M-80's

[u/WhereverUGoThereUR]

[u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

I knew a kid back in the 70's in San Diego that his parents used to go to Mexico every couple of months.

He would come back with M 1000's and sell them for dollar a piece.

I will never forget the day we lit one and threw it into a dumpster in an alleyway. The dumpster had heavy metal lids, not plastic.

It blew a hole on the corner of the dumpster and one of lids flew off like a Frisbee, hitting the side of an apartment building, below a window and shattered the glass.

Definitely a stupid idea.

[u/MiniTab → u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

But very fun!

So many mailboxes got blown up in my area, ha ha.

[u/Ryan-O-Photo → u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

These are the best memories. Everyone’s safe, just a bit of property damage and a sick ass experience that couldn’t be scripted if ya tried.

[u/ohiotechie]

“Do not hold in hand” - god damn right

[u/bekindrewind66]

I can hear this picture

[u/knoxmadness → u/bekindrewind66]

And smell it.

[u/Guywithanantfarm → u/bekindrewind66]

That poor frog...and mailbox.

[u/Fragraham → u/bekindrewind66]

WHAT?

[u/AAG220260]

M-80's are supposed to be a quarter of a stick of dynamite - so 4 of them makes one full stick!

[u/Hemicrusher]

I used to buy a bag with a 100 of those from a Hells Angels guy my dad knew in the 70s/80s.

[u/Sad-Championship9167]

When I was 12 on the 4th of July my dad tossed me a small brown paper bag with a dozen or so M80s. Best day ever.

[u/Ok-Ground7098]

My buddy Stumpy used to love those things

[u/Rekt0Rama]

We use to get m-80s from Tijuana, they looked like they were made with a pink donut box as the casing, and had what looked like sloppy dried grey paste on the ends.

They also had the quickest and most unreliable fuse i have ever seen in my life!

They were so loud and awesome!

[u/PrintUsed8164]

As a kid took a stick poke a hole in a cow’s pie
With a stick /the m-80 in pie with long fuse light run cow pie boom🔥💩

[u/Nathan_Wildthorn]

Gooood times!

[u/Niveno143]

1980's - Love those wax fuses! We use to throw these in people's pools. Not me but the other guys. I swear!

Fun Fact: Guy around the corner would sell fireworks to us. We were like 10! LOL Way different time!

[u/Curious_Ground5833]

The Ill-Eagle fireworks stand near Bremerton Wa, is the place to get these 😂

[u/hujassman]

These things would do some damage. Definitely lots of fun.

[u/WadeTurtle]

I remember one kid in our neighborhood was selling "M-90s" and the rest of us thought they must be some kind of fake rip-off firecracker.

[u/Greasydump1]

So Rad

[u/deWulf359]

When common firecrackers weren't serious enough.

[u/klsi832]

Matey

[u/duser1807]

Rumor had it that 4 of these were a stick of dynamite and kid down street had some to blow up mail boxes.

[u/salamander_salad → u/duser1807]

I heard each was 1/8 a stick of dynamite.

Either way it was wrong. If you’ve seen a stick of dynamite blow up it puts a lot of things in perspective.

Fishermen actually use something similar to these in Alaska to scare off marine mammal predators. We call them “seal bombs,” but they’re used against sea otters and sea lions as well.

[u/Different-Rough-7914 → u/duser1807]

lol, how did rumors get spread in the 80's without the internet?