Abstract: A shooting activity and a clay target which can be formed without pitch for use in such activity is provided. The activity involves shooting shot at the target and breaking targets hit by the shot. The target can be formed with a binder and filler and cast into a strong yet brittle state. Targets in accordance with the invention should be substantially pitch free and have a high LD 50 toxicity level as well as high frangibility. This can be accomplished in accordance with the invention by forming the targets with high internal stresses such as are formed by forming targets in unstable crystal states.

Abstract: A shooting activity and a clay target which can be formed without pitch for use in such activity is provided. The activity involves shooting shot at the target and breaking targets hit by the shot. The target can be formed with a binder and filler and cast into a strong yet brittle state. Targets in accordance with the invention should be substantially pitch free and have a high LD 50 toxicity level as well as high frangibility. This can be accomplished in accordance with the invention by forming the targets with high internal stresses such as are formed by forming targets in unstable crystal states.

Abstract: A shooting activity and a clay target which can be formed without pitch for use in such activity is provided. The activity involves shooting shot at the target and breaking targets hit by the shot. The target can be formed with a binder and filler and cast into a strong yet brittle state. Targets in accordance with the invention should be substantially pitch free and have a high LD 50 toxicity level as well as high frangibility. This can be accomplished in accordance with the invention by forming the targets with high internal stresses such as are formed by forming targets in unstable crystal states.

Abstract: A shooting activity and a clay target which can be formed without pitch for use in such activity is provided. The activity involves shooting shot at the target and breaking targets hit by the shot. The target can be formed with a binder and filler and cast into a strong yet brittle state. Targets in accordance with the invention should be substantially pitch free and have a high LD 50 toxicity level as well as high frangibility. This can be accomplished in accordance with the invention by forming the targets with high internal stresses such as are formed by forming targets in unstable crystal states.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus dispenses a composite material blended from metered components, at least one of which may be a viscous material. The apparatus includes a blending assembly for blending the components into the composite material and for thereafter dispensing the composite material out of a dispensing nozzle. The apparatus also has metering assemblies which are in communication with a respective component and which are each switchable between a measuring mode and a discharge mode. A control system concurrently places the metering assemblies in the discharge mode, and an ejection assembly concurrently ejects the selected quantities of the components into the blending assembly and thereafter out of the dispensing nozzle. The blending assembly is disclosed to be a static or a dynamic, and, where a static system is used, a plurality of static elements are disposed in a serpentive flowpath.