Another shot at the case against gnus

[Gallstones]

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[Gallstones]

High capacity rifle circa 1779.

Girandoni .46 cal 30 round Air Rifle

The Girandoni Air Rifle was an airgun designed by Tyrolian inventor Bartholomäus Girandoni circa 1779. The weapon was also known as the Windbüchse ("wind rifle" in German). One of the rifle's more famous associations is its purported use on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore and map the western part of North America in the early 1800s.



It fired a .46 caliber ball[3] at a velocity similar to that of a modern .45 ACP and it had a tubular, gravity-fed magazine with a capacity of 20 balls. This gravity operated design was such that the rifle had to be pointed upwards in order to drop each ball into the breech block. Unlike its contemporary, muzzle-loading muskets, which required the rifleman to stand up to reload with powder and ball, the shooter could reload a ball from the magazine by holding the rifle vertically while lying on his back and operating the ball delivery mechanism. The rifleman then could roll back into position to fire, allowing the rifleman to keep a "low profile". Contemporary regulations of 1788 required that each rifleman, in addition to the rifle itself, be equipped with three compressed air reservoirs (two spare and one attached to the rifle), cleaning stick, hand pump, lead ladle, and 100 lead balls, 1 in the chamber, 21 in the magazine built into the rifle and the remaining 80 in four tin tubes. Equipment not carried attached to the rifle was held in a special leather knapsack. It was also necessary to keep the leather gaskets of the reservoir moist in order to maintain a good seal and prevent leakage.[4]

The air reservoir was in the club-shaped butt. With a full air reservoir, the Girandoni air rifle had the capacity to shoot 30 shots at useful pressure. These balls were effective to approximately 150 yards on a full load. The power declined as the air reservoir was emptied .[5]

"...22 shots in less than 30 seconds..."

[Gallstones]

Homemade, air powered sniper rifle.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

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Copper pipe and brass fittings is the way to go for that type of home-made airguns. More powerful and safer at higher pressures. Plastics tend to shatter, especially in cold weather.

A couple of nice examples:-

[FBM]

Huh. That awakens the evil in me...

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Huh. That awakens the evil in me...

I made something similar a few years ago with a 42" barrel...It shot a piece of brass through a pine bog seat lid and a chipboard kitchen worktop. - Paintballs just used to vapourise in it before they left the barrel.
The fuzz confiscated it from my son.

[FBM]

Huh. That awakens the evil in me...

I made something similar a few years ago with a 42" barrel...It shot a piece of brass through a pine bog seat lid and a chipboard kitchen worktop. - Paintballs just used to vapourise in it before they left the barrel.
The fuzz confiscated it from my son.

Wtf. I don't think making one of those would even be illegal in the US. Would a spudzooka be illegal over there?

[pErvinalia]

He lives amongst the freedom haters.

[FBM]

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Wtf. I don't think making one of those would even be illegal in the US. Would a spudzooka be illegal over there?

If the police wanted to, they would no doubt classify anything similar to a "spudzooka" as a firearm (any airgun with a muzzle energy greater than 12f/lb can be technically classed as a firearm here).
Spudguns aren't that 'gun-like' and probably wouldn't draw too much attention provided it is used responsibly...Copper airguns are 'gun-like' and would probably attract helicopters and armed response units, etc. under unfavourable circumstances.

Fucking nanny state liberal dictatorship.

[FBM]

It's almost like they don't want people shooting each other. Wtf.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

They don't want anybody owning anything more dangerous than cotton wool.

[laklak]

Fuck man, I used some of that cotton wool on a stick, you know, to clean my ear? Pushed it in too far and it hurt like a fucking BITCH. They should be outlawed. The average person is NOT qualified to use cotton wool on a stick, that's for sure.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Fuck man, I used some of that cotton wool on a stick, you know, to clean my ear? Pushed it in too far and it hurt like a fucking BITCH. They should be outlawed. The average person is NOT qualified to use cotton wool on a stick, that's for sure.

Cotton wool on a stick might be construed as a feather duster here - possession of which carries a mandatory penalty of 5 years imprisonment. Fact.

[laklak]

Cotton wool on a stick might be construed as a feather duster here - possession of which carries a mandatory penalty of 5 years imprisonment. Fact.

There goes my sex life.