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There was a whole hour show of the annual event (I believe it is in NC) this past fall on the Discovery Channel (I think) I do remember watching the show and these guy are serious about it. And I agree with MacBruce, I don't think the even know what a forge, hammer, tongs or anything else blacksmith related is about.

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Heard of them, and Heard them! Was at a blacksmith gathering in February that had an anvil shoot as well. Kinda loud, kinda dangerous, but is interesting to watch.

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Heard of a feller getting his hand messed up at one too and I saw an anvil at Quad-State that was cracked by shooting. Pushing the limits can be rough on people and things.

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Anvil shooting caused ABANA to change from chapters to affiliates. A few chapters refused to stop the practice, and since the chapters were insured through ABANA, they disavowed themselves from the chapters. Affiliates are only loosely associated with the organization.

Yes, an individual who was involved with anvil shooting did remove some fingers while setting up a shoot. I have not heard much about him shooting anvils since.

The only anvil shooting that takes place in my museum is people shooting pictures of the collection.

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Let me see, you put an indeterminent amount of explosive, black powder, under a large hunk of steel on undetermined structural integrity and set it off, what could possibly go wrong? Remember it is not the thousand times everything goes right that is going to cause you grief, it is the one time everything goes wrong.

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I understand that ABANA frowns upon the practice.


Yes they do. After a couple of near fatal and potentially fatal oopsies (one of which I witnessed) they reckoned it was time to shut it down.
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in florida dr ryan shoots and anvil every year he has his x-rayed. during the competition he lost a finger. Some members will not come to the confrence because of the shoot. it would make it a little safer if the used electric igniter.

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