Man loses leg by shooting lawn mower full of Tannerite

Misfit

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http://controversialtimes.com/news/...-shooting-lawnmower-full-of-explosives-video/


A Georgia man lost his left leg below the knee while trying to make a YouTube video shooting a lawnmower full of the explosive compound Tannerite.

“We get a lot of calls about Tannerite. It can be extremely dangerous if it is not used correctly,” Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman said.

The video shows 32-year-old David Pressley shooting an AR-15 at the lawn mower for 30 seconds, getting off more than 20 shots and moving closer as it fails to explode.
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**GRAPHIC VIDEO**


 
Gilligan

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Idiot at work.

There are a lot of "spectacular" tannerite explosion videos on Youtube these days. I saw one where the door off a pickup truck cab nearly cut the guy in half that touched off the explosion. Missed him by inches as it wizzed by.

The stuff will be illegal everywhere soon.
 
stgislander

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I'm sure the NRA will be along any moment to say we have a Constitutional right to keep and bear Tannerite.





















:sarcasm: (Just in case it wasn't obvious.)
 
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stew77

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I Do live in a "closed world!" Never heard of Tannerite! Did not know it was available. I know people like the big explosions, and noise, but why? We got into enough trouble with firecrackers, cherry bombs, M80's, and bottle rockets. Maybe hitting a roll of "caps" with a hammer; but the large explosions...i.e. blowing something up with a big set of Dyn0mite (lol) or C4 or whatever is not cool. I learned a lession about 30+ years ago, when I used a gallon of gasoline to "start" a large pile of leaves/sticks on fire. Blew me about 20 feet back, and scared the hell out of me.. So now I avoid large explosions.. except on a gun firing range; but that is a controlled environment. My take!!
 
Gilligan

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stew77 said:
I Do live in a "closed world!" Never heard of Tannerite! Did not know it was available.
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It's been around for a long time as "exploding targets". But in sufficient quantity and, most significantly, contained within a closed space or structure, it can be very powerful.
 
Gilligan

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itsbob said:
Tannerite is a contact explosive.. C4, not so much...


Don't get me wrong.. C4 can be a LOT of fun.. but just a different kind of fun than Tannerite.. AmIRite?
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Those years I spent working at Injun Head and Radford AAP as an "energetic materials" engineer...not for naught. ;-)
 
itsbob

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Tanerit Simply® (93% granulated AN + 6% red P + 1% C) RE 0.55


Not too shabby for a DIY Binary..

Though the recipe they call out has three ingredients, It's Usually AN and Aluminum Powder (I think)
 
Bird Dog

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itsbob said:
Tannerite is a contact explosive.. C4, not so much...


Don't get me wrong.. C4 can be a LOT of fun.. but just a different kind of fun than Tannerite.. AmIRite?
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Tannerite is a "Blast".......

Makes neighbors a little upset....don't ask me how I know this.....
 
Monello

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Too bad he didn't lose his nuts because he doesn't need to procreate.
 
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