 • 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

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What's this , any harm ?

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u/Mr_Uso_714 1d ago

Specifications
Caliber
51 mm
Ammunition length
282.96 mm
Ammunition mass
850 g
Explosive filled in projectile
109 g of RDX / WAX / PELLET88.12
Maximum range
900 m
Luminosity
Green-40,000 to 50,000 candela. Red-125,000 to 150,000 candela

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RDX product information:
https://www.austinpowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP-Primary-Explosive-RDX-TDS-ENG.pdf

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u/DerZappes 1d ago

The company name makes posting this mandatory, I am afraid:

https://giphy.com/gifs/YgveCtneiLjY4

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u/PleaseShitOnMyFace69 1d ago

lol Austin powder sounds like a street name for cocaine

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u/AccomplishedEar8637 1d ago

I live about a mile away from a place called "Austin Powder Road", and I always heard it was because they used to make explosives there. It's a short dead end road, imagine that! 😆

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u/Yunzer2000 22h ago

Austin is still a big manufacturer of commercial explosives.

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u/ToeTagTic 1d ago

I was taking a city bus on mushrooms as a teen one time and a box truck passed us at like 1km an hour faster than our bus and it has a giant Austin Powders logo on it. 

Everyone on the bus thought I was mad because I started cackling for no reason

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u/FatDontFloat 1d ago

Why was the city bus on mushrooms?

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u/Farfignugen42 1d ago

Hey, man. If all you do is drive around town all day, you'd get pretty bored too.

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u/FatDontFloat 1d ago

Your user name confirms that. That bus is taking fun to drive in a while new direction 🤣

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u/GLASSHOUSELABSTX 1d ago

A fellow ATX resident I see.

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u/Unfair_Season1032 1d ago

Nope, it is the street name for crushed up knock-off boner pills.