Important Safety Lesson - safe distance shooting "Tannerite"
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Panzerschwein
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"Oh..OH IT BLEW MA LEG OFF!!!" *blood sprays everywhere*
That was truly horrific to watch. He might have been not so smart, but he didn't deserve it. Sad.
That was truly horrific to watch. He might have been not so smart, but he didn't deserve it. Sad.
Deaf Smith
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Placing Tannerite INSIDE the lawnmower made it into a bomb. No more, no less. Confining explosives in a metal container is making a fragmentation bomb.
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Panzerschwein
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Unfortunately, I knew it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.
Like someone mentioned, FPS Russia narrowly avoided death when a huge piece of shrapnel just missed him when he was doing a similar stunt against a vehicle.
Like someone mentioned, FPS Russia narrowly avoided death when a huge piece of shrapnel just missed him when he was doing a similar stunt against a vehicle.
rcmodel
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Turns out, P.T. Barnum was right.
Even before they invented Tannerite.
Gotta give a thumbs up to the legless guy though.
The vest was TackyCool for shooting explosive lawn mowers at close range!
Hope he had a field dressing in one of those TackyCool pockets!
rc
Even before they invented Tannerite.
Gotta give a thumbs up to the legless guy though.
The vest was TackyCool for shooting explosive lawn mowers at close range!
Hope he had a field dressing in one of those TackyCool pockets!
rc
susieqz
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i wanted to try that stuff.
then i realized that on the high plains, the grasses are never wet enow to
do this safely.
using it in arid places is just stupid.
but blowing up metal objects is something i thot no one would ever do.
everyone knows about shrapnel.
then i realized that on the high plains, the grasses are never wet enow to
do this safely.
using it in arid places is just stupid.
but blowing up metal objects is something i thot no one would ever do.
everyone knows about shrapnel.
thump_rrr
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This is FPS Russia almost getting killed, (near miss) in a similar fashion.
https://youtu.be/O8-azG3Iokk
https://youtu.be/O8-azG3Iokk
rcmodel
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Maybe it's just me?
But my circle of friends at that age were either old WWII , or Korea vets.
Or young bucks Vietnam age that were not TackyCool making YouTube vids, but serving in the military.
And every one of us had enough sense to get behind cover when setting of explosives.
Without being told too.
Now?
Blowing off your leg, or jumping off a cliff is just performing art on the YouTube it seems.
Maybe if they used more brain power in thinking it through to the finish, then filming it in HD??
rc
But my circle of friends at that age were either old WWII , or Korea vets.
Or young bucks Vietnam age that were not TackyCool making YouTube vids, but serving in the military.
And every one of us had enough sense to get behind cover when setting of explosives.
Without being told too.
Now?
Blowing off your leg, or jumping off a cliff is just performing art on the YouTube it seems.
Maybe if they used more brain power in thinking it through to the finish, then filming it in HD??
rc
Wow that guy is dumb. No sympathy here. Lol did anyone else notice how many times he missed at like 10 yards with a rifle. Maybe he started at like 200 yards and just couldn't hit it, tacta- cool vest was probably messing up his shooting....lol
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Always wanted to try tannerite but not in my neck of the woods? Well plains.... To much dry grass!
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Always wanted to try tannerite but not in my neck of the woods? Well plains.... To much dry grass!
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WhyWaltzWhenUCanR&R
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Tell me about the rabbit George
Usually I have to watch "Cops" to see this kind of stupid
Usually I have to watch "Cops" to see this kind of stupid
I don't think Tannerite is inherently dangerous. I do think that many people are inherently stupid. Back when we could buy a case of dynamite from the feed and seed we had people that wanted to save money and use less fuse or wanted to watch a beaver dam blow. I would set three sticks in a dam, put a 10 minute fuse on it, and exit the area. I never had any problem knowing exactly when the dam blew.
GBExpat
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<chuckle> There it is.
Coyote3855
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Great in theory. However it is very difficult to locate the idiots after the forest fire starts or the shooting range on the national forest is closed because no one cleaned up the mess created by idiots blowing up cars or old TV sets. "Responsible" use of Tannerite may be an oxymoron.
While I agree that Tannerite can cause fires I also understand that it causes a very small percentage of fires As I stated earlier, I think that many people are inherently stupid. The same guys that would shoot an explosive device and not make certain there is not a fire are the same guys that won't make sure their campfire is completely snuffed. "Banning" campfires, cigarettes and Tannerite might cut way down on man made fires.
Carl N. Brown
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I notice the Opening Post #1 uses quotes around "Tannerite".
Both responsible and reckless people use Tannerite and what I call scare-quotes "Tannerite" [mixtures of common chemicals mimicking Tannerite which is a tested and vetted formula].
Banning Tannerite won't prevent irresponsible use of "Tannerite".
Both responsible and reckless people use Tannerite and what I call scare-quotes "Tannerite" [mixtures of common chemicals mimicking Tannerite which is a tested and vetted formula].
Banning Tannerite won't prevent irresponsible use of "Tannerite".
I don't like outlawing things because of stupid people either but it sure wont bother me if these explosives are banned. I don't agree that these explosives cause a very small number of fires, I think that if there were hard facts about fires we'd find that it's more common than most people realize. I've only been around Tannerite on four occasions in my life and two of those events caused brush fires, both fires were fairly large, and yes, in both cases the persons using the Tannerite were idiots that shouldn't even have been using a firearm let alone an explosive (I was directly involved in only one of those occasions and it was handled professionally and no fire was started). In all four cases I was in a desert environment and it was very dry. On one of those events the idiot actually put a pound of Tannerite in a big brush pile, I don't know if he was trying to start a fire or was just that stupid (probably the later) but it definitely succeeded in creating a fire. I'd bet that those of you that think that it doesn't cause that many fires either use is intelligently and/or live in states where the humidity is higher and you have greenery that's actually green.
ClickClickD'oh
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[QUOTE="rcmodel']Hope he had a field dressing in one of those TackyCool pockets![/QUOTE]
A field dressing won't do much good when your leg is off. Hope he had a tourni and the skills to use it.
A field dressing won't do much good when your leg is off. Hope he had a tourni and the skills to use it.
Well, for regular private citizens using a carbine defensively is almost guaranteed to be inside of 25 or 15 yards, not farther out, yes?
I guess I am confused. What was the point? That shooting a carbine inside of 25 yards makes you a wannabe military?
I don't see the connection between his claim of the military doing lots of close quarters, wannabes shooting carbines inside of 25 yards, and the safe distance you should be from a bomb.
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