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They will tell you how to kill yourself easily :-)
(Gunshops where you are probably sell powder for reloading purposes.
This, while dangerous, will be safer than trying to make your own if
you have little experience).
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>On that note, does anyone know how to make flash powder (quick
burning

>gunpowder, like the kind in shells, etc.), i.e. NOT salt petre &
sugar type
>of thing which is hot and fun, but not fast like flash powder.
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>Craig
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