The Muhlestein Family

The word of the day: Tannerite

March 24th, 2008

Saturday some of Ben’s friends and I went to shoot guns across from Utah lake. As we waited to figure out where we were going to meet with the rest of the gang, some other people that were there asked us if we wanted to check out some of the fun things they were shooting at. One of them had some tannerite. This was something we hadn’t heard of before. The effect was highly entertaining and provided much enjoyment to all around. I found this video on Youtube to show what this stuff can do. This isn’t us, but we were doing the same thing.

Anyway, in addition to the explosive stuff, they built a fire and placed cans of spray paint around. Each time you’d hit one, you’d get the explosion from the can and then all the paint would catch on fire too. It was quite a show. The tannenite blew everything around it a fair bit into the air and a fair bit down the trail a bit. Other items of particular enjoyment for shooting were the propane bottle and the bottles of gas that had flares taped to them. We also shot quite a few bottles and skeets with shot guns. I’ve been thinking it’s about time to get a shot gun.

We ended up shooting 45 rounds with my rifle. It was a bit warm by the end. Now, I’ve got to do some research into where to get tannerite.

Update: Just go to http://tannerite.com!

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