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Old August 8, 2013, 07:32 PM   #26
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Has anyone had a cap blow when they gave it a little pinch?
Nope. Caps aren't pressure sensitive. It takes an impact to set them off.
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Old August 8, 2013, 11:41 PM   #27
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caps take a definate amount of force to detonate. other wise the first time a minimum wage employee at ups shipping hub dropped a box containing caps, hed get a leg blown off.
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Old August 10, 2013, 01:15 AM   #28
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The pinching the over sized caps is how I got a chain fire once.
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