BoomershootBoomershoot Web Site /ref> is a long range
precision rifle
A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long range shooting, long-range rifle. Requirements include accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment and optics for anti-personnel weapon, anti-personnel, anti-materiel rifle, anti-materiel and surveillanc ...
event held near
Orofino, Idaho
Orofino (''"fine gold"'' rein Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The population was ...
, each year in late spring. The targets are filled with
explosives
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An expl ...
at ranges from . Shooters are allowed to engage as many targets as they are able during the all-day event. In 2019, over a ton of explosives were mixed on site and used in the three day event. Individual shooters have an opportunity to shoot personal fireballs on Friday evening. A "High Intensity Event" features hundreds of targets about 25 yards away which disappear in a thunderous cloud of smoke, dust, and sometimes mud in a matter of a few minutes. A huge, , explosive fireball less than 100 feet from the spectators opens the long range event on Sunday.
Targets
The smallest and closest targets are square boxes, about the size and thickness of a common brown rodent poison container, with more immediate results if a rodent ventures near it during this event. The longer range targets are similarly shaped and are with more explosive. The farthest targets are shot with higher power guns including
.50 cal
The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, wh ...
shooters from what is referred to as the ".50 Caliber Ghetto" at the lower/eastern end of the firing line.Boomershoot Site Pictures /ref>
Popularity
The Boomershoot has appeared in magazines such as
Newsweek
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and
Outside Magazine
''Outside'' is an American company and magazine focused on the outdoors. The first issue of ''Outside'' was published in September 1977.
History
Outside founders were Jann Wenner (the first editor in chief), William Randolph Hearst III (its first ...
,Outside Magazine, October 2004 KING 5 Evening Magazine,KING 5 Evening Magazine (.wmv video) Shooting Gallery TV show,Shooting Gallery TV show /ref> as well as numerous articles in local newspapers.
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centerfire
Two rounds of .357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center
A centerfire cartridge is a firearm metallic cartridge whose primer is located at the center of the base of its casing (i.e. "case head"). Unlike rim ...
rifle capable of delivering
accuracy
Accuracy and precision are two measures of ''observational error''.
''Accuracy'' is how close a given set of measurements (observations or readings) are to their ''true value'', while ''precision'' is how close the measurements are to each other ...
of at least one
minute of angle
A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol , is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree. Since one degree is of a turn (or complete rotation), one minute of arc is of a turn. The na ...
with
velocity
Velocity is the directional speed of an object in motion as an indication of its rate of change in position as observed from a particular frame of reference and as measured by a particular standard of time (e.g. northbound). Velocity is a ...
at the target of at least is required to reliably detonate the targets.
On the two days prior to the main event a precision rifle clinic is held at the same location using steel as well as exploding targets.Boomershoot 2020 Precision Rifle Clinic /ref>