What to know about Tannerite?

[Trey Veston]

I've never used it or been interested in it, but I need to spice up my YT videos and thought shooting a pumpkin with enough tannerite in it to make it go boom would be fun. I've seen videos where morons put a large amount in something metal and ended up injuring themselves and others. There was also a bad forest fire in my area started a couple of years ago by yahoos shooting tannerite in bone dry woods in the middle of summer.

I just want to blow up some pumpkins.

I shot a bunch of pumpkins last weekend with my M1 Garand and it was less than spectacular. I was thinking of trying other food items to shoot that would be more exciting when I thought of using tannerite.

I would be shooting at 50yds, using a large caliber rifle, in an open pasture, in the rain. No chance of fire and no chance of injury.

What amount should I use and how far away can I set the camera without damaging it?

If you don't know about tannerite, then maybe you know of a fruit or vegetable that violently explodes when hit with a rifle round. Cows use the pasture, so something biodegradable would be ideal.

 

[DukeConnor]

Try filling the pumpkin with water before you shoot it.

 

[LiveLife]

shooting at 50yds ... no chance of injury.

how far away can I set the camera without damaging it?

Depending on how much is used and target set up, may want to use some shielding and/or be further away.

Tannerite close call slow motion

Playing with tannerite. Think next time might get back a little farther for safety. Watch out for the piece of wood.

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[PistoleroWadcutterGANG]

Curiosity, social media, youth and BOOM fascination: I've got a couple of young guns with partial frontal cranial depressions and NOW retarded ability in life. In my community. Watch what your boys are up too. Try to press upon them caution.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

If all you have is 50 yards don't use tannerite.
Filling the pumpkins with water will work.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Both my gun clubs don't allow it. That's a good thing.

 

[Outlaw75]

If all you have is 50 yards don't use tannerite.
Filling the pumpkins with water will work.

This!



Don't be stupid.

 

[jmorris]

I would be shooting at 50yds,

Way too close for a pumpkin full.

 

[lightman]

I would be shooting at 50yds, using a large caliber rifle, in an open pasture, in the rain. No chance of fire and no chance of injury.

I don't know much about Tannerite but you might try shooting with a varmint rifle if the explosive effect is what you want. Hits on Pumpkins with a 45-70 are pretty cool too.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

I have a tip for your channel. Get rid of the intro music. Sometimes i almost jump out of my seat with videos that do that lol.

 

[Walkalong]

Filled with water and enough gun it’s as good as an explosion.

 

[jmorris]

Filled with water and enough gun it’s as good as an explosion.

I wouldn’t go that far but yeah, hydraulics even works with .22’s and soda cans. Shoot an empty one and then one filled with water, next time your out. Don’t forget to pick up the trash.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Tanaright Scares me! I hate the stuff!

at a late Summer Cookout in North Carolina, my cousin/buddy brought over 2 pounds of the evil stuff. They shot it and hoop & holler! I thought …. “ Luckily NOBODY DIES”

I took cover, they wanted to stare at it. IT’S EXPLOSIVE no Benito! Don’t go near the stuff!

 

[JohnKSa]

If you want to use Tannerite, just follow the instructions. I believe they do have at least one target that is rated for 50 yards. Don't know how much of a 'boom' it provides.

 

[Outlaw75]

Alternately, OP could do like Paul Harrell and shoot cheap soda bottles.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Try filling the pumpkin with water before you shoot it.

This.

High velocity bullets, especially jacketed hollowpoints, and fluid filled containers of any kind are entertaining to shoot! And it's cheap, too!

Fruits like tomatoes are really small water balloons. Oranges, apples, and the like would be excellent choices as well. Basically any fruit/vegetable that is solid/fluid filled. And something like a pumpkin or melon (hollow) filled with water also essentially explodes into wildlife feeding snacks and fertilizer.

I imagine potatoes would work, too. Especially with high velocity rifle rounds.

Soda cans will split up the back and essentially fillet themselves wide open. Open top plastic containers will often fountain water several feet straight up.

Just be sure to clean up afterwards. Nobody appreciates a mess being left behind. And most especially do not use potentially hazardous materials that don't dissolve or rot away. No glass, for example. And anything metal should be picked up and disposed of.

I've never used Tannerite, but it does sound fun. Its only detractor is it may attract unwanted attention and may not be allowed in many places/ranges.

 

[Charlie98]

If you want to use Tannerite, just follow the instructions.

