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Range
Photos
Here is where you can find the rest of my pictures, including
shots of the various projectiles I have used, different range
setups, and some of the different ways I have transported my spud guns.
I know there may be some duplicates from the personal
artillery section, but I felt the pictures also illustrated
something from the Range as well.
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Caulk Tube Projectile |
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Side view of said tube, estimated
length: 12" |
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Top-down shot, not very big, almost
a perfect fit for a 2" barrel |
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The bricks were rather crude, but I
don't have a frame for the gun yet. |
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Target: Big Tree |
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Result: 1/2" deep hole and a
busted projectile tip. |
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I decided to finish off the test
session with a few traditional spud shots. |
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Here I am trying to locate where
one of the shots landed. Never did find it though. |
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I had been surfing around the net, looking for
some new stuff to try, and I cam across a description of
a dart of sorts, fashioned from a caulking tube. I
searched around my house to find a suitable tube, and
began taping it to fit the barrel of one of my
guns. Once the projectile was finished, I took it
out front, set up the gun, loaded and fired! I
didn't charge the gun with my usual amount of fuel,
cause if it blew up I didn't want to go up along with
it. The damage to the intended target (the tree)
was minimal. Scuffed up a 2" circle of bark,
and put a 1/2" deep hole where the plastic tip
hit. Definitely an interesting thing to try if you
have nothing else to do, but beware the fit of the tube
into the barrel! |
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Experimentation with Golf Ball
Projectiles (GBP) |
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A good view of me with
the gun, and the designated target, a white Isuzu Stylus |
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Not a good place to be
if the gun is loaded, but it wasn't. |
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You can see where a
potato slightly dented the door. |
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Here is what happens
when you fire a golf ball at a car door! |
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This was an attempt to
take a picture of a GBP in mid-flight, but it didn't
turn out. |
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Just a few notes about this experiment.
Don't fire anything other than potatoes from you gun, as
it can be considered a weapon and hence be illegal and
seized by the police. Second, make very sure you
know where you are firing, as I found out the hard
way. I wasn't shooting from a bench or vice, so I
had a shot go slightly high, resulting in a huge mess,
here is what happened: first the projectile hit the door
on the plastic trim just below the window, then bounced
and broke the side mirror, and finally hit the window
and totally blew it out! Usually that would result
in the police being called, possibly a fight, or other undesirable
situations, but I was shooting at a junked car, so the
owner wasn't too pissed at me.
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