Not mentioned are the rebar with road flares attached to ignite the gasoline, but you seen them in the video.
This is the Fireball Target for the beginning of the Long-Range event:
More explosives, more gasoline, more thump, and more fiery delightfulness:
This was published in on X less than 30 minutes after the fireball went up.
I really like it here. I waited all year for this.
Reina Taheri
May 3, 2026
This was at Boomershoot yesterday. And it was after she went to the hospital for a Boomershoot injury on Saturday. A hot shell casing from an AR-15 went down her boot and she was unable to get it out before getting a second-degree burn. That was the worst injury we have had in many years.
This was Reina’s second Boomershoot. Here is a video of her from last year:
I took pictures of Reina with her personal fireball from this year. But my camera was in daughter Kim’s car. Here she is at the shooting line:
The best pictures I have of the event on my phone are the ones below.
Each cloud of “smoke” is a different explosion. We had about 500 targets for the Sunday shooters.
This following is Team Fireball. I did the basic design and a lot of the work. But the people below all contributed to the success.
This is a close up of our most reactive target (23 gallons of gasoline over 30.8 pounds of Fireball Boomerite with road flares for added “visibility” on the rebar in the background:
We have sometimes said, “Boomershoot runs on rubberbands.” We came close to using 1,000 rubber bands this year. In the picture above you can see them holding the flares to the rebar, holding the jugs of gasoline together, and holding the Boomerite boxes in place.
Here is a frame-by-frame sequence of the opening fireball (video by Tim S.):
I think the dust forming in the field furrows from the shockwave is really cool!
There was a little more, but you get the idea.
Just kidding. You don’t have any idea of what the real thing is like. No video or pictures can do it justice. The heat is intense. The ground shakes. You feel a large thump in your chest. The crowd cheers and claps. The Boomershoot opening fireball is incredible.
The weather was fantastic. The target production went ahead of schedule. The personal fireballs (Reina and her dad each had one) successfully detonated and ignited. The Boomers went boom with almost no duds. There were still a few targets left at the end of the day. I consider it a good thing when the shooters run out of ammo before they run out of boomers.
Other than the one minor injury, everything went really well. I can not recall a better Boomershoot.
On Dec. 1, 2025, Washington reported 706,046 active CPLs. On April 1, that number had plummeted to 696,015. The alarming decline has been explained by many gun owners, saying they’ve either left Washington for more Second Amendment-friendly environs in Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere, while others have decided to carry without a CPL because they refuse to pay the state to exercise their right to bear arms, which is specifically protected by both the state and federal constitutions.
Dave Workman
April 3, 2026
Wash. CPL Numbers Decline; Gun Owners Flee, Others Refuse to Renew – TheGunMag
I think the Washington state gun laws will be straightened out by the Federal courts in less than five years. But the taxes and crime situation will probably continue to deteriorate. So, with that in mind I am working on an escape plan. I can’t leave right now because I need to save up money for retirement. Underground bunkers in Idaho are expensive.
The underground bunker be completed soon (only a few more days of work). I will then start counting the days until I can retire and have the option to leave Washington state as well.
Are you thinking of fleeing the tyranny of your state too? I’m giving free tours of my underground bunk to people attending Boomershoot this year (the first weekend of May). It would give you something to think about…
Today, I moved 2,000 pounds of chemicals from my brother’s shed to the Boomershoot explosives production facility:
There are some chemicals left over from 2025 so there will be plenty of targets this year.
I also inventoried other supplies, checked the functioning of the mixers, scales, and timers. I’m going to have to purchase two new heat guns. They are used to heat the shrink wrap plastic used to keep the targets (cardboard boxes) closed and dry. The last heat gun has reached it’s end of life.
It is going to be another great event. Boomershoot is the first weekend of May and is only four weeks away.
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