+1

Just like anything firearm related, there is inherent danger attached. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes comes to mind.

I've shot Tannerite... it's fun. The little jar they provide is PLENTY to get a good reaction. Personally, if you want to blow up pumpkins, I'd set the jar under a pumpkin (or pumpkins) and pick it off with a high velocity rifle at some distance. The last time I shot Tannerite, I used my M1 Garand at about 70 yards... and that was plenty close.

Shooting Tannerite is just like any other shooting or handloading activity... proper place, proper time, proper precautions, clear head and mind. No tomfoolery.

 

[Frulk]

A buddy of mine had a plastic bin about twice the size of a shoe box full of errant golf balls he collected around a local course.

Put a tub of tannerite under it and set it up at 100 yards and shot it with a .223. Pretty impressive explosion. I’m not kidding when I say we walked around for 15 minutes and could not find one golf ball in the area. That was my one and only experience with Tannerite. It scratched that itch.

 

[JohnKSa]

Each of the targets comes with instructions that include the minimum safe distance for shooting that target. Just follow the instructions. There are none of the tub-type targets that can be shot inside 100 yards (per Tannerite's instructions), but they do sell at least one small target (made by another company) that is rated for 50 yards.

Also from their FAQ.

• Never place these targets inside, on top of, or under any metal, rock, or other surfaces that could produce flying debris or sparks, or within another object. This is dangerous and constitutes improper use of the product.

I don't think a pumpkin is going to be that dangerous and, I believe, wouldn't fall under that warning, but I would remove the stem or orient the pumpkin so the stem was facing into the ground before shooting it.

They are pretty specific in their instructions that the material should be only be shot inside the provided containers and state that it is to be used as a shot indicator only, suggesting that it's not intended to be used to blow other objects up.

 

[Inkman]

I've shot a lot of Tannerite over the years. Always on BLM land in Nv and yes, a lb or 2 inside a pumpkin and/or watermelons is awesome fun. Would pick em up cheap after Halloween or Thanksgiving and haul em out to a camping and shooting spot and blast em up over a couple days.

 

[Mark_Mark]

This.

High velocity bullets, especially jacketed hollowpoints, and fluid filled containers of any kind are entertaining to shoot! And it's cheap, too!

Fruits like tomatoes are really small water balloons. Oranges, apples, and the like would be excellent choices as well. Basically any fruit/vegetable that is solid/fluid filled. And something like a pumpkin or melon (hollow) filled with water also essentially explodes into wildlife feeding snacks and fertilizer.

I imagine potatoes would work, too. Especially with high velocity rifle rounds.

Soda cans will split up the back and essentially fillet themselves wide open. Open top plastic containers will often fountain water several feet straight up.

Just be sure to clean up afterwards. Nobody appreciates a mess being left behind. And most especially do not use potentially hazardous materials that don't dissolve or rot away. No glass, for example. And anything metal should be picked up and disposed of.

I've never used Tannerite, but it does sound fun. Its only detractor is it may attract unwanted attention and may not be allowed in many places/ranges.

it’s VERY loud & the concussion is impressive

 

[dogtown tom]

Orange Fanta, Big Red, etc beat water every time.
Diet foams more than regular.

edited to add:
If you want better visual effect, use powdered chalk or colored cornstarch.

 

[codytrucker]

Light weight high velocity varmint type bullets should be pretty impressive on fruits , veggies and fluid filled containers . Your 25-06 with a 75 grain Vmax would be spectacular .

 

[AK Hunter]

I Have shot a lot of tannerite. I had my girl friend shoot a pumpkin with only 1# of tannerite in it & it blew a 1ft hole in the ground after vaporizing the pumpkin. The only part of the pumpkin that was left was the dry stem knob from the top & it rolled back toward us & stopped under one of the cars.
Tannerite is now illegal at our range.
I had an old ham that had gotten left out & I didn't think it was safe to eat so I took it to the range & shot it with a deer slug from about 10yds. It was a boneless football ham & I shot it long ways through the ham so it vaporized. The biggest piece of it was only about the size of a quarter.

 

[Riomouse911]

I have only shot at Tannerite a couple of times. We kept it sane and the Boom! and yellow cloud of smoke were pretty cool.

I do know you need to hit it with a bullet generating enough speed to set off the reaction. I shot one plastic jar full of Tannerite with a 629 .44 at just under 100 yards. All I did was break the jar open and spill all of the little white Tannerite b-b’s onto the ground.

Stay safe.