9 cent ammo

Potatoes last one shot, so build reusable! Discuss ammo designs and ideas. Tough to find cannon part or questions? Ask here!
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:06 pm

you probably already no this but if you have a 3/4 barrel you can make really cheap ammo out of 9 pennies and a piece black electrical tape that's roughly about 1 inch.has any one already done this?
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:15 pm

10 shoots per dollar, not bad.
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:18 pm

i think is illegal to deface money thought. :lol:
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:36 pm

tape fist wrote:i think is illegal to deface money thought.
The subject has come up before. Worth a read as to the specific legalities:
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/coin-sh ... 11480.html

In short: It's not really legal to do it, but it is definitely certainly frowned upon - however, if the cops start fussing about you damaging a few bucks of pennies, ask them how much money in the country is counterfeit.

(Unfortunately, the latest estimates for the UK believe up to 2% of pound coins are counterfeit, which isn't helping the financial crisis.)
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:14 pm

i just fired my third one at a can full of water and it went strait though it and the 1l2 in plywood.I know this is nothing special but on later studies i found a perfect imprint of the penny on the aluminum can. :lol:
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:38 pm

Ha ha :D I had a similar thing happen when I shot a milk jug full of water with my golfball cannon... It left a nice golfball imprint on a piece that tore off... I still keep it in my room :D
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:02 am

ya im keeping the can.i tried to do it again but it didn't happen i guess it was a freak thing.
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:07 am

It's been proven to be a poorly performing load for a powder-burning shotgun.

There are other waysto shoot coins though ;)
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:It's been proven to be a poorly performing load for a powder-burning shotgun.

There are other waysto shoot coins though ;)
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Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:37 am

Ragnarok wrote:
tape fist wrote:i think is illegal to deface money thought.
The subject has come up before. Worth a read as to the specific legalities:
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/coin-sh ... 11480.html

In short: It's not really legal to do it, but it is definitely certainly frowned upon - however, if the cops start fussing about you damaging a few bucks of pennies, ask them how much money in the country is counterfeit.

(Unfortunately, the latest estimates for the UK believe up to 2% of pound coins are counterfeit, which isn't helping the financial crisis.)
Of course, during this nasty recession, that law is kinda silly. After all, the effect of printing more money to cover government debt just devalues the currency right? So, you think they'd want to encourage the population to destroy bills/coins in order to raise the value of the dollar. Heck, shooting pennies as ammo could even be looked at as a patriotic act!
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frankrede wrote:I had a feeling you were going to like to them
Dang Frank, where's R. Lee????? You are R. Lee you know.... :wink:

BTW, what are you shooting in that pic? Can you show us a larger version of it?

Sorry for the brief Hijack...but frank is R. Lee..........isn't he?
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tape fist wrote:i think is illegal to deface money thought. :lol:
this isnt illegal because your not intentionally defacing the money, it might not even damage it, and on that note are those machines at the zoo that squash your penny into an oval with a picture technically illegal?
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starman wrote:
frankrede wrote:I had a feeling you were going to like to them
Dang Frank, where's R. Lee????? You are R. Lee you know.... :wink:

BTW, what are you shooting in that pic? Can you show us a larger version of it?

Sorry for the brief Hijack...but frank is R. Lee..........isn't he?
I have no idea what your talking about Willis, ha.

I meant to say link*
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Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:07 pm

frankrede wrote:I have no idea what your talking about Willis, ha.
Willis??....OK, this just shot about 50' over my head.... :? Some reference to Bruce Willis...?
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starman wrote:
frankrede wrote:I have no idea what your talking about Willis, ha.
Willis??....OK, this just shot about 50' over my head.... :? Some reference to Bruce Willis...?
I think its a reference to starskey(sp) and hutch. Where hutch (Owen Wilson) owes Willis money.
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