Buying Ammunition

Potatoes last one shot, so build reusable! Discuss ammo designs and ideas. Tough to find cannon part or questions? Ask here!
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Sun May 11, 2008 2:32 pm

400, 1" super balls off ebay. $20.00 dollars.
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Sun May 11, 2008 3:23 pm

I got a 20 lb bag of jumbo potatoes at walmart for $3, each weighs about a pound... everyone of em is more than 2" in diameter, and some are about 10" long, so almost all of them can be cut in half to make for two rounds.
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Sun May 11, 2008 3:37 pm

great deal jrrdw....jeez. do you happen to remember the seller's name?
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Sun May 11, 2008 4:36 pm

Just do a search for them, thats how I did it. A lot of them for sale, the more you buy, the better deal you can get.
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Sun May 11, 2008 4:38 pm

jrrdw wrote:400, 1" super balls off ebay. $20.00 dollars.
How well do those balls fit in 1" PVC...too much slack or tight? I just bid on a smaller batch of 150.
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Sun May 11, 2008 5:49 pm

25 dozen golf balls. $105.

Call it $0.40/ball by the time you pay for shipping?


http://www.lostgolfballs.com/category-e ... 0/nm/Range
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Sun May 11, 2008 5:50 pm

haha wow... thats soo cheap nice find
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starman wrote:
jrrdw wrote:400, 1" super balls off ebay. $20.00 dollars.
How well do those balls fit in 1" PVC...too much slack or tight? I just bid on a smaller batch of 150.
They all very slightly, but roll down on there own but not fast. Just enough air gets by to let them roll. I'd say just right.
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Sun May 11, 2008 5:59 pm

good deal on the golf balls D_Hall. I would say you could find better though :wink:
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Sun May 11, 2008 6:24 pm

well i can get them for free... but still that is a good deal
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Sun May 11, 2008 6:35 pm

yeah, well not everybody works at a range ilovetoblowthingsup! lol, jk

I'm actually thinking about applying for a job at a golfing range close by.
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Sun May 11, 2008 6:53 pm

I got my golf balls on Ebay. I believe it was 700 for $40 and $40 for shipping. Comes out to a total of about 11.5 cents per ball including shipping. They were in pretty good condition too.
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Mon May 12, 2008 3:42 pm

100 golfballs for 20 euros
Im quite happy with it :D

Also I got a crapload of ~28mm marbles from my work.
I currently work at a supermarket and the cartoon-marble action expired so they had some left.
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Mon May 12, 2008 4:04 pm

very nice work with the golfballs clide. You too psycix.

@psycix,
What is the name of the supermarket you work at? :? :)
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Mon May 12, 2008 5:24 pm

STHORNE wrote:very nice work with the golfballs clide. You too psycix.

@psycix,
What is the name of the supermarket you work at? :? :)
Its called "Plus" its where I earn the money to buy guns with heheh :D
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They are called "krazy knikkers". Knikkers is dutch for marbles.
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