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Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:48 pm

What is the stupidest thing you have ever tried to shoot out of your cannon?? Think before you post, you would never shoot a small animal like a frog or a mouse or a bird, and per forum rules, that is not allowed to be posted!!! Lets here it guys, post it here!!!

Yup, I tried an egg, I know Im a moron!!
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:31 pm

I took up eggs once in a challenge at a Maker event. The difficulty is launching them unbroken. We managed to launch one from our event, over the fence and onto the roof of the car dealership next door. Eggs are quite aerodynamic.

The event was an egg drop challenge. I mentioned I could probably toss one unbroken back up to the roof of the building. The need to try for distant to the back fence led to the overshoot of the fence, most of the car lot beyond and onto the roof of the car dealership. Oops. Good thing we missed the cars.

In regards to the rules, you can PM me on how the Mouse Musket got it's name. (it was from a mouse trap. not a living mouse) This is not recommended. It's messy.
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:10 pm

umm, onion skins
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:12 pm

Paper towel tub stuffed with sticks and shop towels. Haha, it went far. It hit a tree and exploded into dust. :lol:
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Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:32 pm

We had a squeaky pet chew toy...small pink bunny head...with ears. :lol:

Fit REAL nice in the first cannon I made...most popular ammo I had too...everyone wanted to "shoot the pink bunny".

Then some arse missed, hit the edge of the backstop...bunny went sailing...never to be found again. :(

And this guy...dollar store candy "thing"....exploded on impact. Plastic drawer pull are fun too. :twisted:

"Whatever fits in the barrel" leaves some room for interpretation. :lol:
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:09 am

Gippeto wrote:We had a squeaky pet chew toy...small pink bunny head...with ears. :lol:

Fit REAL nice in the first cannon I made...most popular ammo I had too...everyone wanted to "shoot the pink bunny".

Then some arse missed, hit the edge of the backstop...bunny went sailing...never to be found again. :(

And this guy...dollar store candy "thing"....exploded on impact. Plastic drawer pull are fun too. :twisted:

"Whatever fits in the barrel" leaves some room for interpretation. :lol:

where did you get that slug, and door handles, ( i know you got them from door hangles but what kind
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:19 am

Gippeto wrote:everyone wanted to "shoot the pink bunny".
That sounds like a euphemism for something terrible.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:05 am

I once packed a barrel full of flour, trying to make a cool cloud. I pulled the pillot, and it seemed like all the air had gone out the pilot. As I was closing the pilot, it fired. I was completely unprepared for the recoil of a barrel of flour and the chamber at 1,000psi.
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:14 am

Chalks,corn as shotgun ammo,electrical capacitors :D :D :D
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:40 am

Whenever this subject came up on spudtech, there was always an inevitable winner...

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:03 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Whenever this subject came up on spudtech, there was always an inevitable winner...

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Thats horrible but gives me ideas

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Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:46 pm

My personal worst was what I didn't shoot.

Meaning, a couple times I loaded a potato and forgot about it for a week or two.


Haha JSR. Who else but benstern?
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:01 pm

Fnord wrote:My personal worst was what I didn't shoot.

Meaning, a couple times I loaded a potato and forgot about it for a week or two.


Haha JSR. Who else but benstern?
I did the same but forgot about it for about 1 yr then went to go shoot, smelt like S****
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:27 pm

Why was your ammo the worst/stupidest as well...
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:34 pm

mattyzip77 wrote:you would never shoot a small animal like a frog or a mouse or a bird
you don't know me.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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