Experience with Tannerite Exploding Targets?

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I was just wondering if anyone had some experience with Tannerite exploding targets? They seem like they'd be a whole lot of fun. They are kind of expensive, but i'm thinking about placing an order.

Anyone have any issues with legality? Their website claims they are 100% legal in all 50 states...I live in Utah btw. Here is their website:

http://www.tannerite.com/
 
#2
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It's all they say it is. That being said, it's easy to get stupid with it and I've seen it happen. Don't put it under anything or around anything that can end up as flying shrapnel. It will blow a chunk of lumber into tooth picks. Don't set it off any closer than 50 yards, 100 yards should be the minimum. You can divide it up into smaller charges, seen film containers used. The biggest issue with it is keeping it dry. The prilled ANFO attracts moisture and it will harden in the bottles over time, more of a problem in high humidity like FL. It's illegal to transport it once it is mixed. Best to buy what you plan to shoot rather than saving some for later. Plenty of youtube videos.
 
#3
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Shouldn't be an issue in Utah. Some guy got nailed for using 1000 lbs of it to blow up a dump truck. I think it actually registered a slight seismic anomaly. Frank (Lowlight), the owner of this site, routinely uses it in torture tests. There are vids floating around the site.

Josh
 
#4
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Thanks,
I'm excited to try it. It sure would make long range shooting fun. Much easier than trying to see if you hit the 1000 yard metal plate.

They sell it in a "bulk" 20 pound bag. I was thinking about buying that, but i don't want moisture to get in once i open it. Utah has just about zero humidity, do think it would still be a problem?
 
#5
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I bought my Father a case for Fathers day, and we loved them.. They are loud.. We set ours out at 100 yards and blasted them. The mushroom cloud they leave is cool too..

If you can, shoot them with a suppressed rifle, that way you can enjoy the loudness of them, that much more..


DOn't get stupid, fun yes, but stupid no.. lol
 
#9
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MinorDamage</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Shouldn't be an issue in Utah. Some guy got nailed for using 1000 lbs of it to blow up a dump truck. I think it actually registered a slight seismic anomaly. Frank (Lowlight), the owner of this site, routinely uses it in torture tests. There are vids floating around the site.

Josh </div></div>

Think it was an abandoned cement mixer near an airport.

If you look around the boomershoot website there is a formula that they use that involves antifreeze, ANFO and one other chemical. Same end effect. Tannerite has been "tuned" with some extra chems to make it more sensitive. I've got the actual Tannerite formula in my files. Plenty of folks that have used ag 34% uncoated ANFO and german black aluminum powder successfully. Think the suitable ag ANFO is getting harder/impossible to acquire without purchasing explosive grade. They're coating and apparently mixing urea to prevent ag ANFO from being used in explosive composition basically to prevent another OKC type event. There's at least one Tannerite knock off, think Cabelas sells them. Don't think they are as refined as the true Tannerite.
 
#10
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cascade_Sherpa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've only seen the youtube videos. is it concussion alone that sets the explosive off? Somebody was telling me that a sub sonic round will not set it off? Any truth to that? </div></div>

That's correct, you need a high velocity round to set them off. As the stuff degrades and absorbs moisture, it get more difficult or impossible to set off. Seen bottles of old tannerite shot full of holes and not detonate.
 
#11
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The stuff from Cabelas is called Star targets. Premeasured, easier to use, and seems to perform the same as Tannerite. And also recommend a suppressed rifle.
 
#12
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The targets were a lot of fun to shoot - they make a very loud boom and a large puff of smoke. I absolutely agree with staying back from it. When it explodes, anything nearby tends to go flying or comes apart before it goes flying... It can ignite something flammable next to it (like gas). Supposedly, it can set off another Tannerite target set next to it, but I've never tried that.

I've never seen a problem with it going off when hit by a 308 or larger, but I've seen some very off-center hits (as in outside the orange label) from some smaller stuff that ripped a hole without exploding it. However, I also don't know how old/moist the contents were.
 
