So how much longer you think exploding targets will last?

[Tallbald]

If this has already been discussed I apologize in advance, and request someone offer a link to the discussion. I'm interested in other's opinions.
If you browse online videos at all in the shooting topics sections, it won't be long until you come across videos of BOOMS published using binary component exploding targets that some user either bought commercially or made themselves using widely available materials. I myself haven't used any yet but hey it looks like good fun if one follows safety directions. The commercial stuff is way overpriced to me for the components included but there's the liability insurance, marketing expense and all the other stuff that serves to drive up costs so I don't berate the makers. In fact I thank them for bringing to market fun things that used safely greatly increase the "fun factor" in our hobby and sport.
Thing is that as with anything fun, someone going for "bigger must be better"does something that gets someone hurt and draws widespread attention. Then The Powers decide us unwashed masses don't need access to this fun stuff and we all suffer. Does anyone here besides me have concerns that blowing up old buildings, tanks of gasoline, using more than a "legal" amount (I recently saw a posting sharing that there is indeed a maximum "legal" amount of this type stuff--don't know if is true or not) etc is inviting the loss of yet another freedom? I mean we lost open-bolt semi automatic guns, we lost in 1968 surplus cannons, etc etc.
I'm not wanting to start any heated topic. It is what it is folks. I'm just concerned it's a matter of time before reactive targets like these are yanked because someone had a "here hold my beer and watch this" moment. Don.

 

[notaglockfanboy]

I have wondered the same thing. I didn't think they would last as long as they have on the market, because of the "hold my beer and watch this" crowd. I have used them a couple of times and they make a nice pop. They will definitely make grown men giggle like school kids.

 

[HexHead]

The TN State Attorney General released an opinion a couple of weeks ago that Tannerite should be treated the same as dynamite and nitroglycerine.

 

[hso]

it won't be long until you come across binary component exploding targets either bought commercially

You must not have walked into an Academy Sports or Gander Mountain lately. They're on sale like the batteries.

 

[Tallbald]

HSO what I meant was that looking through videos it won't be long until you find videos showing up. I'll try to edit it to clear up my meaning. Thanks. Don.

Clarification attempted. Don.

 

[krupparms]

It would seem everything is up for being taken from the people. They have gone after far less dangerous items. They are easier to get than .22LR. ammo around here. Shooting it around here in the summer is already banned almost everywhere. Forest fires cost a lot of money to put out, not to mention damage to homes, property & lives that have been lost. The state is cracking down & sending people to prison. One idiot shooting in May-Nov.could cause us to lose it. I will not worry about a might be. But I feel the OP has a point.

 

[DeepSouth]

I really don't mean it wrong, but exploding targets can easily be made and cheaper than the stuff you buy. I've never bought any and probably never will but if you want an exploding target you don't have to buy it.

I'm sure it will be banned eventually, like everything that can be used as a weapon someone will go after it in the name of "public safty" As far as making stuff, that's probably already illegal but it hasn't stopped many I know of.

Me, I'm perfectly happy just shooting at paper and in the summer an occasional melon of some sort.

 

[Hypnogator]

Until some idiot uses one (or more) to blow up his neighbor's car, or house, after a dispute.

 

[WestKentucky]

I'm surprised that most DNRs haven't addressed them due to the multiple videos online of folks hog baiting then thumping a whole herd of them with one bullet. I like them, and have used them, but flour and plastic easter eggs are just as much fun.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

"....flour and plastic easter eggs are just as much fun."

But will they launch a plastic 55 gal drum fifty feet into the air?

(In reactive targets, I am partial to aluminum cola cans filled with water.)

 

[Davek1977]

(In reactive targets, I am partial to aluminum cola cans filled with water.)

SPent many an afternoon filling up pop cans, then destroying them as fast as possible with Dad's Winchester 62A or BL-22. It was amazing how fast a row of ten or 15 could disappear! Too, it impressed the fact that "just a .22" could do some serious damage on a young mind....

 

[coloradokevin]

Exploding targets are fun, and I'm also surprised they're still on the market. They're perfectly safe when used correctly, and have the potential to be quite dangerous when misused (kind of reminds you of hundreds of other things we encounter in daily life, doesn't it?).

