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I like to shoot golf balls out of the air at the driving range...
Ha!
On one of the backroads I drive when I head out duckshooting a model aeroplane club has leased a farmers roadside paddock, roled it flat and keep it mowed.
Everytime they are having a flying day and I drive past with the 1187 in the truck I have to resist the urge to slam the brakes on, jump out while feeding shells into the remington and seeing how many I can bring down...........
I like to shoot golf balls out of the air at the driving range...
Ha!
On one of the backroads I drive when I head out duckshooting a model aeroplane club has leased a farmers roadside paddock, roled it flat and keep it mowed.
Everytime they are having a flying day and I drive past with the 1187 in the truck I have to resist the urge to slam the brakes on, jump out while feeding shells into the remington and seeing how many I can bring down...........
It goes without saying that should an event like that take place, one essential requirement will be video.......
I like to shoot golf balls out of the air at the driving range...
Ha!
On one of the backroads I drive when I head out duckshooting a model aeroplane club has leased a farmers roadside paddock, roled it flat and keep it mowed.
Everytime they are having a flying day and I drive past with the 1187 in the truck I have to resist the urge to slam the brakes on, jump out while feeding shells into the remington and seeing how many I can bring down...........
It goes without saying that should an event like that take place, one essential requirement will be video.......
Freezer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 2:08 am
This has gotten really good! There are some things you should really try at least once!
I've always wanted to touch off one of those little cannons!
I tried to hit a golf ball with a driver once, after the third miss the club went in the water.
I'd like to throw a tomahawk, at least it won't go far when I miss.
I helped my son build a tribuchet that could launch a 16 oz beer can for 150 feet with a really high arch. That was a blast! "Geme that beer and watch this!" It was supposed to be his school project. We gave it to a bunch of sword swinging knights, think of the Renaissance Fair.
There was a guy in Washington state that made a cannon that shoots beer bottles. He's now doing 2 years in club Fed because the ATF said he made a destructive device. True story.
I like to shoot golf balls out of the air at the driving range...
Ha!
On one of the backroads I drive when I head out duckshooting a model aeroplane club has leased a farmers roadside paddock, roled it flat and keep it mowed.
Everytime they are having a flying day and I drive past with the 1187 in the truck I have to resist the urge to slam the brakes on, jump out while feeding shells into the remington and seeing how many I can bring down...........
Freezer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 2:08 am
This has gotten really good! There are some things you should really try at least once!
I've always wanted to touch off one of those little cannons!
I tried to hit a golf ball with a driver once, after the third miss the club went in the water.
I'd like to throw a tomahawk, at least it won't go far when I miss.
I helped my son build a tribuchet that could launch a 16 oz beer can for 150 feet with a really high arch. That was a blast! "Geme that beer and watch this!" It was supposed to be his school project. We gave it to a bunch of sword swinging knights, think of the Renaissance Fair.
There was a guy in Washington state that made a cannon that shoots beer bottles. He's now doing 2 years in club Fed because the ATF said he made a destructive device. True story.
The fool had a big mouth! How else would folks find out he made a cannon? Is there a law about owning a toy cannon? There are a lot of reenactors out there.
I had Machine I as a freshman and Machine II as a senior. Another kid in my Sr class made a 50% size Napoleon cannon with a 36ish'' barrel with a 1'' bore. He even made a mold to make 1'' round balls. Quite a few people made pop can mortars.
CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:46 pm
There’s more to that story. Cannons aren’t illegal.
I read the article. I'll try to find it again. I thought maybe it was breach loading but that wasn't mentioned. Maybe it was argued that it wasn't period correct. I don't know.
Freezer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:44 pm
The fool had a big mouth! How else would folks find out he made a cannon? Is there a law about owning a toy cannon? There are a lot of reenactors out there.
Aren't potato guns illegal?
The cops narced him out when they did a welfare check on his mom. Oh, and the feds said they did him a favor by only giving him 2 years because his mom didn't have a caretaker.
I mean, they put two guys in federal prison for selling pieces of sheet metal with a picture on it (auto keycard.) They do what they want. I'll take the cowards way out before I get caged for something that didn't victimize anybody.
