The firearm thread

[The Pastor]

smooth bore is what you want. at least for the prototype! cement filled cans sounds like a wonderful idea - a tennis ball would fly if it was able to be held intact..

[jono035]

smooth bore is what you want. at least for the prototype! cement filled cans sounds like a wonderful idea - a tennis ball would fly if it was able to be held intact..

Golf ball in front of half a tennis ball or something? Wouldn't be accurate but by hell it'd fly...

[jono035]

Just looked at a video from Springfield Arsenal where they make some cast bronze cannons, they cast them as a solid block and then cut the bore out later with a lathe... Hell of a process...

[The Pastor]

Just looked at a video from Springfield Arsenal where they make some cast bronze cannons, they cast them as a solid block and then cut the bore out later with a lathe... Hell of a process...

yeah i think thats how you'd have to do it, we need to find some plans online, i know ive seen them before, but cant seem to locate them now

[Mr Merde]

yeah i think thats how you'd have to do it, we need to find some plans online, i know ive seen them before, but cant seem to locate them now

Dixie Arms

[The Pastor]

well it seems you can use a howitzer to hunt deer.... only in the states huh?

http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

[jono035]

well it seems you can use a howitzer to hunt deer.... only in the states huh?

http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

Holy crap. Although from the way that guy was talking about it, it may not be particularly legal... Nailed the deer pretty bloody solidly, though...

[Wolf]

well it seems you can use a howitzer to hunt deer.... only in the states huh?

http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

Standard US belief - you don't need accuracy if you have enough firepower.

That's why they all recommend at least .300WM for anything larger than a squirrel (a .308 should suffice for squirrels, tho'...)

[sAsLEX]

if we got someone who was into electronics......... maybe we could make it remote controlled...

in a gyro stabilised mount for the vehicle it is in as well, some IR and TV sensors mixed in with an array of microphones for slewing to target on any incoming rounds and we will be set!

Shit throw a laser ranger finder on the beast, whack a cpu, thermometer, anemometer and wind vane in it and get some ballistics programme to do the aiming for us as well.

Hahaha yeah, next thing we know he'll want it helicopter mounted :P

One of my Weapon Techs is putting rockets on his RC helicopter. Has some electrically activated rocket motors and a spare channel....... Will be interesting to watch!



I think a Gatling gun would be cool, technically it is only a semi automatic if hand driven.

[The Pastor]

in a gyro stabilised mount for the vehicle it is in as well, some IR and TV sensors mixed in with an array of microphones for slewing to target on any incoming rounds and we will be set!

Shit throw a laser ranger finder on the beast, whack a cpu, thermometer, anemometer and wind vane in it and get some ballistics programme to do the aiming for us as well.




One of my Weapon Techs is putting rockets on his RC helicopter. Has some electrically activated rocket motors and a spare channel....... Will be interesting to watch!



I think a Gatling gun would be cool, technically it is only a semi automatic if hand driven.

then hook a laptop and gps unit up so its controlled via satellite!

[jono035]

then hook a laptop and gps unit up so its controlled via satellite!

video-call the thing from a cellphone!

[sAsLEX]

then hook a laptop and gps unit up so its controlled via satellite!

video-call the thing from a cellphone!

That means it can be jammed and is trackable.......


Lets give it a wee bit of artificial intelligence and let it run completely stand alone.

[jono035]

That means it can be jammed and is trackable.......


Lets give it a wee bit of artificial intelligence and let it run completely stand alone.

I take it that was you volunteering to test it at your place then...

[sAsLEX]

I take it that was you volunteering to test it at your place then...

Middle of suburban Auckland..... what could go wrong!?

[jono035]

Middle of suburban Auckland..... what could go wrong!?

Well there is nothing wrong with Auckland that a good 8.5 earthquake, raging fire, flood and swarm of locusts wouldn't fix...