M-80s were invented by the military long ago to simulate grenade explosions during training missions. Soon they became extremely popular with the public, and were sold as large firecrackers. But the Child Protection Act of 1966 made M-80s and cherry bombs illegal to manufacture in the United State
A firework that contains about 3 grams of pyrotechnic powder. Most M-80s are actually pieces of crap that contain tiny amounts of powder compared to genuine M-80s (firecrackers are called M-##, where ## corresponds to the amount of powder it has in grams). Illegal since 1966.
Real M-80s were so strong that the military used them to simulate grenade explosions.
A big ass illegal firecracker/quarter stick of dynamite.Used by the army as simulation grenades for training, but some ordinary people wanted them to play with so they stared selling them at stores, until people started blowing there hands off. Now there illegal.
"Could easily blow up an ordinary mail box, but dont do that cuz that is a very big federal offense."