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| | Spudguns can be <b>very</b> dangerous if built or used improperly. However, if they are respected, they can be great fun. | | Spudguns can be <b>very</b> dangerous if built or used improperly. However, if they are respected, they can be great fun. |
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| − | '''**Landon Dorminey is a spudgun offender and should be jailed!!!!
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| − | A typical spudgun is capable of launching a potato weighing 50-150 grams a couple hundred yards with the muzzle energy of a powerful handgun. Longer distances are easily acheived with rocks,PVC darts,golf balls, and other aerodynamic projectiles, including hamsters or other small defenseless creatures. Levi Harrel is a prick!!
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| − | This energy, carried by a projectile as fragile as the humble tuber is easily capable of killing someone, or at least breaking bones or putting out eyes. As to property damage, a thrown potato is capable of destroying windows, smashing decorations, and the like. | |
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| − | Most launchers can put a vegtable through a peice of 1/2" plywood, and many can put it through 3/4".
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| − | Firing a sock at a door can puncture the door from 10 feet away.
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| − | Firing a sock at a friend can (and will) puncture the friend causing hospitalization or death.
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| − | The same applies to short/and or small-bore launchers too.
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| − | Despite their great potential to do harm, it is not looked upon well if you (attempt) to use your launcher as a hunting istrument. They are often hard to aim, leading to a low probability of a clean (humane) kill - plus, it is illegal to do so.
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| − | Some people don't take the extreme danger of a projectile fired from a potato cannon seriously enough. There are frequent news articles about people injured by potato guns firing projectiles other than vegetables, or people being accidentally shot while handling the gun.
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| − | Accidental discharges are the most likely cause of injury however some individuals lack the mental capacity to keep their guns pointed away from others at all times. When a potato gun is pointed at a human being the dangers are extreme. <B> Do not under any circumstances </B> let the barrel of a potato gun point towards another human, even if the gun is <B>not loaded</B>.
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| − | <b>The bottom line is: don't aim a spudgun at anyone, at any time, even if you think it's not loaded. Also, make sure you are firing in a safe direction that is free of people, pets, livestock, and property.</b>
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Revision as of 16:59, 9 February 2006
Spudguns can be very dangerous if built or used improperly. However, if they are respected, they can be great fun.
This is a dumb article...
Ammo Saftey
Some advise against shooting bolts, coke cans full of concrete, and other hard objects out of your gun; saying things along the lines of:
"Anthing that is much harder than a spud can cause grevious bodily harm if shot at another person,or any animal for that matter."
...in acctuality, even a tater will cause "grevious bodily harm" if shot at another living being. There may be an increased chance of ricrochet when using sturdy ammo - use common scence, and don't fire non-shattering ammo at close targets.
Some caution should be taken with shooting loose sub-munitions, specificaly gravel or stones, with a sabot behind them - there is a significant probability of them jamming up, and the barrel being overstressed when the sabot tries to keep moving through the blockage, leading to a failure. Always wrap your lose projectiles in something - paper towls, old socks, and plastic bags are all acceptable.
