NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Del. (CBS) -- An explosion that scattered debris across part of Middletown was caused by a group of people shooting a binary exploding rifle target in a field, according to the ...

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 ...

Everyone likes to add a little excitement to their target shooting, and exploding targets do just that. Depending on the type of exploding target, a shooter can be rewarded with a loud boom, some ...

Court documents detail connections between TdA, Portland shootings and couple shot by feds New court documents filed in the case against a man shot by a Border Patrol agent in east Portland provided ...

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 ...

DENVER – The U.S. Forest Service announced a ban on exploding targets Monday, citing them as a major cause of wildfires. Shooters who use exploding targets have ignited 16 wildfires since last year, ...

People, often frightened, are calling 911 to report explosions at all hours of the day and night. Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton says people using exploding targets are to blame. The sheriff says ...

Criminal charges could be filed this week in the death of a 47-year-old Utica man who was fatally struck in the abdomen by shrapnel after an exploding target that was shot last month, officials said.

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 ...