Exploding targets are a mixture of an oxidizer - usually ammonium nitrate - and a fuel, such as aluminum. According to a May 2012 newsletter from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...

Exploding targets consist of two inert components that, when mixed, blow up when shot by a high-velocity projectile. Online videos demonstrate that explosions from the targets can be large and ...

Every American likes a nice harmless explosion during summertime, even after the Fourth. Fun as fireworks are, you don’t get to shoot at them. Firebird Targets , on the other hand, are nonbinary ...

SALMON Idaho (Reuters) - Federal land managers on Wednesday banned exploding targets used by shooting enthusiasts from 12 national forests in four Western U.S. states, saying the devices could spark ...

Target shooting and restricted ‘exploding targets’ have caused five fires in Oregon since May, state officials said, adding that some people should brush up on the rules before heading out into the ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government said Thursday it is collecting $168,500 to cover fire suppression costs after an Illinois man ignited a 440-acre blaze in central Idaho in 2012 while ...

Exploding targets are prohibited across the Forest Service’s Northern Region after regional forester Faye Krueger signed a closure order citing public safety concerns and the potential for igniting ...

Two Pennsylvania Game Commission Food and Cover Corps employees were injured on Monday, Oct. 1, while responding to a burning target backstop at a shooting range on State Game Land 183 in Palmyra ...

FLORENCE — The wildfire that displaced two mountain lion cubs late last month in the Sapphire Mountains was caused by an exploding target detonated by a target shooter in a state wildlife management ...