Odd but effective alternate ammo

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Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:55 pm

Cthulhu wrote:I dumped a bunch it bits of scrap metal into the body and sealed it with hotglue under a foam disk. It exploded as it left the barrel, but it's a start!
I put an ad out on Craigslist saying I was buying used caulk tubes, let's see if I get any bites!
Construction site rubbish piles would have plenty of them if your their at the right time. :wink:
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Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:59 am

Some freak weather patterns caused it to snow in South Texas for the first time in 12 years, naturally I had to take advantage of it!

Found it that with a bit of wadding a tightly packed snowball could be fired very far! If you pack it hard enough it won't break as it exits the barrel, but if you put it in loose them you get a nice shotgun effect.

The neighborhood kids were having a blast with this new addition to their snowball wars.
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Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:40 pm

Cthulhu wrote:The neighborhood kids were having a blast with this new addition to their snowball wars.
Did you bombard them with indirect fire :D
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Fri Dec 08, 2017 2:06 pm

Thats awesome, do you have any pics or video?
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Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:21 pm

Air2theBrain wrote:Thats awesome, do you have any pics or video?
I just uploaded a bunch of very low quality clips from my Snapchat to YouTube :D
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Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:03 am

"Odd, but effective?"

Beefaroni...

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Sat Nov 24, 2018 3:41 pm

This isn't so much effective in terms of functionality, but french fries, bread, and ketchup packets work great for effective fun!

Ketchup packets especially.
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Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:56 pm

This isn't so much effective in terms of functionality, but french fries, bread, and ketchup packets work great for effective fun!
Point to this side of the world that I eat that ammunition! :D jajajajaja!!!
Very nice pitcher, seriously speaking :)
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Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:49 pm

hectmarr wrote:Point to this side of the world that I eat that ammunition! :D jajajajaja!!!
I feel bad about shooting edible ammunition too so I got these for free by asking them for the day old food they were going to throw out anyways! :mrgreen:
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Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:45 am

That would have made a nice vine if vines were still a thing :D

On a more serious note, careful about screwing around in the road like that, I bet your average LEO would not be very amused.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:00 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote: I bet your average LEO would not be very amused.
Very true! Which is why we made sure to notify the one who lives down the street (and is my friend's dad) that we'd be having fun that night :mrgreen:
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These have served my and my friend well from being "launched" by badminton rackets and slingshots to any number of cannons with a 3/4" barrel. The biggest benefit is the straight trajectory.
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