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Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:48 am
by Orchidman
Gila wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:18 am

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...........

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:49 am
by Orchidman
Orchidman wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:48 am
Gila wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:18 am

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.......

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 6:47 am
by Gila
Orchidman wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:49 am
Orchidman wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:48 am
Gila wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:18 am

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.......
Sorry, I don't have a camera...

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:11 pm
by Justsomedude
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.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:11 pm
by Justsomedude
Orchidman wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:48 am
Gila wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:18 am

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...........
Double ought Anti Aircraft 😆

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:40 pm
by Wambli Ska
Justsomedude wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:11 pm
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.
What?!?!? That’s nuts!

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:44 pm
by Freezer
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?

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:46 pm
by CPJ 2.0
There’s more to that story. Cannons aren’t illegal.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:56 pm
by jbp-ohio
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.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 12:27 am
by Wambli Ska
CPJ 2.0 wrote: Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:46 pm There’s more to that story. Cannons aren’t illegal.
That’s kind of what I thought. They sell them all over the place online and ship to your house directly.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:00 am
by Justsomedude
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.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:02 am
by Justsomedude
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.

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:06 am
by Justsomedude
They got him on the bore size??? What about bowling ball mortars?

https://apnews.com/article/wa-state-wir ... 59d914469a

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:17 am
by CPJ 2.0
Aft don’t mention bore size.
But as with anything with them…



https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/are-muz ... ve-devices

Re: Tomahawks?

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:19 am
by Justsomedude
CPJ 2.0 wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:17 am Aft don’t mention bore size.
But as with anything with them…



https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/are-muz ... ve-devices
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.