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  • CamW
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 1630

    Exploding Pellets

    .22 cal Pellets with tannerite in them.
    Are these legal in California?

  • #2
    Quiet
    retired Goon
    • Mar 2007
    • 30241

    Penal Code 16460
    (a) As used in Sections 16510, 16520, and 16780, and in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 18710) of Division 5 of Title 2, "destructive device" includes any of the following weapons:
    (1) Any projectile containing any explosive or incendiary material or any other chemical substance, including, but not limited to, that which is commonly known as tracer or incendiary ammunition, except tracer ammunition manufactured for use in shotguns.

    Penal Code 18710
    (a) Except as provided by this chapter, any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state, possesses any destructive device, other than fixed ammunition of a caliber greater than .60 caliber, is guilty of a public offense.
    (b) A person, firm, or corporation who is convicted of an offense under subdivision (a) shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one year, or in state prison, or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both this fine and imprisonment.
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    • #3
      sbo80
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2014
      • 2264

      Of course they're illegal. Zero fun allowed here.
      Long ago, and not in CA, I knew a guy who mixed up some chemical I don't recall, and filled the front of some .45 hollow points. No boom, but a quite visible flash when they hit steel. Kind of like an inverse tracer. Very fun. So also illegal here.

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      • #4
        32spoke
        Member
        • Jan 2019
        • 368

        Originally posted by sbo80
        Of course they're illegal. Zero fun allowed here.
        Long ago, and not in CA, I knew a guy who mixed up some chemical I don't recall, and filled the front of some .45 hollow points. No boom, but a quite visible flash when they hit steel. Kind of like an inverse tracer. Very fun. So also illegal here.

        Mercury fulminate, perhaps?

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        • #5
          hermosabeach
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Feb 2009
          • 19132

          Tannerite needs high velocity to detonate

          It's normally set off with 2500+ fps rifles.


          How could this work with airsoft?
          Rule 1- ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED

          Rule 2 -NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DESTROY (including your hands and legs)

          Rule 3 -KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET

          Rule 4 -BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT IS BEYOND IT
          (thanks to Jeff Cooper)

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          • #6
            Spyder
            CGN Contributor
            • Mar 2008
            • 16945

            Originally posted by hermosabeach
            Tannerite needs high velocity to detonate

            It's normally set off with 2500+ fps rifles.


            How could this work with airsoft?
            I don't think that is an airsoft rifle shooting those lead pellets...

            I haven't looked in years, but there used to be rimfire tannerite that subsonic 22 could set off, that also could be ignited by a fireworks fuse. Probably using something similar to that.

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            • #7
              Jeepergeo
              Veteran Member
              • Feb 2012
              • 3506

              Originally posted by sbo80
              Of course they're illegal. Zero fun allowed here.
              Long ago, and not in CA, I knew a guy who mixed up some chemical I don't recall, and filled the front of some .45 hollow points. No boom, but a quite visible flash when they hit steel. Kind of like an inverse tracer. Very fun. So also illegal here.
              There are too many irresponsible nods in California to allow fun stuff that is legal in other states.

              Here is just one example of a couple that gets a Darwin award.

              http://https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/25/judge-allows-almost-all-charges-in-deadly-el-dorado-fire-to-go-forward/amp/
              Last edited by Jeepergeo; 04-09-2023, 1:47 PM.
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              • #8
                m35a2
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2009
                • 531

                I love that guy! I saw these the day his vid came out. Waiting for his guy to stock them!
                Choices always were a problem for you, what you need is someone strong to guide you...like me!

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                • #9
                  Usmc0844spare
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2016
                  • 1317

                  Originally posted by CamW
                  .22 cal Pellets with tannerite in them.
                  Are these legal in California?

                  Do common grey squirrels pose some risk to life/limb/property that I am unaware of?

                  Some risk that justifies nerds like this guy shooting them for funsies?

                  If there is some legit need to do this, great, do your thing.

                  If not, and you are just wasting squirrels for the yucks... you just might be a dickhead who never outgrew the childhood practice of roasting bugs with a magnifying glass.

                  Edited to add: Sounds like there is a reasonable reason for this. I withdraw my accusatory a-hole post. I won't delete it; I believe in owning my a-hole-ness.
                  Last edited by Usmc0844spare; 04-09-2023, 9:20 AM.

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                  • #10
                    k1dude
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • May 2009
                    • 14091

                    Originally posted by Usmc0844spare
                    Do common grey squirrels pose some risk to life/limb/property that I am unaware of?

                    Some risk that justifies nerds like this guy shooting them for funsies?

                    If there is some legit need to do this, great, do your thing.

                    If not, and you are just wasting squirrels for the yucks... you just might be a dickhead who never outgrew the childhood practice of roasting bugs with a magnifying glass.
                    Spoken like someone who has never lived around squirrels. You're probably surfing the wrong site if you don't like hunting or varmint eradication.
                    "Show me a young conservative and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain." - Sir Winston Churchill

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                    • #11
                      TRAP55
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 5536

                      Do common grey squirrels pose some risk to life/limb/property that I am unaware of?
                      Yes they do, especially in those numbers. Watch the next video youtube loads after that one, and you'll see the damage they have done to his roof. Not as prolific as Eastern Fox Squirrels in Calif, so not up to par on the damage they do. Chewing insulation off of phone lines and power lines is a hobby of theirs too, sometimes causing fires. Then you have plague carriers and Hanta virus from their droppings. This is why they're called tree rats. A pellet to the brain pan, is a lot more humane than poison grain.

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                      • #12
                        newbutold
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2017
                        • 1952

                        California classifies tree squirrels as small game mammals.
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                        • #13
                          Usmc0844spare
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2016
                          • 1317

                          Originally posted by TRAP55
                          Yes they do, especially in those numbers. Watch the next video youtube loads after that one, and you'll see the damage they have done to his roof. Not as prolific as Eastern Fox Squirrels in Calif, so not up to par on the damage they do. Chewing insulation off of phone lines and power lines is a hobby of theirs too, sometimes causing fires. Then you have plague carriers and Hanta virus from their droppings. This is why they're called tree rats. A pellet to the brain pan, is a lot more humane than poison grain.
                          Fair enough. My original post edited.
                          Last edited by Usmc0844spare; 04-09-2023, 9:20 AM.

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                          • #14
                            nothing4u
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 1378

                            Must be nice living in a neighborhood where its legal to shoot an air gun.
                            Politicians should only be allowed one term in office, then one term in jail.

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