I was cleaning out some old stuff from the attic and I came across my old spud cannon.
*Devious Smile…looks for the starting fluid*
What’s a Spud Gun you ask? Well, this man does a fine job of explaining what one is in simple easy to follow steps.
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Industrial Spud Gun!
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The Bar is Open!
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oopppsss….the atf thread is meant for tomorrow at 1430…
sorry, it has been rescheduled.
awww, man.
OH well….
Brick wrote:
i know, its a bummer!
mrs coldwarrior gave me the evil eye upon the re-emergence of the spud gun
Match Rocket Mini-Katyusha launcher. LOLZ.
Well, anyway here’s something for the math geeks to chew on re: pressurized PVC construction.
Operating and bursting pressure for PVC pipes.
coldwarrior wrote:
Yea, my brother’s mother-in-law gets pissed when we break out her other son-in-laws spud cannon, of course we have been known to launch beer cans and stuff too…
@ The Osprey:
Did that say Death to Spies at the end?
@ The Osprey:
mrs coldwarrior sang along.
@ coldwarrior:
Shit! I went to sovmusic.ru, and there ain’t no mp3 files there! That sucks!
coldwarrior wrote:
Semi-related aside, for the PA firearms enthusiasts…
If you have a Dunham’s sporting goods nearby, there’s supposed to be a decent sale in the gun dept starting tomorrow. Or, so I’ve been led to believe.
Also…Grice’s gun Shop NEXT weekend is supposed to be having their anniversary sale. Go to Hell pricing on Ruger’s and Smith Sigmas.
Grice’s ad here.
Lastly, a gun show at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex starts tomorrow as well.
Building a spud gun looks like a less damaging financial option.
doriangrey wrote:
well, yeah…there are many sabot options as well!
@ Brick:
there will be no more gun buying for me for a while.
fortunately, i made my buys when buyin was good!
coldwarrior wrote:
I was looking at this the other day and thinking it might make a nice addition for my AR15…
coldwarrior wrote:
That’s what I keep telling myself as well. I can’t pass up a good deal however.
coldwarrior wrote:
Ha! Figured you two would get a kick out of it.
I have never built a spud gun, per se, but I did once build an acetylene cannon made from the heavy cardboard tube that was the core in a roll of carpet. The striker was a flint striker meant for use with a Coleman lantern.
Acetylene was generated by dumping calcium carbide into a scrap dry-chemical fire extinguisher half-full of water. The valve on the extinguisher could used to squirt a shot of acetylene into the combustion chamber.
We would stuff a wad of newspaper down the barrel for wadding (one of the higher and better uses for the MSM product) and drop in an empty stubby beer bottle for a projectile. A maximum range of about 100 yards was obtained, when the bottle didn’t break on launch.
This cannon had a very loud bark to it, too. Big fun. Tennis balls would make ideal ammo, too.
doriangrey wrote:
Save a little more and get a quality complete .22 upper. Spikes. I cheaped out but got lucky with a Chiappa .22LR upper. Runs on Black Dog magazines, and goes bang every time.
It even became the upstairs goto gun for a bit. The advantage of this setup was 30 rounds that wouldn’t deafen the good guys w/o ear pro if shot inside.
I killt the thread?
Kilted threads wear no drawers…
@ Brick:
Nice idea. I bought a up a bunch of Remington 147gr JHP subsonic 9mm
back in the day at a Cow Palace gun show, figured they’d be easier on the ears
as indoor defensive rounds…but the .22lr out of a 16″ carbine barrel would be even less harsh
on the ol’ eardrums.
@ The Osprey:
147gr is the only thing I can stand to fire from my 9′s, preferably self loaded but i’ll buy when I have to.
/lurk
Quiet here tonight.
Too quiet.
the browning hp will eat anything, never a misfire.
@ The Osprey:
You know why it’s called a ‘kilt’, don’t you?
mfhorn wrote:
quite most of the day as well.
this happened last year as well, as soon as the good weather hits, peeps need to get outside. i am the same way…i teed off at damn early today and spent time doing outside work. it feels good to be outside again.
coldwarrior wrote:
Same with my Glocks.
@ The Osprey:
@ CynicalConservative:
I’ve shot many pistols chambered for 9mm in the past, however never owned one.
Not sure why, really…it’s not a bad round, just…unexciting, in my humble opinion. [?]
Brick wrote:
the browning hi power was john browning’s design after the 1911 .45acp.
Brick wrote:
I really prefer the .40, personally.
coldwarrior wrote:
I like the lines of the Hi-Powers – they remind me of CZ-75′s…Or, should I say, the CZ’s remind me of the Hi-Powers given who was on scene first. Never shot one though.
@ lobo91:
I’m kind of itching to try one in 10mm. The 20′s though seem a bit more scarce than the 17s, 23s, etc.
lobo91 wrote:
An acquaintance loves his .40 I tease him and call it a 10mm that has to ride the short bus.
@ Brick:
i have one of these as well:
cz-52 in 7.62x25mm TT.
86 grains at 1375+ ft/second from a pistol. (up to 2200ft/sec in some new ammo)
a decent write up on the cz-52
coldwarrior wrote:
That’s a great combination! That round is supposed to defeat IIIa armor at the warmer loadings. I saw J&G Sales has the M57s in stock $199.00 that shoot the same round. As cheap as the ammunition is currently, it’s very tempting…but I really want to consolidate calibers, and 7.62×25 is adding in the wrong direction.
@ The Osprey:
Cutest… Katyusha… EVER!!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
Hello Katyusha!
@ Brick:
the standard round will penetrate like a rifle
the cz round is a flamethrower! the magsafe rounds are hitting 220ft/sec.
Also, is it time now to brag about the 640 rounds of Russian AK ammo I got as a present from an admirer? I have to say, the can was a BITCH to open. It came with this primitive can-opener from hell, and a normal can opener was too weak for it. The cats thought I was opening a giant can of cat food. Alas, kittehs! THESE treats were for Mommy! Now I have to load my 50-round drum, that came from the same guy… Did I mention he also gave me a bayonet and a flash-suppressor? I think I should marry him… LOL.
This is what you need. It isn’t a spud gun. It is pumpkin artillery…
@ Iron Fist:
Oh, duuuude! That is TehAwsum™!!
PrincessNatasha wrote:
All gifts fit for a princess like you.
If he reeeally thought you were teh bombz…he would have included a Dremel™ for those stubborn ammo spam cans.
@ PrincessNatasha:
I got one of those cans…1080 rounds of 5.45×39 for my Tantal.
Giant soviet tuna can. Wrap some cloth electrician’s tape around the opener
handle next time…makes it easier.