Potato Gun Tech
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May 4th, 2011 at 9:36 am
I saw this on the net when I first got on in 1995…
May 4th, 2011 at 11:29 am
The grooves are narrow and the lands are huge.
I guess that under the pressures of firing, the potato would expand into the grooves and get some spin before exiting the barrel.
Would not narrow lands and wide grooves, or even polygonal rifling, work even better?
This inquiring potato enthusiast wants to find out!
Disclaimer: Here in Texas, such potato guns are legal to use only for pyrotechnic purposes, not for launching projectiles. Be aware of the laws in your locale before starting an experimental program of spud ballistics.
May 5th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Really, why not go all the way? Buy oversized potatoes and run them through a circular sizing trimmer, and then turn an ogive on one end and cut the other end off square. Dump them into a cooler with some ice and some Vitamin C to keep them from spoiling, and head to the range. I do wonder what the optimum twist would be for something like that. What is the density of the average potato?
The way the price of food is going these days, I think you need a good backstop for yer spuds so that you can retrieve them, wash them off, and eat them.
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Back when the bitter-sweety was still the sweety and I was going to move in with her, I fancied making spud guns on Buffington-Crozier disappearing carriages down by the pond, to shoot at the annoying neighbor kids in their boats.
Artillery is Fun!