#13
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Tannerite and pumpkins! hollow out some pumpkin,put in a plastic bottle of tannerite,turn on video camera,and shoot,great fun.We recently blew up a 230lb pumpkin with two cans of Tannerite in it.100 yds away and pumpkin shrapnel was landing around us!
 
#14
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cascade_Sherpa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've only seen the youtube videos. is it concussion alone that sets the explosive off? Somebody was telling me that a sub sonic round will not set it off? Any truth to that? </div></div>

I shot one with a sub-sonic .308 and all it did was knock it over no BOOM
 
#15
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100 yards is way more safety margin than really needed. 30 to 40 is much more fun. However, 6 feet is way too close. Dont ask.
 
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#17
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I know I have post the how to make it yourself a couple of times, but now Uncle FuckFace Sam has decided that AL powder in .2micron size is illegal for us to have, so I guess I'll have to pay the 1000% mark up for Tannerite.
 
#18
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 762frmafr</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AntlerAddict</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was just wondering if anyone had some experience with Tannerite exploding targets?</div></div>
Just a little bit.....
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1850328
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1805432</div></div> awesome! just awesome.
 
#21
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The bullet needs to be going at a pretty fast FPS to set it off, I don't remember what that speed is. Our .308 wont set it off at a 1000 but a .338 lapua will. We usually shoot small shampoo bottles full of the stuff at ranges 200 yds and in.
 
#24
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I just got done carving pumpkins with some star targets. It was a lot of fun but wasn't too potent. The insides of the pumpkins were covered in AN pellets, didn't get full ignition i guess.
 
#25
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lindy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't remember how many times we've set grass fires with Tannerite, but it's a bunch. If you're not prepared for that, better have the bottle on something which won't burn.
</div></div>

I thought Tannerite wasn't able to start fires??? Unless of course you have a can of gasoline near by...
 
#26
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AntlerAddict</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I thought Tannerite wasn't able to start fires??? Unless of course you have a can of gasoline near by... </div></div>
there is a flash....how do you think the gasoline is ignited?
 
#27
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Well, I don't know what Tannerite is or is not supposed to do. However I have started grass fires by shooting Tannerite sitting on dry grass. To paraphrase myself, I believe the flames...
laugh.gif
 
#28
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A short search found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkULwGLTyc

There is a lot of info/videos of people setting off gas with Tannerite, but very little about starting anything else on fire.
This is the only one I could find that alleges starting a brush fire with just Tannerite. However, one of the comments mentions that is wasn't mixed properly. And the video isn't real clear about whether it really was Tannerite or a home brew.
 
#29
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I've seen at a event where they blew a boulder out of a hillside. You could feel the shockwave hit. Definitely worth getting for some fun shooting.
 
#32
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i cant beleive you can even access this stuff after 9/11. In australia, all ammonium nitrate is now restricted, even farmers need a special license to buy it as fertilizer.... And the planes did not fly into any buildings here!


Tannerite is 95% ammonium nirate (the same stuff in ANFO high explosive)
5% ultra fine Aluminium Powder. (which destabilizes the Ammonium nirate)

Once you mix up tannerite, simply wire in a detonator and voila, remote car bomb or whatever... AND YOU CAN BUY IT OVER THE INTERNET???? America... F$#k yeah...
 
#33
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don't worry some dumb-ass will F%^% it up and get it restricted soon enough. Someone will blow them self or others up and bring the fun to an end.
 
#34
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I have always read Tannerite was a little more complex. The oxidizer is a mixture of 85% 200-mesh ammonium nitrate and 15% ammonium perchlorate, while the catalyst is a mixture of 90% 600-mesh dark flake aluminium powder, 5% 325-mesh Titanium sponge and 5% 200-mesh zirconium hydroxide.

I know ammonium nitrate and dark flake aluminium powder works as well.
 
#35
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I know this is an old thread, but does anyone know if 27-0-0 fertilizer will work instead of 34-0-0 mixed 95%- 5% aluminum powder???
 
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