» exploding pipe http://blog.tophatcigar.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:30:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Strong Tobacco – Exploding Pipe! http://blog.tophatcigar.com/2009/12/28/strong-tobacco-exploding-pipe/ http://blog.tophatcigar.com/2009/12/28/strong-tobacco-exploding-pipe/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:01:23 +0000 Love My Smoke http://tophattobacco.com/blog/?p=447 Here’s one I ran across in the last issue of the American Rifleman mag.  I thought it interesting so I am passing along to you:

This was run in January of 1950, but could still apply today- Watch out for Strong Tobacco-
“I have learned that it is a mistake to carry a loose .22 caliber cartridge in the same pocket with my pipe.  The cartridge apparently found its way into the bowl of the pipe, which I then loaded with tobacco, a form of double loading that is not too good. (:-))  The explosion that followed a few moments after I lighted the pipe was loud and, needless to say, unexpected.  The burst cartridge case was found, but not the bullet.  No one was hurt.”

The following is a photograph of the actual pipe:

Strong Tobacco

Strong Tobacco

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