Danger Dave
New member
Hmm, you guys have fired some neat stuff....
Here's one I heard about, but never did...
A friend of mine who was in the Reserves told me all the guys in his unit would scour around at flea markets & garage sales for bowling balls and gather up some of the big air tanks (like helium comes in). Then, before their annual 2 weeks in the desert, they'd cut the bottoms off the tanks and unscrew the valves. When they got to the desert, they'd bury the closed end of the tank 2-3 ft in the sand (open end up, of coursed), add 1 can FFFF black powder, cannon fuse, and bowling ball, light it and run like heck...
I'm told, after 3-4 shots, the cannister was buried completely.
Here's one I heard about, but never did...
A friend of mine who was in the Reserves told me all the guys in his unit would scour around at flea markets & garage sales for bowling balls and gather up some of the big air tanks (like helium comes in). Then, before their annual 2 weeks in the desert, they'd cut the bottoms off the tanks and unscrew the valves. When they got to the desert, they'd bury the closed end of the tank 2-3 ft in the sand (open end up, of coursed), add 1 can FFFF black powder, cannon fuse, and bowling ball, light it and run like heck...
I'm told, after 3-4 shots, the cannister was buried completely.