I think this applies to most of us born in 50's, 60's or even 70's. I remember my Grandma once telling me, "honey, I know Jesus is your copilot, but do you have to make him work so hard?"
We were driving around Tennessee the last few days looking for land, and my friend said she was kind of disappointed by "all the abandoned appliances all over people's property." I told her, "those aren't abandoned; those are targets."
@@Willam_J I once told a fiance and her kids that the bird choppers we were passing at the Altamont Pass in California were the propellers used to keep the world spinning, and they all just kind of nodded. I didn't end up marrying her!
When you put tannerite inside of an appliance and close it, you are basically creating a giant fragmentation grenade. Blast goes 365 degrees so anything like a door or metal between you and blast will come back with potential lethal velocity
Hold a fire cracker in your open hand and you get a burn... close your hand around the same fire cracker and you lose a fingers. I used way to many explosives in the course of my military service to play around with Tannerite. Used as intended, its a fun reactive target.... Used in the "hold my beer" mode and crap will get real...FAST! Glad you dodged the bullet.... They say wisdom comes from surviving a mistake... Sounds like you may have gained a little there Pard. Cheers!
About 11 years ago some of my friends and I played with the small jars of that. It was very interesting. An old charcoal barbecue went airborn.. just be careful with that stuff.
Used to buy dynamite from the hardware store years ago and it was for beaver dams . It was jazzed up with diesel and nitrogen fertilizer. None of that is legal now unless you have a blasting ticket. Tannerite and equivalents are capable of removing beaver dams too but you have to be safe in that regard. Those people are simply gonna cause the product to be removed or restricted for sale
Our laws are so smart🙄. Let’s de-legalize a product that can be safely used from behind cover, and allow a product that can only be used by remaining in direct sight…..I don’t think either should be off limits, but for doing work like removing beaver dams, the dynamite is probably the safer option
@@__shifty actually, it's not meaningless. What happens is that people get comfortable with explosives and do something dumb forgetting how dangerous this stuff can be. We sometimes need the reminders of the obvious to keep us out of trouble.
As a vet who knows about splody things , tannerite is DEADLY. But its also fun and a blast (sorry for the pun) we always maintain 200 yd minimum distance when its a pound or more. For the single shot small ones its at least 100 yds. We’ve blown up toilets, microwaves, tree stumps, old grills. One time even a beaver dam after the beaver was taken by a trapper.
3 pound jars into a beaver dam cleared a volume of dam about 6 feet down and a length of dam that was 8 feet long and about 4 feet wide. I recovered a lot of farmland that was flooded. I was about 100 yards deep in the trees when that one touched off. No harm to me . Beavers were wicked mad when the water started moving.
Matt that first video played and just as he shot the and it exploded and the thing went in to the camera man the commercial came on as a guy selling knives !!! Timing was priceless
Great video brother. Growing up, we had a friend who was obsessed with this topic back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Long before Tannerite existed on the market, this kid was experimenting with dangerous things. Looking back, we are all very lucky. I believe we were blessed, but your mileage may vary on that one. Regardless, I have no desire whatsoever to be anywhere near this dangerous novelty.
Thank you so much for putting this video out. I think that a lot of us have seen videos where guys were playing with tannerite and never really thought a whole lot about it. This is all really common sense when you think about it. But sometimes, we may overlook it anyway.
I wonder if there is a correlation between the velocity or energy of the projectile striking the binary target…and the resulting boom …or if any thing even a .40 gr 22lr would have same effect as a 180gr 300wthby mag. Just wondering.
Some acquaintences I have once filled the back end of a Chevy Chevette with Tannerite and shot it from several hundred yards. Very spectacular, but definitely dangerous stuff.
There is a reason they ship it in PLASTIC BOTTLES. Both for shipping and mixing it, Also used for containing the detonation of the explosive. One of the BIGGEST items here is the WARNING LABLE. Follow instructions and you get a sweet BANG!!!! Failure to follow instructions might get you a trip you didn't expect. Be Smart and Safe when using this stuff. Now if you are able to in your state, Go enjoy the show!!!!
Even unmixed it can go boom. the alum powder is a sensitizer to make it go boom more easily. But its still possible to make it go boom without geting mixed.
What about bridges used to supply & re-arm the enemy? What about metal sheds used to house/hide the enemy? Your statement runs a very close parallel to 'guns kill people', which is NOT true! Not even close to true! Same thought processes, same mentality, same I.Q.(or lack of)! A famous comedian once said, "you can't fix stupid!"
Beind raised up on a country farm, you learned to be EXTRA careful around machinery and too not be too relaxed around anything that could kill you. A near life time ago, several people where injured or out right killed shooting into old color TV tubes in cabinet counsol units; they were backed by elliptical iron shields, which went struck by a bullet, reflected it back pretty much from where it came from. As a teen, I had heard about this and felt compelled to try it. I took an extra step to the side and let go a shot from a medium power deer rifle and that bullet came directly back to where I had been standing just a moment before! Lesson learned! Always consider your backstop and what kind of iron is in your target!
