Quarter stick
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A quarter stick, colloquially known as the M-1000, is a large firecracker that falls within a range of dimensions roughly between 1" × 2Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2" and Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.3⁄4" × 6". These salutes typically carry 25 grams of flash powder but in rare occasions have been measured and can contain upward to 30 grams. Like the others, a piece of visco fuse 2 to 4 inches protrudes from the end or side.
The term quarter stick is based on a quarter-stick of dynamite, which it somewhat resembles. However, quarter stick firecrackers do not contain nitroglycerin as dynamite does, and have far less explosive power.
In the United States, quarter sticks and similar large firecrackers are illegal to manufacture or possess without an ATF High Explosives Manufacturing License. However, it is legal to make and possess these for personal use.[1]
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Publication of Federal Explosives Laws and Regulations (ATF P 5400.7)". ATF.gov. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
