Bowling Ball Howitzer
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:22 pm
hey guys. i was just searching youtube when i came acros this video. i was amazed at this. sorry if it is a repost but here you go have a look.
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:30 pm
thats pretty dam cool, but im not sure if its against the rules or not because it uses black powder.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:01 pm
Well im sure it wouldnt be a problem seeing as how he didnt really post the cannon. Also he didnt speak of any explosives. He gave a short desription and gave you link which told you the rest of the information.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:10 pm
you are going to get a nice ass slapp by a moderator.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:16 pm
I started watching this video and somehow through the wonders of youtube (like 5 videos later) I'm watching a girl shooting a machine gun. Crazy how things work...
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:24 pm
oh sorry guys. i thought that it wouldn't be against the rules because i didn't mention the explosives
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:33 pm
I dont know for sure, try pming a mod to see if it is ok and if not ask them to delete it.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:33 pm
if i where you i would have edited the orginal post to: "newbie mistake, will not happend again" and it will be okay
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:01 pm
We seem to have a lot of self-appointed moderators here. 
There isn't really anything against this - we've had similar videos posted before, but it would be best in the Non spudgun related section as a "cool video".
We discuss real guns often enough, so why should this be against the rules?
EDIT: Gah - No moderators online to PM. Sorry, Pimpmann, I did try.
...We need one here, even if just to clean up the rules discussion.
There isn't really anything against this - we've had similar videos posted before, but it would be best in the Non spudgun related section as a "cool video".
We discuss real guns often enough, so why should this be against the rules?
EDIT: Gah - No moderators online to PM. Sorry, Pimpmann, I did try.
...We need one here, even if just to clean up the rules discussion.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:28 pm
hmm you are right there about the firearms ragnarok :S
but i don't think that is a legal gun and can give people ideas (i got one).
but it would be good with a mod here
but i don't think that is a legal gun and can give people ideas (i got one).
but it would be good with a mod here
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:44 pm
No, that's perfectly legal in the States, in spite of it's large calibre - it's a muzzle loader, so it's not even considered a firearm under US law.SpudFarm wrote:but i don't think that is a legal gun and can give people ideas (i got one).
AFAIK, the reason we don't discuss the manufacture of "guns" using solid propellant is at least in part so that people don't do a Ryan Meerdink.
If you're not sure who he is - he's a guy that filled a PVC cannon with a large amount of smokeless powder as propellant. You can imagine how much of him was left afterwards.
Of course, the final discussion is up to the mods, but I think we've seen discussions like this before that were allowed to stay.
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:25 pm
smart ass ragnarok 
but it IS a hell of a "gun"
but it IS a hell of a "gun"
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:41 pm
That was an impressively well built cannon. The walls of the barrel pipe look awfully thin to me though...
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:50 pm
i like the mounting he used for that........ pretty ingenious.......
i wonder how long it took to make......
i wonder how long it took to make......
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:59 pm
I'm pretty damn sure that it's the top half of a scuba tank.