Regardless, banning an item that consists of mostly just ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder isn't exactly possible.

 

[rhinoh]

HSO what I meant was that looking through videos it won't be long until you find videos showing up. I'll try to edit it to clear up my meaning. Thanks. Don.

Clarification attempted. Don.

Huh? There is no shortage of videos featuring the stuff....



And, yep, I figure they will be banned eventually by the feds or states. The outdoor range I'm a member of already banned them.

 

[rhinoh]

Regardless, banning an item that consists of mostly just ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder isn't exactly possible.

I'd say it not only is possible but likely.

 

[HoosierQ]

And if they do get banned, it will have nothing to do with infringing on our right to keep and bear arms. Yes, exploding targets are designed for the RKBA set but we can shot to our hearts' content without them. My range does not allow them and their use is cause for expulsion from the club...and it has happened.

 

[BadgerT]

Just a matter of time. Legislators have to make it look like they're doing something and the lobbyists need someone to carry out agendas. You've all heard it, "if we can save just one child' s life...."
But, they are fun. I used it to liven up a memorial day family gathering by placing it on wood blocks behind the heads on zombie targets. When the kids hit the zombie in the head, thrills all around and they couldn't get enough.

 

[FLIGHT762]

Last month, an 8 year old Boy was killed using Tannerite by a relative who put it in an old stove. Story here: http://gunssavelives.net/blog/video-tannerite-explosion-kills-8-year-old-boy/

 

[tark]

I can't believe the Peoples Democratic Republic of Illinois hasn't banned them. But I can still buy them in my local Gander Mountain.

I have found that a five pound bag of flour placed atop the Tannerite makes for an interesting display. Same for a bottle of selzer water. (Did I spell that right? Who cares!)

 

[ku4hx]

I'm just happy to hit what I shoot at. As long as holes appear or the "target" moves I could not care less if it gets mad and explodes back at me. I'm more partial to things that roll and bounce and can be shot more than once.

 

[alsaqr]

Last month, an 8 year old Boy was killed using Tannerite by a relative who put it in an old stove.

It happened in OK, of course. OK has more idiots per square mile than any other state.

From the link:

Brandon Martin, 22, faces a manslaughter charge after Sheriff Ron Lockhart said he fired a high-powered rifle at an outdoor stove full of the explosive material Tannerite in Liberty, Okla. The stove exploded and critically injured Jonathan Phelan, 8, who was struck by flying shrapnel. That boy died early Monday morning after being taken to a Tulsa hospital by a medical helicopter, Lockhart said.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Federal law deals wtih storage and transportaiton of explosives. Binary explosives are not explosives until they are mixed and used promptly do not fall under Federal regulation. Basically they did regulatory mental gymnastics to apply the 50lb possession limit on black powder to the "possession" involved in preparing a charge of more than 50lb of Tannerite.

This is not to say that the law might be changed on the Federal or State level if enough people do really stupid things.

I'm not sure if this means if I have 40lb of black powder back at the house can I only prep a 10lb charge of Tannerite? I also wonder if my buddy can set his 50lb charge next to mine and those of my other buddies?

Mike

 

[wally]

Under Tyranny "What is not specifically permitted is prohibited".

Under Freedom "What is not specifically prohibited is permitted".

Misuse of Tannerite breaks plenty of existing laws already, when its used as directed it is safe, and doesn't unless local laws prohibit it.

 

[coloradokevin]

I'd say it not only is possible but likely.

I disagree, to an extent, as I was mentioning above. The components of this product are: common, widely used in industry, and easy enough for any idiot to combine.

When I took my first explosives class at work it was rather eye-opening in the sense that many common chemicals and products can be used to make explosives, and they cannot be easily banned.

Like I said, I'm surprised that Tannerite is still around, but it wouldn't be so difficult to make this stuff for yourself, even if it was banned. But, I do think you're correct in suggesting that the powers that be will try to ban this stuff eventually, and will not likely accept the "2nd Amendment" argument for keeping it around.

 

[ponch327]

just a matter of time at least holder isn't in office anymore

 

[Deaf Smith]

So how much longer you think exploding targets will last?

Long as you don't shoot 'em or bash them!

Deaf