USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Exploding Targets (ETs) are a combination of non-explosive chemicals sold in a pre-packed form that, when throroughly mixed, form a high explosive for use in shooting sports.
Exploding Targets are designed to explode when struck by a high velocity bullet and produce both an audible and visual effect for target shooters…
This advisory is designed to increase the public’s awareness of these products, and to inform people using, encountering, or in the proximity to Exploding Targets that, when mixed that are high explosive materials and can pose a safety risk if used improperly.”
Read the full Advisory issued by ATF on May 29, 2015 below, or on the ATF or Orchid Advisors websites.
National Explosives Task Forces Binary Explosives Public Safety Advisory
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1 word come to mind FPSRussia . Some of his youtube videos seem to have been a little too big like the door that almost killed him flying by him after shooting a pickup truck load of tannerite. BATFE visited him a few times after that.
Leftists seem to think anything that goes ‘boom’ or ‘bang’ is a ‘high explosive’. Historically Leftists are the ones who have done more bombing and shooting to advance their causes. Is this an example of what psychologists call “Projection”?
“Exploding Targets (ETs) are a combination of non-explosive chemicals sold in a pre-packed form that, when throroughly mixed, form a high explosive for use in shooting sports” There’s so much wrong with that sentence, never let your opponents set the terminology of the debate.. Tannerite is NOT a “high explosive”. It’s barely a propellant, .. and technically not even a propellant either. High explosives are over 27 times more powerful than propellant-grade reactions such as Tannerite. Tannerite must additionally be initiated by striking it with a high velocity impact (like a bullet), said to need a kinetic event over 2,000… Read more »
“National Explosive Task Force”??? WTF? WHERE is the BATFE on this? WHY are we spending yet more tax dollars for this, National Explosive Task Force? We need to sharpen the axes and start cutting these excessive and wasteful duplicative, “services” to shreds!