Oddest fire arm you ever fired or owned

[twyacht]

thanks kpr, now my 14 year old son, just spied me reading, and scoped out the whole article from "Team Dandy"....

If we don't build it correctly, he may try it on his own and do something wrong(shoot his eye out),,....now I'm obligated to at least make sure the construction is to spec,....

seems I have a custom "build" for New Year's.......


 

[TexGun]

thanks kpr, now my 14 year old son, just spied me reading, and scoped out the whole article from "Team Dandy"....

If we don't build it correctly, he may try it on his own and do something wrong(shoot his eye out),,....now I'm obligated to at least make sure the construction is to spec,....

seems I have a custom "build" for New Year's.......


 

Used to shoot one just like it in college (early 90's).  Haven't thought about one of those in years.  Gotta go make one!

[m25operator]

Not odd but I did get to shoot the MA deuce.

We mad a tennis ball cannon out of an old driveshaft, propelled by oxyacetelene. Light the torch, get a good mixture then put the flame out on the ground, through a hole in the lower half of the driveshaft put the gas mixture, count to 3 was about right, 200 yards, more than that 50 yards as the tennis ball came apart.

2 liter coke bottles filled with the same mix, duct tape tail and a shotgun primer with a BB glued to the cap on top of the primer, make the windows shake for a full city block.

Now something odd that I own, a Daisy VL caseless ammo rifle, only made in 1968.
Ammo 1st

[tombogan03884]

Great tales,  
Bac and CJ, a LAW counts and so does the Terrier missile, that and oddball black powder or odd mechanisms like the Mateba or Calico were what I had in mind when I posted the thread, but I am getting a good laugh from the stories  

M25, I forgot about that Daisy, you posted about it once before. I think it's a riot the the makers of "Real guns" are still trying to do what the "toy company" accomplished 40 years ago 

[bulldog75]

Stinger Missile, Ma Deuce, MK 19, M60, M249, AT4 and M3 .50.

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[blackwolfe]

Tennis ball cannon plans...

http://www.teamdandy.com/projects/cc73/

 

KPR,
Those instructions are pretty much how we did it, cept I always used black electrical tape and a lot of it.  I taped each joint well and then did a spiral wind up and down several times.  Maybe I just got lucky, but never had one blow apart, but I never skimped on the tape.  I had a friend that lived next to an apple orchard and he would pick up the drops.  They were great ammo and if one was a little to big, it just got shaved down a bit when you loaded it the muzzle.  One friend was holding one of the cannons bazooka style while another friend reached from behind to light it.  It blew apart and did a nasty job on the lighters hand.  Other than some bruises and losing a thumbnail he was OK.  That cannon wasn't taped very well.  I suppose you could try one out of PVC, but I never have.  Might even be able to come up with a repeater design and an igniter like the one in the plans.  If you google potato gun I think you can find a lot of plans.  Ithink the ATF has ruled these legal as long as they are not used in a destructive manner.

Maybe not:  http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html#potato-gun-classification

Seems like ATF has changed their regulations:
http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/39275-atf-classification-potato-gun.html

[bjtraz]

As far as oldest.................................
I own a 1912 Winchester 1894, a 1906 Winchester 1892 & a 1928 Remington 12A.

As far as strangest..........................
M60A3 Tank, consisting of 105 mm main gun, .50 MG & 7.62 mm MG.

Oh yeah, and a LAW and a M2.

Had some interesting years in the 70's and 80's.

Brian

[tombogan03884]

 Any one remember the air powered Sabot cannons back in the early 90'sThose were made similar to the spud gun but had a reservoir for compressed air you could use a Styrofoam cup for the sabot and launch anything from arrows to lead balls, bullets, or ball bearings.

[Combat Diver]

Not odd but rare.  Did fire several mags through one of Saddam Hussans Hi Power pistols in Baghdad in 03'


Then there's the Mk44 mini gun in 7,62x51


MP44 in full auto (7.92x33)


and my biggest besides Anti Tank rockets and mortars was the 120mm main gun on the M1A1 Abrams.  Fired 3 rounds out to 2000m with first round hits. (here's one behind me patrolling last year)


Does clearing hot for close air support count?  I've called AC-130 gunships and fast movers dropping 4ea 1000lb bombs.  How about demolitions?  Biggest shot was 640lbs of HE.

CD

[BAC]

That's impressive, CD.  But have you ever fired a tennis ball cannon?  Hmmmmm?