Fire Starter, (Magnesium rods )

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Originally Posted by R93

Correct me if I am wrong.....which is a lot by the way........Do you not scrape some of the magnesium with a knife off into your tinder? It lights immediately from memory. I thought that was the point of the thing.

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Yeh sorry R93, that was the title of this thread. Doinit, I was referring to the more flint type fire starters (although they are not strictly flint these days).

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Yeh sorry R93, that was the title of this thread. Doinit, I was referring to the more flint type fire starters (although they are not strictly flint these days).

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Yip I was going on about the stick only version. R93 I was tossing up which one to get and settled on the stick.Like you say,the other you shave of the stuff into a small heap as such then using the other side,strike up a spark onto the fine shavings.I'm sure the stick on its own would last longer.great wee toy.

Sweet. I have not used one for yrs. I would only ever light a fire in an emergency anyway. Never have one for comfort.

The only time I have ever NEEDED to start a fire(long story but wrong side of flooded river pissing rain) the lighter i had been lighting my smokes with all day had died right when i really needed it. Got one going after a hour or so after pulling 5 factory CRIMPED 308 rounds out basically with my teeth.
Hence carrying 3 separate fire starting things now.:wtfsmilie:

Just as a point of interest, I think the current record for raising a flame using a flint and steel, with natural materials only(not paper or rubber) as tinder, is about 10 seconds.

I demonstrated using a flint and steel to mates at work once, using paper as tinder, and bloody near burnt the office out ! !:)

No denying it can be done but it can be hard in NZ native bush when it has been pissing down for a week.;)

I think you are supposed to break the crimp by putting it in barrel end and working loose and then using a small piece of pull through cloth, or shirt tail or even the lint from your navel. Shoot the cotton wad through your rifle using one of the empty rounds [primer only] and you should have a smouldering rag to add to the stack of powder and twigs. Don't shoot the cotton at your powder stack as it will blow it to hell-and-gone.