My father told me to NEVER shoot at an old TV. There were a few in my target area (dump). I never did because of the notch in his ear from a .22 that came back at him! Shooting at heavy mild steel plates is dangerous as well. I had a .300 win mag jacket come directly back to me at very high velocity 100 yards away it missed my head by about 6in! This was from a 2" plate angled at about 30 degrees. The bullet goes in, mushrooms, forms a cavity, and the lead rebounding out of it pushes the jacket out of the hole directly at you. I've seen it several times. One guy on youtube firing a .50 BMG at mild steel had the jacket take off his shooting muffs, just missing his head!
True story, not nearly as serious. My son was having a Bday party, bunch of 14-16yo's. They all went outside for a while, came back in, nothing eventful. I'm in the bedroom reading, and suddenly a very loud "bang" of sorts. Wasn't sure if it was a rifle, shotgun or 'sumpin' exploding! Every last one of them swore they didn't hear it. (the music WASN'T that loud!) Found out two weeks later, when we found 'the juice' in his bedroom. Some 'experiment' they saw online. Shoving a balled up piece of tin foil into a bottle full of a certain common cleaner. They decided it didn't work and came back inside. Even kicked the bottle once or twice! The reaction was 'more' delayed then they were planning!
Nothing wrong with a little experimentin'. One of my friends and I used to cook up dope when we were teenagers so at least your youngin' wasn't doing that. Turns out I'm rather good at chemistry but I grew out of that sort of thing 😇
I just laughed my but off! I’m super glad you are okay! I love to blowup stuff as well, but I study what I’m doing closely to make sure I know where this hardware is going to end up! But I’m not judging! I made a mistake that could have gotten several of us seriously injured or killed! God was with us! This made me realize how something can go south really quick when you are messing with this much power!
I have had the misfortune of being near field artillery shells going off. One was a 155 mm HE projo about 150 yards from me and the other one was an 8" projo about 150 yards horizontal and 100 yards vertical. Explosives are very dangerous. My guardian angel was working overtime in both circumstances. The shrapnel was flying by the OP on the 8" firing incident. A pop can sized piece flew 1 km over to our TOC and smashed a stainless steel mess kit in a ruck sack. It was a piece from the base of the shell that was extremely sharp, jagged, heavy, and hot!
That stuff is good for Brandon Herrera's Drawin awards they say never put it inside of anything as it makes shrapnel but everyone seems to ignore the warnings.
So, besides proximity, the common theme in these (except the lawnmower) is that they all had the doors facing the shooter. The hinges and latch are the weak parts, they shear and the door goes where it’s pointed.
Thank you for sharing!! As a fan of tannerite it was a reminder I needed. My guess is you just prevented at least one serious injury or deaths b/c of your large following.
The directions say stay a minimum of 100 yards away and not to use it near anything (especially metal objects) that can become shrapnel. These directions mean it. When mixed, Tannerite is intrinsically dangerous and it is up to the user to use it safely. Some people think if it is sold for fun it must be safe. No. When mixed it is as explosive as dynamite, just not as convenient to use or set off. People - please don't misuse what freedom we have. I used to work with a blasting crew and have seen what a blasting accident can do to a person, it is not pretty, people usually are not given a second chance. I think most people would scrupulously follow Tannerite instructions if they really could see what it is capable of when misused.
Glad you're ok brother 😬 I've used tanerite about 4yrs ago and i was doing a baby gender reveal for my son and i only used the tanerite in a plastic Folgers coffee retainer and i was 100 yards out no metal that's crazy cause the blast and shock wave rocked my neighbors window and i felt the boom through my chest i think i used maybe half a pound or a pound , it's fun but don't never use it to blow apert metal you will get hurt unless you have a lot of land to distance yourself.
I'm surprised you didn't include the FPS Russia clip where he shoots this old pickup truck and when it explodes the whole door flies straight towards him and only misses by a couple feet! I'd check that one out if you have a chance. Just search FPS Russia almost dies its worth a look look!
Safer to use a mix of aluminum powder and copper oxide. It detonates with far less energy. It's more of just a pop and a smoke cloud without the high velocity explosion.
@@irishkelly654 Just don't shoot in dry conditions without access to water, fire extinguishers, and fire blankets. A lot of people shoot bi-metal projectiles (to save 3c around... I get it in an AK/SKS, but not an AR...) can knick a rock, toss a spark and it doesn't take long before you've got an entire pasture on fire. I've seen it personally, MAC (channel) did a video about it a year or two ago. He had a water tank on a UTV and still had to call the fire dept! I don't shoot steel case anymore, but even with lead/copper projectiles, I've since cleared my target area of flammables by kind of tilling it & putting sand down, and add more dirt to the berm if vegetation is starting to grow. I also use a couple fire blankets to lay on/catch brass on my ejection side just in case. (Good way to catch your brass too... Used to do it with normal tarps and that hot brass melts straight through) They aren't making any new land and the few acres I've got I sure as hell don't want burnt down to nothing!
So, the moral of the story is more is more gooder😂. The people getting stuff blown back at them clearly didn't use enough. The magic number is 5 lbs for your residential appliances.
