RIFLE – The cause of Sunday’s 3-acre Fravert Reservoir brush fire has been determined to have been an exploding rifle target, according to Colorado River Fire Rescue authorities. A responsible party ...

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 ...

A blast that was heard throughout the northern part of Delaware on Sunday afternoon was the result of an exploding rifle target that destroyed a nearby abandoned car near Middletown, according to the ...

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 ...

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, ...

BRISTOL — Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a Saturday night gathering that involved the use of exploding rifle targets. The phone lines for Lakes Region police ...

JEFFERSON - Neighbors concerned about exploding targets last month may have some recourse through a town ordinance, according to an ATF (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) agent who explained how a ...

Brockway Township Supervisor Bill McMurtrie said he was watching TV a few weeks ago when a “humongous boom” rattled his windows and sent the family cat running. Soon, he got a few calls from neighbors ...

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 ...

Oregon secretary of state sets deadlines to get transportation referendum on May ballot Leaders of the referendum originally intended for it to be voted on the November ballot. Their supporters are ...

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.

Exploding targets might have started the Plant Creek fire southeast of Missoula, and Lolo National Forest officials hope to talk with some off-road vehicle riders seen in the area. The fire grew to 33 ...