Safety chiefs target German craze for 'bazooka' spud guns (HOLD MEIN BIER!)

The Times ^ | January 29, 2003 | Allan Hall

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, if I were them, I would kind of wonder where this thing came from. Though for all they knew it might have been a stray weather balloon.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Definitely time to do something about that deadly hair spray.

Wouldn't cooking spray, e.g. Pam, work better? (no water content)

[Tennessee_Bob]

Must drive the safety and health nannies crazy.

Errr...they don't come round no more.

What do you think we shoot the anvils off of??

[patton]

Last year, some dork in CA proposed a law theat would have outlawed potatoe guns "and al ammunitions for same."

It was all over FR, before someone pointed out to the idiot that he was proposing to outlaw potatoes.

[capitan_refugio]

As you well know, assault potatoes have been outlawed in Kalifornia.

[capitan_refugio]

Hey, General, I thought we were supposed to be gene-swapping with red-heads? How did we get on to a potato thread?

[tubebender]

That's why they were outlawed in California.

I wondered why my grandson is leaving his in my garage...He uses starter fluid but it saturates the flint igniter and causes a misfire. "Hey Grampa, look down the barrel and tell me..."

[radioman]

I wondered why my grandson is leaving his in my garage...He uses starter fluid but it saturates the flint igniter and causes a misfire. "Hey Grampa, look down the barrel and tell me..."

LOL...It's great being a Grampa!!! Spud guns sure bring back fun memories. Not many people remember the Norta Kota Goose Gun these days. I wonder how we made it to old age without todays nannie state...

[Ichneumon]

The guns are not governed by the usual strict firearms regulations in Germany, but prosecutors in the republic’s 16 states are passing emergency rulings to try to outlaw them.

Sheesh. Nothing like putting a damper on the engineering instincts and innovation of German youth.

[Charles Martel]

Ah, the multi-barrel rig... yes, I've seen one like it. Very impressive, but the design leaks pressure where the "cylinder" aligns with the barrel breech, just like any revolver. The rapid-fire capability makes up for the slightly lower power, though. :-)

Did you know that some enterprising individual figured out a way to cut shallow rifling grooves in PVC? You can buy the "rifled" tubes, ready-to-install.

[BlueLancer]

At the Naval Academy, we had sock cannon. Take an empty soda can, punch a small hole in the side on the end opposite the pull tab opening. Attach a paper towel tube (sans towels) to the end with the pull tab opening using large amounts of duct-tape. Insert one rolled up sock into the tube. Prime the "cannon" with lighter fluid through the hole punched into the bottom side, and touch it off with a lighter. We could usually get 30 or 40 shots out of one before the tube and/or can disintigrated.

Of course, on numerous occasions, you ended up with a burning rolled-up sock headed downrange at your adversary, but ... hey, it was just more incentive to avoid being hit.

Ahhhh, the US Naval Academy ... where leaders are made.

[dighton]

The guns are not governed by the usual strict firearms regulations in Germany, but prosecutors in the republic’s 16 states are passing emergency rulings to try to outlaw them.

Betcha they leave a citrus loophole.

[teeman8r]

using a small 20 oz water balloon and a toilet paper roll as a sleeve you may have a projectile... slit the roll in half and fit the two sides over the filled bladder balloon... slide the "shell" into the launcher... a disk the diameter of the barrel behind the bladder and against the roll halves help minimize the bladder bursting... good luck


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