Large quantities of Tannerite

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Posted: 10/22/2007 9:46:16 PM EDT

What is the largest amount of tannerite detonated that you have been witness to?

I have done a gallon jug. That was a good boom, .223 set it off just fine. Is there a limit to how much will detonate reliably? I have access to any caliber up to and including .50 bmg. does caliber matter?

videos welcome

1.5 Litre Tannerite

Posted: 10/22/2007 9:51:00 PM EDT

[#1]

there was a 58 qt rubbermaid container full of tannerite set off last month..at a WAhtf shoot.

Posted: 10/22/2007 9:57:46 PM EDT

[#2]

couple 6 pounders.

One blew the roof off a pickup truck.

Posted: 10/22/2007 10:07:35 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
there was a 58 qt rubbermaid container full of tannerite set off last month..at a WAhtf shoot.

What did they use to set it off?

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:35:46 AM EDT

[#4]

anyone else?

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:38:37 AM EDT

[#5]

We (Ohio arfcommers) shot a gallon jug of it at KCR, and it about blew the roof off an old van.

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:40:26 AM EDT

[#6]

TAG for tannerite vids!

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:41:26 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
TAG for tannerite vids!

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:41:32 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
there was a 58 qt rubbermaid container full of tannerite set off last month..at a WAhtf shoot.

What did they use to set it off?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNCCaXSWZUs

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:41:54 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
What is the largest amount of tannerite detonated that you have been witness to?

I have done a gallon jug. That was a good boom, .223 set it off just fine. Is there a limit to how much will detonate reliably? I have access to any caliber up to and including .50 bmg. does caliber matter?

videos welcome

1.5 Litre Tannerite

Weak.

I wasn't there for it, but THIS looks fun!

_MaH

ETA: Tannerite Shockwave (Awesome beyond words)

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:43:21 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
TAG for tannerite vids!

Go here: www.ar15.com/content/page.html?id=304
WA Hometown forum LCR Tannerite shoot videos.

Posted: 10/23/2007 9:11:29 AM EDT

[#11]

I stuck 2 containers, each weighing 1/2 pound inside of an oven, that was inside of an old 35 foot mobile home that was scheduled for scrapping, burning the rest, then burying on my friends property.

We locked the oven door, used a glow stick to see where to shoot, shot through the door and it blew the oven to bits, wrapped aluminum siding around trees and blew the whole back of the trailer out. Also in the video (on 8mm and I don't know how to convert it) you can see the frame of the trailer buckle! Burners from the stove got stuck in the roof, all the windows blew out.

I also shot 1.5lbs on 4th of July in an open area about 15 feet from my metal shed. The concussion ended up putting a 6 inch deep by 30 inch long dent in the shed.

Posted: 10/23/2007 9:15:09 AM EDT

[#12]

It's funny how many people laugh after explosions.

I thought I was strange for doing that.

Posted: 10/23/2007 9:19:46 AM EDT

[#13]

I'd like to see someone with enough disposable income fill a 55gal drum and back up about 1000yds and detonate.

Posted: 10/23/2007 9:35:54 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
7 pounds

holy shit!!

35 lbs

TANNERITE MOAB

that last wasn't tanneritte, 100 tonnes of the stuff. you couldn't be far enough away and still detonate it, could you?

Posted: 10/23/2007 3:06:15 PM EDT

[#15]

250 lbs. I'll post video in a little bit.

Posted: 10/23/2007 3:06:22 PM EDT

[#16]

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Quoted:
You know you guys can make it yourselves and save a ton of money? I have a friend that owns a farm in Missouri (I am from Nebraska) that buys 50 lb bags of Ammonium Nitrate for $0.14/lb. If you can get this, you simply mix the prill with 5% Aluminum or Magnesium powder. So, your mix would be 95% AN: 5% Al, by weight.

are you for real? that sounds like a major felony

pretty sure it is all right, that is all tannerite is

Posted: 10/23/2007 3:07:01 PM EDT

[#17]

where do you buy tannerite?

Posted: 10/23/2007 3:09:28 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You know you guys can make it yourselves and save a ton of money? I have a friend that owns a farm in Missouri (I am from Nebraska) that buys 50 lb bags of Ammonium Nitrate for $0.14/lb. If you can get this, you simply mix the prill with 5% Aluminum or Magnesium powder. So, your mix would be 95% AN: 5% Al, by weight.

are you for real? that sounds like a major felony

No, it isn't. You're doing basically the same exact thing when you buy and mix tannerite.
Tannerite doesn't come pre-mixed because it's illegal to transport binary explosive w/o the proper license.

However, it is perfectly legal for an individual to mix and use binary explosive, w/o a license. eta: As usual, you individual State law may prohibit this and IANAL.

HOWEVER, I live in a very rural area, and I could not find ANYONE within 300 miles who carries Ammonium Nitrate. The feds started a big push to get it taken off the shelves after the OK City and '94 WTC bombing.

If you can find it on the store shelves at .14/lb, buy a shitload while you can. eta: And get some for me too, while you're at it.

Posted: 10/23/2007 3:11:40 PM EDT

[#19]

This was a video that I took, but someone else posted on YouTube (probably an ARFCOMmer.) It was a gallon jug full of Tannerite.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfomWn1BLRI

Posted: 10/23/2007 7:03:24 PM EDT

[#20]

bump

Posted: 10/23/2007 8:16:18 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Would a firecracker be enough to set it off?

(and no, I would not be dumb enough to try lighting a 1" firecracker fuse and running away before the boom.)

Or at the very least, not more than once?

Posted: 10/24/2007 5:55:26 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Would a firecracker be enough to set it off?

(and no, I would not be dumb enough to try lighting a 1" firecracker fuse and running away before the boom.)

Or at the very least, not more than once?

don't think so, tannerite isn't supposed to be flammable, very stable. requires extremely velocity to go off. i don't think firecrakes have the detonation rate to set it off. i could be very wrong though

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