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Thats some crazy shit but looks a lot of fun
STRIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome:thumbsup:
DAMN!
Seriously, a bloody sandbag wouldn't go astray over the tow joint for counter balance.Quote:
Originally Posted by nevada
So which engineering forum member is going to build one of these? VC I know you have the skills.
Had a quite day in the workshop one day a year or so ago.
This is what happened as a result
Not quite a bowling ball but bloody fun to shoot all the same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLLEWavJKPI
300grs of FFg sends a golf ball out of sight :thumbsup:
Cheers
Pete
Yea I could make one but where would I get bowling balls and 500kilos of black powder and then where would I shoot it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
What is that saying from the Kevin Costner movie where the dead baseball players come out of the maize field? "You build it and they will come"Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
It would take the whole north vs south thing a step further if you could hit one of our gongs from the South Island VCQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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The AOS?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Hmmm it is just a couple of pipes I welded up officer. Do you need an FAL for a cannon?Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I've been after a golf ball mortar for a long time. Any engineers on here wanna give me a quote on one?
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RushyQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Canon are a funny item.
My local Arms Officer has told be that if it is a Signal Canon, i.e. makes a loud noise but it doesn't shoot a projectile then it's Not a Firearm.
However if it shoots a projectile then it Is a Firearm.
A plain old firearm with no endorsements required ....... Yes even the bowling ball canon is an ordinary Firearm.
Cheers
Pete
Reckon we should have one then.
FletchNZQuote:
Originally Posted by FletchNZ
I believe Mortars are restricted weapons in NZ.
However Lobbing Canons are not restricted weapons.
I built a Lobbing Canon that will shoot two golf balls around 200 meters in height and around 400 meters in distance.
Cheers
Pete
You mean a peice of pipe;) probably about 30 bucks with a threaded blank on one end.Quote:
Originally Posted by FletchNZ
I have a fal,shooting it off tahuna beach at haulashore island would be the problem:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
No where to use it Rushy, when i win powerball and buy some land I will give it a go.
This is the type of thing I have always envisaged, i'm 99.9% sure they are not restricted - If someone can point to the legislation that proves me wrong I would be interested.
I wonder if we can do a group buy if everyone is keen?
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If that's a golf ball sized hole in there it looks very very short!
It similar to the coehorn mortar design.
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Most of these are made using old oxygen bottles.I'd still be worried they would burst.Its probably only 1/4 inch thick.
"punkin chunkin" has a better following.You can grow the pumkins in a mold.http://youtu.be/X6ryYaK5Dg0
Trebochettes (spelling?) are wickedly cool:cool::thumbsup:
Fletch NZ
Give your Arms Officer a ring tomorrow and tell them your going to make a Mortar
Let us know how you get on.
In the meantime this is my Lobbing Canon ;)
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The barrel is machined out of 4140 and the base is 10mm mild steel.
Cheers
Pete
How far can you get it with such a short bore Pete?
VCQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
The length of the bore is 100mm.
The powder chamber will hold 350grs of FFG
300 grs of FFG will shoot two golf balls around 400 meters.
But the idea with the lobbing canon is to shoot it high and try and land the ball closest to a mark.
At our canon shoot days we aim for 100m, closest to the peg wins.
Cheers
Pete
Cheers.
Pete, that is really awesome. How much did that set you back?
There doesn't seem to be much different in the design between a coehorn mortar and a lobbing cannon.
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FletchNZQuote:
Originally Posted by FletchNZ
Hahaha only subtle differences.
Cost me nothing but my time.
Everything was made out of off cuts destined for the scrap man.
The Boss was having a clean up in the workshop and let me take what I needed.
Cheers
Pete
Coehorn mortar
http://youtu.be/E2l9NU2a-XY
Only mortars of military type.Quote:
Originally Posted by P38
Arms (Restricted Weapons and Specially Dangerous Airguns) Order 1984 (SR 1984/122) (as at 11 December 2013) Schedule Weapons declared restricted weapons – New Zealand Legislation
I believe what you have is a miniature cannon.
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/p.../DLM72919.html
Thanks for this info Savage 1Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
Cheers
Pete
