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That looked like a crumbly variety, not proper rubber but a synthetic grainy type. If it tears it breaks up into bits. Looks like the impact is severe enough to smash it apart.
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From my tests, they don't have sufficient integrity to withstand repeated impacts at 800+ fps - they just shatter. Most guns probably aren't shooting them at 800 fps though...
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[brag]I think we(I?) have 800 fps with a bouncy ball covered @ 100 psi :wink: (especially with my recent and ongoing mods to the swat to make it support over twice the pressure that is could previously)[/unbrag]


well, that's pretty much what this thread's for, right? :oops:
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I'm going to cut this out, and mount it on my wall.
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This had traveled ~100 feet when it hit.<br /><br />Before anyone asks, the cannon in question is not yet posted on SF, as it's not complete.
This had traveled ~100 feet when it hit.

Before anyone asks, the cannon in question is not yet posted on SF, as it's not complete.
It is also a hand-held.
It is also a hand-held.
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:shock:
Well I WAS thinking about getting some damage shots this weekend with the behemoth, untill I saw these pictures. wow. Now I just want to build another one that does that...
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It is also a hand-held.
WHAT?!?!?

That's a serious hand-held. I suppose it's not completely mad, as a really mad cannon would have rearranged the tree a bit more, but that must have still hit very hard.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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i was thinking about posting a pic of some serious damage to a building or something and claiming it was done by my cannon.... but i couldn't find a pic :D

oh and i love the damge pics _Fnord your Avatar made me laugh too :D

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I dont know why, i just like these ones :roll:
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_Fnord i demand you to get a pic of that cannon!

hyldgaar: good old lead weight :P
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spudfarm wrote:hyldgaar: good old lead weight :P
With high velocity lead you never go wrong ;)
looking forward to seeing some acceleration of kingsize slugs from that monster hybrid of yours btw :D when do you expect it to be ready for testfiring?
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hyldgaard wrote:
spudfarm wrote:hyldgaar: good old lead weight :P
With high velocity lead you never go wrong ;)
looking forward to seeing some acceleration of kingsize slugs from that monster hybrid of yours btw :D when do you expect it to be ready for testfiring?
hm if get my compound bow sold tomorrow or in the near future i have the money, then i am ready to order the meter parts and union and all that stuff (from denmark :D) and Larda is sending the barrel and chamber pretty soon now.

the barrel is perfect golf ball sized and 6m long.
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schmanman wrote:nice.

but aren't they... errr..... bouncy?

dont they bounce off the stuff you shoot them at instead of penetrating?
Yes, it's funny watching them bounce up through the trees.
DYI Posted: 02/18/2008 21:14 PM Post subject:

From my tests, they don't have sufficient integrity to withstand repeated impacts at 800+ fps - they just shatter. Most guns probably aren't shooting them at 800 fps though...
No, I'm not shooting them at that rate/speed, but they all ways come back cracked up with missing pieces, when they bounce back.
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wow, you got lucky on the barrel spudfarm....very lucky indeed.
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Shooting steel plate IS fun! :D
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And how thick is that steel? Either it's really thin, or you have a big gun you're not telling us about :lol:
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