r/interestingasfuck 1d ago

This guy invented the shotgun axe

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u/BigGrayBeast 1d ago

My father's buddies machined a pipe with one closed end and a fuse hole. They would fill it with black powder, pound it into a log, block it in with another log, then light the fuse.

Instant split firewood.