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5/31/2006 1:36:23 PM EDT
Picked up some last week and tried it out, there is a pawn shop in Eugene that sells 8 targets and the tanerite to go in them, bought two packages and shot 8 of them and the whole mixture on the last one.  Will def take a video next time.  My question is, does anyone know where to buy it in bulk or cheaper than buying them individually like that?  Cool stuff, thanks.  Ben
5/31/2006 1:38:23 PM EDT
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Tannerite.com  Obviously
5/31/2006 2:11:47 PM EDT
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Tannerite.com  Obviously



5/31/2006 2:45:02 PM EDT
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The guy who manufactures/sells it is based in Grants Pass I believe. Petagunner picked up the stash for a group buy that was done just before a AR15.com shoot.

5/31/2006 3:22:08 PM EDT
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There's homebrew formulas out there.  Basically Tannerite is powdered aluminum and powdered Amonium Nitrate (fertilizer).  Do a search on this site and maybe google it.
5/31/2006 3:47:32 PM EDT
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There's homebrew formulas out there.  Basically Tannerite is powdered aluminum and powdered Amonium Nitrate (fertilizer).  Do a search on this site and maybe google it.



Its getting real hard to get that stuff w/o a license since the .gov is putting pressure on the chemical supply outfits...

Oh and it's spelled TANNERITE!
5/31/2006 3:48:54 PM EDT
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1st off IBTL

2nd DO NOT try to make this stuff yourself unless you have considerable experance with it. if the mixture or the Mesh of the matrial is wroung it can become so sensitive to static and the like that it could very easyly blow up in your hands...

basicly Tannerite is very stable flash poweder... but if you know much about these mixtures if they are mixed just slightly wroung it could prove to be so unstable that if you drop it, it will go off or is there is any sort of static charge it can go off...

5/31/2006 5:30:28 PM EDT
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1st off IBTL

2nd DO NOT try to make this stuff yourself unless you have considerable experance with it. if the mixture or the Mesh of the matrial is wroung it can become so sensitive to static and the like that it could very easyly blow up in your hands...

basicly Tannerite is very stable flash poweder... but if you know much about these mixtures if they are mixed just slightly wroung it could prove to be so unstable that if you drop it, it will go off or is there is any sort of static charge it can go off...




Dude, you are not serious right?  First off, the management has said no more IBT-whatever.

Second:  Tannerite actually has an added sensitizer which makes it MORE sensitive than just NH4NO3 and Al powder, and it still won't explode unless shot with a rifle.  There is a long going thread with the recipe and no one to my knowledge has expressed any concern.

Mixing the stuff in the wrong proportions will result in a reduced explosion and waste of chemicals.

You are seriously misinformed...
5/31/2006 5:43:22 PM EDT
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aucually your right i  was thinking of a differnt compound... opps....

yes i was wroung sorry the other mixture i was thinking of can become that unstable and its very simular..

hummmmmm.....

Move along nothing to see here
5/31/2006 6:32:51 PM EDT
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Daniel, Tannerite co, is located in Pleasant hill, which is located on the same highway south of eugene on the way to Oakridge.

Give Daniel a call, he's a great guy.  while on the phone, you should ask him about the recent battles he's fighting so you can spread the word about how friggin stupid folks are with his product.

IE:  Don't try take it on an airplane!
5/31/2006 7:23:23 PM EDT
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Daniel, Tannerite co, is located in Pleasant hill, which is located on the same highway south of eugene on the way to Oakridge.

Give Daniel a call, he's a great guy.  while on the phone, you should ask him about the recent battles he's fighting so you can spread the word about how friggin stupid folks are with his product.

IE:  Don't try take it on an airplane!



"You can't take fire Tannerite on an airplane!"
5/31/2006 8:02:35 PM EDT
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Daniel, Tannerite co, is located in Pleasant hill, which is located on the same highway south of eugene on the way to Oakridge.

Give Daniel a call, he's a great guy.  while on the phone, you should ask him about the recent battles he's fighting so you can spread the word about how friggin stupid folks are with his product.

IE:  Don't try take it on an airplane!



"You can't take fire Tannerite on an airplane!"



Quick, light my shoe!!!!  No?  It won't light?  Ask that lady if she has a fuse hangin out of her undies!
5/31/2006 8:08:59 PM EDT
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So I haven't found anything yet that explains what sets it off.

Is it the heat of the impact or the pure kinetic energy of the impact?
5/31/2006 8:10:21 PM EDT
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So I haven't found anything yet that explains what sets it off.

Is it the heat of the impact or the pure kinetic energy of the impact?



High velocity impact, I've tried 9mm and 45's and it won't go, just makes a mess and spread da boom boom all over the ground
5/31/2006 8:38:34 PM EDT
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So I haven't found anything yet that explains what sets it off.

Is it the heat of the impact or the pure kinetic energy of the impact?



Here's a pretty lengthy thread discussing Tannerite.  Might have what you're looking for:

www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=75&t=464353

ETA:  Ha ha...  It's in Team.  Pony up the bucks!

Here's something that was posted:


The reason? The fuel, aluminum powder, is highly reactive and forms very tough oxide layers, preventing the necessary surface area activation except thorugh extreme shock. What kind of shock? Roughly, the necessary bullet velocity translates into the speed of sound in Tannerite.

6/1/2006 9:23:51 AM EDT
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Quoted:

Quoted:
So I haven't found anything yet that explains what sets it off.

Is it the heat of the impact or the pure kinetic energy of the impact?



High velocity impact, I've tried 9mm and 45's and it won't go, just makes a mess and spread da boom boom all over the ground



+1 there, I shot it with my .45 and the same thing happened