Posted: 1/17/2005 2:14:47 AM EDT
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I was talking to some people in chat a night ago and we were talking about shooting propane tanks. Someone said they couldnt be set off by shooting them even with an external flame and I disagreed. This pic is of a camping propane tank a little over 100 yards away. I shot it with 7.62x39 FMJ. There was a candle about 6 feet from the tank. If you put them closer, the tank blows them out. This came from a buddies DV camara and is one of the better pics I have of our redneckery. Enjoy |
Maybe out of something NFA but a single tracer has never set off a propane or other flammable tank in my experience. I've put to rest probably 1000 such tanks and assorted containers. We didnt have a road flare this time either. So we made due with a candle. |
I did it at ETH farm. It was a small colman bottle (Green) the big ones we had flares for. I set off a few using just tracer fire . 1st rd was Q3131A 2nd was Tracer Becareful though sometimes the pressure of the bottles makes them want to fly away. Just ask the texas crew who where almost bombarded while watching us shoot propane 
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Thanks. I believe you. 
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| Somewhere I have a pic of the mushroom cloud that resulted from a grill sized full tank that was hung in a tree. It burned all the leaves out of the tree in about 3 seconds and then it was just smoke. The tree was bare and it was july. The tree even lived to tell the tale. |
try that!
