It seems that the gun monkey's at a nearby farm have found out about tannerite.

I've heard disposable income dissipating four nights out of the last seven.

Not extended session by any means, one big or two small blasts and done

Not so close as to hear the gun shots, but no mistaking the splosions

July 4th is less than a week away. Are you sure it's tannerite going off after being struck by a bullet instead of fireworks?

Exploding tannerite sounds different from, say, pipe bombs constructed of pvc?

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Exploding tannerite sounds different from, say, pipe bombs constructed of pvc?

If you're going to the trouble of making a pipe bomb, what's the point of using PVC? So the embedded shards don't show up on X-ray?

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Exploding tannerite sounds different from, say, pipe bombs constructed of pvc?

If you're going to the trouble of making a pipe bomb, what's the point of using PVC? So the embedded shards don't show up on X-ray?

No. PVC wouldn't be quite so damaging, I wouldn't think. Maybe "pipe bomb" was too emotionally charged. How about "pvc cherry bomb?" Make the firecracker, place in hole, light a longish fuse, go hide in the barn kind of thing.

But, the question remains, is tannerite so distinctive that the sounds the OP is hearing could not be some such homemade firecracker?

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Exploding tannerite sounds different from, say, pipe bombs constructed of pvc?

If you're going to the trouble of making a pipe bomb, what's the point of using PVC? So the embedded shards don't show up on X-ray?

PVC will still show up on x-ray-----not as distinct as metals but still visible.
You mean they won't trip the mag-detectors at airports like the ceramic Glocks!

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Originally posted by sgalczyn:

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Biker_dude:
Exploding tannerite sounds different from, say, pipe bombs constructed of pvc?

If you're going to the trouble of making a pipe bomb, what's the point of using PVC? So the embedded shards don't show up on X-ray?

PVC will still show up on x-ray-----not as distinct as metals but still visible.
You mean they won't trip the mag-detectors at airports like the ceramic Glocks!

Forget pvc. Let's go with 1/4 stick dynamite. Will that explosion sound different from tannerite? Assuming the quantity of tannerite will create an explosion equivalent to the dynamite.

I asked about the splosions on the local Facebook page.

Since no one reported power outages, we ruled out transformer failures.

Then someone posted the Tannerite explanation.

Sure doesn't sound like any fireworks that I've heard,

It's been 50 years since I've heard black powder,
But it didn't sound like that either. ( From what I remember anyway).

Ahh! The fourth of July! I had so much fun over the years with explosives. I'm done with it and I have all my fingers.
Maybe the occasional bang just to let the neighbors know I'm still alive.

Or sparkler bombs.