Anyone interested in going to a night shoot at Dragonman's?

[BigBear]

Think how much fun it would be to set up tannerite targets at 100 yards in the dark...

Tannerite is a binary explosive that reduces with water vapor only. Tannerite does not ignite with a "flash". Meaning, the "explosion" you see is just water vapor. If you were to shoot Tannerite in the dark, you wouldn't see anything.... but you'd hear the boom.

I'm also not sure on this but will assume that he will open the 100 yard/pistol combo range close to his store so shooting 300 yards might be a no-go. I gave him the impression that the shoot would be more for close-up night sight and laser training as opposed to NV and IR rifle scope training.

I gave Dragonman the impression that the shoot would be for myself and others learning how to and training using night sights and lasers on low light conditions. Basically more training for those times when we check out the things that go bump in the night at our houses ....

Well, heck. If it's on a Sat or Sun night count me in. I have a light/laser for the G19... but nothing for the long gun. Will he open the shoot house and the SF range for us to actually get "real world" training in clearing a house or are we just talking about command fire from a line? Either way, I think it might be fun.

[psawjack]

Well, heck. If it's on a Sat or Sun night count me in. I have a light/laser for the G19... but nothing for the long gun. Will he open the shoot house and the SF range for us to actually get "real world" training in clearing a house or are we just talking about command fire from a line? Either way, I think it might be fun.

With BigBear in for the night shoot I think we are now down to the planning phase. If we go for a Sat or Sun night I think the next available time for me is the weekend of the 7th of Aug. If that works with everyone I'll get with Dragonman the during the week prior to that weekend and see if that's cool with him.

If anyone has any questions or scheduling conflicts just let me know and we'll try to adjust as necessary.

Patrick

[CrufflerSteve]

Low light would be a good starting point. I have a couple of night sight pistols and a rifle with an illuminated reticle for low light.

Steve

[psawjack]

Pending hearing back from ChadAmberg and his guest I think we can aim for the 7th of August. I think the backup date could be the 14th of August.

Once everyone has confirmed the 7th with me I'll give Dragonman a call and ask the questions y'all have asked me to pass along and get the date set.

I'll post any updates here for anyone else who would like to tag along (or you could just PM me with questions). The more the merrier and if the night shoot works out great maybe we could try to make a habit out of going once every couple months or so.

Thanks everyone.

Patrick

[ChadAmberg]

Yeah, I'm good for that date too.

One thing we may want to remember when planning this again in the future, is the phase of the moon, so we know when we will have some light.

Oh, here's a video of tannerite at night: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=2nW9z8...eature=related

[BigBear]

hmmm... did they mix anything with the Tannerite?

Cause as far as I know (which isn't much), with tannerite there should not be a huge flash. (Yes, I've used it A LOT) And do keep in mind that the video was recorded in slow-mo. So if there is a flash, it will be very quick, hence a "flash" and not an explosion... If you're working on night manevuers, that may not be a good thing since it'll impair your nightvision.

On the other hand... anytime someone gets to blow something up is a good time...

I would like some more info on what exactly is planned besides, "Let's get together at night and shoot stuff".

[psawjack]

I would like some more info on what exactly is planned besides, "Let's get together at night and shoot stuff".

I spoke to Mel out at Dragonmans briefly this morning. He has no issues with doing it on the 7th of August. He did lower the price to $8 per person to attend the shoot. The shoot will be from 7pm to 9:30pm (sorry but no later than that because his neighbors will have problems). Also I checked a website online for sun info and read that sunset will be around 8:04pm so we'll have some time to set up/sight in lasers/scopes in daylight. His whole place will be open just for us (his words) and we'll be able to shoot the same weapons we've been allowed to shoot there before. Anyone can attend if they want to (even up until that night...just show up at 7pm and bring guns and ammo. He sells paper targets as well as ammo too. He does allow fully automatic weapons to be shot there.

I need to call him back 2 days before the 7th to reserve the range time.

BTW I'm not making a dime on this nor will 1 cent of money need to be passed through me. As soon as we get there we'll just pay him.

Hopefully that clears things up for anyone with questions. If not just PM me and I'll get back to you.

Thanks,

Patrick