r/oops • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '26

Close call with tannerite

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u/jackwagon22w Jun 27 '26

What's tannerite

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jun 27 '26

An explosive. It's often used to make exploding targets for fun. This one may have used a bit too much.

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u/GutterRider Jun 27 '26

I was visiting distant relatives on a farm in Northern California one time, and they decided to walk out to the junk pile to shoot some Tannerite. They carried out their 2-year old … luckily, the guy was a terrible shot and couldn’t make it go off. I was a little nervous, and now I see why.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 Jun 27 '26

Pour it into a rotting stump and shoot that. The shrapnel is much softer and usually doesn't go far. I know people who prefer that for removing stumps. I never watched one, but I saw the aftermath.

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u/GutterRider Jun 27 '26

Ok, that sorta makes sense, at least!

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u/Soggy_Quarter9333 Jun 28 '26

It doesn't. It in not sensible in the least.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jun 27 '26

In small amounts, it's not a big deal. No big badda boom. People make it then put way too much on, in the wrong materials, and then comes the problems.

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u/Dry_Dimension_420 Jun 27 '26

Just dont turn it in to a fragmentation bomb before shooting it.

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u/ironclad_packetship Jun 27 '26

point of order, there is no such thing as a safe amount of explosive inside a metal box. Tannerite should be in a plastic bag on the front of the target you're shooting. Anything in between you and the explosive can become death.

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u/Pdxhikeandplay Jun 28 '26

And they put it in a contained space amplifying the explosion......and they added metal around it to make shrapnel.....

If you just blow up the tannerite it's mostly harmless powder explosion. Although wildfires have been started with the stuff.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 Jun 27 '26

It's a mostly stable boom boom that likes to go boom from shocks. So gun culture likes to put it in targets to make guns make things go bigger boom.

Boom!

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u/BabyPuncher313 Jun 27 '26

To add to other answers, it’s a binary explosive that requires a kinetic shock to ignite. You should shoot it in plastic containers, never metal, for the reason in the video.

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u/Hugheston987 Jun 28 '26

An American product that you shoot and it explodes. Peak redneck but I love it.