Here are some videos we shot while experimenting to prepare for da big bomb - a 40lb Tannerite charge enhanced with petroleum. We haven't shot da big bomb yet but if you want to see some basic Tannerite going off as well as a few minor fireball successes...
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First try - no fire!
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8220003.MOVSecond try - Fire!!!
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8220005.MOVThis is how you miss!
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8220006.MOVBUWAHAHA! I was laughing internally as Funwand did the duty (I am the asshat who is narrating the video clips). To be honest, his rifle was only roughly sighted in earlier in the day, hillbilly style - minute-of-tin can. Don't let the lighting fool you! It was actually quite dark but the camera made it seem light. It was so dark the flares were bright enough to obscure the targets. This taught us to place the flares strategically to allow sighting of the bombs. The flares could not be next to the bombs as the Tannerite would blow them out before they could ignite the gas cloud, yet too far away and the flame would be to far away to touch the fuel vapor. It was tricky, so we used two flares when we could, just to be sure.
The last one, and the best and biggest one of the lot!
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8250001.MOVYou hear me say "Disappointment!" at the end of the clip. This is because we were truly hoping for a LOT more fireball. This was done at night simply for the reason we had to wait each time until everyone had left the range (cause we forgot our ski masks).
Okay, taking a break to break in Funwand's rifle and his new Beta C-Mag. This is my lower which has an MGI rate reducing buffer in it. Note how during the dump the rate of fire changes. We are using Wolf ammo.
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8250015.MOVOur mutual friend taking a go at it, inserting a dramatic pause. This is a test - if you count the rounds you will find we are not really shooting 100 rounds, more like 90+ as the first few were causing problems in the new C-Mag.
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8250017.MOVHere's a shot at the boys mixing up the Tannerite in a big plastic tupperware to make it easier.
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8250018.MOVMy own play with the C-Mag. You will notice the muzzle wandering around. This is not from recoil! I was intentionally spraying it around for fun. Okay, okay - the truth is we had a few Tannerite charges on top and around the box I was shooting at and with the dust I couldn't see them so I just started to spray everywhere (and hit NONE of them, damnit!). With the MGI buffer it would have been easy to keep the rifle steady and on target but when shooting a C-Mag, one tends to get bored with that and instead spreads the lead.
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Da%20Bomb/P8250019.MOVNo, the single shot at the end wasn't me shooting our friend when I realized he just wasted the rest of the video memory space on my camera cause he wasn't fully sure how to operate it. I was thinking about it though.
If you want to see some media taken from AMGA (Alaska Machine Gun Association) at the 2004 Anderson (where I took two of three champion trophies
) or the 2005 Whittier shoot, go here and snoop around.
www.grimsfort.com/files/shooting/Nothing breathtaking but what else you got to do?
Thanks to Funwand for hosting the media. When we do da big bomb, we'll be sure to post the video.