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"Template:Tsp×Template:Nbs2<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2" and <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />3⁄4"Template:Tsp×Template:Nbs6". These salutes typically carry 25Template:Nbsgrams of flash powder but in rare occasions have been measured and can contain upward to 30Template:Nbsgrams. Like the others, a piece of visco fuse 2Template:Nbsto 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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