tannerite accident

I’m sure chemical analysis’s will tell them if it was a brand name product or home brew stuff.
Each company has a slightly different mix of chemicals as each is trademarked. I also suspect they have a "marker" chemical included that tells them that the product was made by their company.
There is a lot missing from this story but Tanerite of late has been getting some bad PR from the LEO and anti gun groups.
The DOJ has even brought up that Tanerite may become band in the future.
 
I had a cap gun but never stepped on one and injured my foot
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Caps only contained a very small amount of powder. That your foot was never injured isn't a surprise. However, the cap example is the commercial proof that black powder ignites quickly due to impact which was claimed to not be possible.
 
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Caps do not contain black powder (nor Tannerite) they contain Armstrong's Mixture -- a very sensitive high explosive made from red phosphorus and potassium chlorate.
 
the cap example is the commercial proof that black
powder ignites quickly due to impact...
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Someone's going to have to explain that to me, since the MSDS on (fer`instance) musket caps is Barium Nitrate, Lead Styphnate, Antimony Sulfide, and powdered Aluminum.
(Note also: http://www.remington.com/~/media/Files/MSDS/cfssprim.ashx)

Ignition of the the black powder in front of such a cap comes from its extremely hot flame fully 1-2 feet in length if/when fired straight down a barrel.
 
Black powder was not used in caps. The confusion might come from the old formulas for caps and black powder. The old caps had potassium perchlorate and black powder potassium nitrate. Both potassium but very different compounds with the nitrate and perchlorate.

The newer version for caps uses red phosphorus and an oxidizer like potassium perchlorate. I would be surprised if red phosphorus continues to be used for long, it is a tightly controlled substance.
 
I just looked of the Material Safety Data Sheets on CCI, Remington, Federal, Tula, Wolf and Winchester Primers.
None use Red phosphorous as a component (anymore).

Who (if any) use it at this time?
 
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It's got to be one heckuva impact in my experience, and then produces the ignition concurrent with the localized impact heat generated.
True dat. I've tried to set off a small amount on concrete with a hammer and couldn't do it. Maybe if I used plate steel and a 10 pound sledge and put all I've got into it it might but I seriously doubt it.
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I cant believe anyone tried this??? We could have been reading about some guy who lost his hand or life if it did go off
 
I just looked of the Material Safety Data Sheets on CCI, Remington, Federal, Tula, Wolf and Winchester Primers.
None use Red phosphorous as a component (anymore).

Who (if any) use it at this time?
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The information was in relation to toy cap guns not primers. Because of the comments started with the statements along these lines.

I had a cap gun but never stepped on one and injured my foot
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Caps only contained a very small amount of powder. That your foot was never injured isn't a surprise. However, the cap example is the commercial proof that black powder ignites quickly due to impact which was claimed to not be possible.
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I have used tannerite and several different variants of the brand name. None of them were so sensitive that simply stepping on it would set it off.

Sometimes kids will tell adults a version of the story that will not get them in trouble. It is possible, even very likely, that something else was used to set it off and the child did not want to get himself or his/her friends in trouble, so they said it was just stepped on.

Short of a landmine I know of not much else that is set off by the weight of a child. But speculation can be fun... ... and very misleading.
 
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