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10/3/2004 5:56:43 AM EDT
ok, i've seen those explodeing targets that you can get at the sport store and catologs, but i want something to really go off.  Anyone here ever shoot those Colman fule tanks?  those small green fule tanks for the camping grill or lanturns.  I used xm193 last time, and well, of course it didn't ignite, just blasted a hole through it and sprayed propane everywhere.  would a tracer set one off, or do i need incendiary rounds?  and seeing the ammount of propane spewed out last time, i'm wondering if i should dig myself a foxhole, and put overhead cover
10/3/2004 5:58:36 AM EDT
[#1]
Road flare duct taped to the tank.
10/3/2004 6:21:12 AM EDT
[#2]
Big propane tank HALF full with a tracer. Maybe ss109? I dont think FMJ would spark since it is all lead. I could be wrong though. Oh yea and, ~80 yards is definaltly not far away enough from the blast ;)
10/3/2004 7:08:08 AM EDT
[#3]
Tannerite they some interesting stuff for target use. Web site seems to be having some issues at the moment though. None the less, check it out when its up.
10/3/2004 7:32:33 AM EDT
[#4]
Strap an oxygen bottle to the propane tank.   Shoot through both with one tracer round and you'll have all the fun you can stand.

Recommend you are under some SERIOUS cover, though!  Like a concrete pillbox!

Which bottle is toward the shooter?    The propane tank's walls are pretty thin,  the O2 bottle's walls are thick and tough.   Shoot through the propane bottle first and then all that the bullet has to do next is just get through ONE wall of the oxygen bottle.

Another option is to strap the bottles together, crack the valve on the O2 bottle fairly well open, haul ass to your firing position, and shoot the propane tank.    With all that free oxygen around the bottles, something's SURE to happen!

CJ
10/3/2004 8:22:46 AM EDT
[#5]
Join the army
10/3/2004 9:05:55 AM EDT
[#6]
TANNERITE!
Bowling with Tannerite:

10/3/2004 11:20:11 AM EDT
[#7]
Try mixing ten of them in a gallon jug. If that wont do it for you then nothing will. 20 gallons of gas is pretty cool also.
10/3/2004 12:10:39 PM EDT
[#8]
Watch out messing with this stuff,  its about a step away from a DD.
Using propane and O2 also violates all kinds of federal laws.  
Not wanting to be a party pooper, after all we all have failed to fight the urge to make something go boom at one point or another.  
Stick to the stuff that is made by someone with a license and keep it safe.
10/3/2004 12:31:53 PM EDT
[#9]
Shooting one of those small coleman propane canisters is amusing, but not all that amazing. Once we tried just shooting one with no flame source, it just discharged really fast, spinning around and filling the air with propane stink. Quite a while later we tried one set on a burning cardboard box, that was decidedly more spectacular, but there was still no "boom." It was more of a hissing/roaring intense flame type of deal.
10/4/2004 9:27:05 AM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:
Join the armyhr


beenthere,done that,what else you have?
10/4/2004 9:43:12 AM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Join the army



beenthere,done that,what else you have?



Put me in your will before you end up as a candidate for the Darwin Awards.
10/4/2004 11:46:24 AM EDT
[#12]
i'm going to go with the those tannerite targets,they seem much better and safer. I wasn't going to be shooting full zixe propane tanks, those smll green canisters for camping stoves, like  6oz bottles or whatnot
10/4/2004 12:14:47 PM EDT
[#13]
Be safe

Had a local boy get himself a $60,000 fine for starting a fire with one!
10/4/2004 12:19:23 PM EDT
[#14]
Milk jugs of gasoline with road flares a couple feet behind them make some nice fireballs when hit.

I would suggest having someone you don;t like be the target setter just in case though.

At our shoots we use tannerite and dynamite.
10/4/2004 12:21:09 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:
Be safe

Had a local boy get himself a $60,000 fine for starting a fire with one!



I think that ends the thread
10/4/2004 12:27:56 PM EDT
[#16]
Gas + Flares =


Tannerite =
10/4/2004 12:34:39 PM EDT
[#17]
+1 on the Darwin Awards; just be sure you leave your name spelled correctly.
10/4/2004 1:16:42 PM EDT
[#18]
light a small fire 6-8 feet away. the propane will fog out quickly. when the fog hits the flame Whoosh.  No Bang, just Whoosh. kind of a poor mans FAE.
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