One thing that helps with safety is understanding one property of physics. *The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflectance.* This is likely less helpful with exploding targets, but good safety for things like metallic targets, etc. Helps the pool game to.
This is extremely important in dropping trees, too; especially dead ones, or trees that will impact a dead one. Debris will be reflected back at the stump, so move! Escape 270 degrees from the direction of fall when the tree you are dropping goes into motion. Twelve feet seems to be the normal bullseye diameter, so try to move fifteen feet on your escape path quickly. Standing by the stump and watching will get you hit!
The important thing is that you're back home safe and sound now don't scare us like that again lol we're glad your ok God bless you and may he continue to keep you safe out there
Tannerite is fun to play with. HOWEVER, it is NEVER a good idea to contain the stuff inside something. Firecracker? Fun to play with. Contain several Firecrackers inside something and you move from fun to serious.
I was taught when I was a kid by my grandfather how to make explosives for use on the farm to blow stumps out of the ground, it’s very easy but also incredibly dangerous when things go flying. I don’t play around with them because it’s just too easy to get hurt or hurt someone else.
It is a high explosive (basically Ammonal), so one can't be too casual with it. The problems arise when people start putting together pounds of the stuff, and not firing from cover, or from an adequate distance.
Sure am glad you ok brother. We put 5lbs in an old washing machine several years ago and figured out real quick 100yrds was not far enough away. Nobody got hurt, but it scared the crap out of us. 🙏🕊🇺🇲🦅
If you put stuff like this in a container it becomes something else. Ain't worth it, don't do it . Take it from me , I worked in a shipyard for many years and saw some gruesome shit resulting from flamable gas in confined spaces.
Yikes! I figured you’d be using two, maybe 3 lbs…… 😂 Glad you’re ok! I actually have experience with small quantities of it and can honestly say it doesn’t require much to get dangerous! Keep the great videos coming!
Tanerite and similar binary targets are basically ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. As far as high explosives go, it's close the bottom of the scale but nevertheless it is still HE. It's not powerful or fast enough to do things like cut armor but what AN based explosives are really really good at due to it's lower detonating velocity, is taking large things and shoving them, as countless internet videos demonstrate so well.
Wow I’m glad you showed me this. I mean I’ve seen them use it at tourneys on tv but never just went and messed with it and I would have expected it to do all that the either. Crazy stuff!
Thanks for making this video. It could save lives and they should really read instructions on the stuff. Everything I seen on this video had done something they said not to do.
Some stores in Canada wanna see a Firearms Possession and Acquisition Certificate to buy case quantities of Tannerite. Most terrorists don't have one. Most farmers do.
To buy in US is it called FFL ? Canada is called PAL (Possession Acquisition License) . That may soon apply to these types of products as well as Bing bangs.
I find it hard to believe the BATFE hasn't taken it off the market. I'm not going to disagree with them WHEN they do. There are too many IDIOTS for tannerite to be readily accessible to the general public.
Natural selection at work. Stupid will always be stupid. Evil will always be evil. You cant legislate bad things out of existence. Humans always find a way.
Dont position the flat surfaces of the microwave, fridge, or whatever all squared up and facing straight back at yourself.. set it on a 45 degree angle so that no single flat piece gets sent straight back at you.
Wow! Always try and be ultra safe!!! It’s so much easier to be SAFE, than oh my God sorry and wishing you’d be more careful. You can’t call stupid back. And I’m sorry doesn’t cut it after someone is seriously hurt or killed. A few seconds of stupid can affect you or someone else a lifetime or the end of life! Thanks for the videos and information!!
I must have blinked, I missed the part where it almost killed you. But, you Rock! Love all of your videos! Been over Mount Eagle dozens of times, and always wondered where the smell of cordite was coming from;)
Whoa, glad you didn’t get injured or worse. Even my brother doesn’t try blowing up appliances with tannerite these days and he’s pulled some of the craziest Darwin Award stunts I know of. Maybe it’s the crazy stunts he lived through that taught him that wisdom.
This explosive also propels rocks at high velocity. The shock wave travels at about 2800 metres/yards, don't matter, you can't react fast enough to duck. Fun but dangerous.
This is a 'low explosive' or propellant like gunpowder, it works well for 'propelling' things, high explosives like nitro glycerine crack things, they don't need to be contained.
My grandfather n law packed 10 pounds under a stump in his yard, fired a round, the stump was gone. About 15 seconds later it reappeared from the sky, landed through the neighbors chevy S10, through the roof, drivers seat through the floor, on the ground. It was a friggin mess. I'm stunned we survived it. It cost him a new vehicle and a lesson learned.
Tannerite on it's own is ok, explodes and energy dissipates fast at close range. Putting stuff around or close it in an object creates shrapnel or flying debris with the initial speed of the shockwave. Larger and heavier the object is more kinetic energy it retains meaning it's flying faster and hits harder most often with supersonic speed. Something to consider before finding new ways to check out.
Thanks for this video! It may save others from getting injured or killed. Explosives can propel small metal objects even faster than a high powered rifle bullet, and much heavier objects faster than you dodge.
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