Playing with Tannerite

[Mgderf]

I've never had the pleasure. I've been thinking about treating my brother to a "Blast" for his birthday. He has a range in his front yard.

While it would be legal here, there are neighbors close by. They are used to gun fire due to the range, but we've never set off any Tannerite.

I know you mix it up prior to use, so I assume you could break it up into small charges and hold down on the neighborhood "freak-out."

My question is, what do you put the mixed Tannerite in to shoot it? Would small pill bottles work?
How small of a charge can you go before you can't tell the difference?

I'd like to shoot some, but I don't want the neighbors calling Johnny law, or shooting back!

 

[ilikeguns]

Pill bottles or film canisters would work. I have never done more than a half pound at a time just because it gets costly. Half pound is loud but it doesn't sound like a car exploding or anything. I don't know if an amount as small as a pill bottle would really be worth it or not.

 

[emsdial911]

5lb Taped Together blew up a round bail in the back yard. Neighbors from 6 houses came running to see what was going in. GREAT STUFF!!!

 

[r6vr6]

Once you shot a 2.5 lb you won't waste money on smaller ones. 1lbs aren't bad but 1/2 lbs aren't fun at all.

 

[BKExpress]

It's loud as hell. Not sure about splitting up.

 

[griffin]

I've been told one guy around here mixes it up and then duct tapes small baggies of the mixed compound and posts on targets. It's supposed to work well.

I am sitting eight feet away from eight pounds of it I recently bought. Haven't used any yet. It is winter, after all.

 

[Spike_351]

I've been told one guy around here mixes it up and then duct tapes small baggies of the mixed compound and posts on targets. It's supposed to work well.

I am sitting eight feet away from eight pounds of it I recently bought. Haven't used any yet. It is winter, after all.

Then stuff it inside a snowmans head and let your kids shoot it, be sure not to tell them about the tannernite though, should.be a blast for.them

 

[Mike H]

Invite your neighbors over for some fun, or let them know what's going on.

 

[Mgderf]

At least one of these neighbors doesn't know the meaning of the word fun.

 

[mwagner]

4 1/2 pounds made a 60 inch cinema tv go completely bye bye. It was AMAZING!!!!

 

[RspecZX6]

Well...if the neighbors come running and ask what blew up, just tell them railroads?

 

[bthomas]

Here is a video of me shooting 4lbs at a private range. I put 4lbs in a plastic coffee can and set it about 10 to 15 feet in front of the back stop. It took all the black off the shoot and see targets, and there was a few pieces of the coffee can embedded into the back stop. My next goal is 10lb.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqg11qdaFfM

 

[DanVoils]

Then stuff it inside a snowmans head and let your kids shoot it, be sure not to tell them about the tannernite though, should.be a blast for.them

http://youtu.be/LiTzAy1-FMs

 

[scottka]

This summer, I separated my tannerite out into pill bottles and we stuffed them in watermelons. A pill bottle will still turn a watermelon into vapor, I assure you. I'm cheap and I'd rather have a lot of decent booms, than one really big one. I don't think it's worth going too big unless you just really want to blow something big up or money is no object.

 

[Saber]

Sonic boom

Try the Sonic Boom targets.
They are louder than Tannerite, cheaper and made here in Indiana!

 

[strokin7.3]

I know 1/2 pound of tannerite stuck inside a microwave will blow it to smithereens

 

[williamnewman1]

we use easter eggs when we are trying to conserve .... cheap and easy to find this time of the year .... nice and bright too ..... though not as satisfying as shooting 1lb or 1/2lb targets , still gives you a nice bang

 

[hoosierdoc]

http://www.hartatac.com/Products-Exploding_Targets.html

Tannerite is the expensive way to go. Buying 10lb of H2 Targets and using your own containers is great fun. You can just use the plastic bag if you want too. Duct tape is a good idea on small containers in case you get a grazing blow and don't detonate it. In those instances sometimes you crack the container and it all leaks out if not taped.

 

[hrearden]

You can also put charges underneath buckets of flour or other similar powder (coffee creamer) and use the explosive as an initiator for the dust.

 

[pfinley82]

1/2 lb and a pumpkin is a blast!