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Why you don't screw around with tannerite
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25 Mar ’16 - 9:23 am
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I thought this was fpsrussia at first

WALTON COUNTY, GA. - A Georgia man trying to videotape shooting a lawn mower packed with explosives lost his leg.

"We get a lot of calls about Tannerite. It can be extremely dangerous if it is not used correctly," Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told 11Alive's Duffie Dixon.

Tannerite is the brand name of a combination of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. When mixed and shot with a high-velocity bullet, it creates a loud noise and explosion.

The manufacturer recommends using no more than half a pound at one time. But demonstrations using up to 100 pounds at one time have become popular internet videos.

The apparent attempt to make one of those internet videos cost one man his leg.

According to the March 19th incident report obtained by 11Alive, a sheriff's deputy responded to a call about an explosion. A 911 call reported 32-year-old David Pressley was shooting Tannerite in the woods and "had possibly blown his legs off from the explosion."

warning video at the link

http://www.11alive.c.....s/99971283

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I've never understood the desire to blow things up for the sake of blowing things up...  I have a neighbor down the way who is like this and I always worry he'll end up like this. 

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the tannerite is fun at long distances in small amounts for shooting contests, this amount is just ridiculous 

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I bet the guy that did this is hopping mad. 

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lol, that's bad

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Be warned...5 gallons of gasoline down a wood chuck hole with a road flare tossed in is a pretty bad mix...yeah, we did it when we were 12...didn't go over too well with my dad.

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yeah but did you get the woodchuck? sometimes it is all about the results!

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