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Muzzle loading cannons in general kind of give me a sad face because I used to make my own black powder and cast my own lead balls and the thought of how much lead and powder is used in just one shot is kind of depressing. :confused: Although, I will say black powder smells way better than smokeless. :D
 
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Muzzle loading cannons in general kind of give me a sad face because I used to make my own black powder and cast my own lead balls and the thought of how much lead and powder is used in just one shot is kind of depressing. :confused: Although, I will say black powder smells way better than smokeless. :D
Its that Saltpeter they're using to keep your dick soft.

Try airplane glue, it'll knock your socks off. :p
 
Its that Saltpeter they're using to keep your dick soft.

Try airplane glue, it'll knock your socks off. :p

Potassium nitrate has had that myth of causing impotence forever it seems, but in actuality it doesn't. Worse thing it can do is damage your kidneys if consumed at a toxic level. I've also made powder using sodium nitrate instead. Not a very good substitute especially in humid climates due to it being more hygroscopic.
 
I'm calling PETA.


Well, that's pretty cool....but in the 80's after I got out USAF I had to go to Goodyear Aerospace in AZ for business and while there a guy showed me the "chicken gun" that was used to test aircraft canopies for bird strike resiliency.

"In the 1970s, Goodyear Aerospace developed a chicken gun that stored compressed air behind a ceramic diaphragm and used a cardboard sabot to center and stabilize the chicken. When fired, a needle struck the diaphragm, rupturing the seal and allowing the air to propel the projectile down the barrel. A metal ring on the muzzle stopped the sabot, but allowed the chicken to escape the barrel.[11]

I did not get to see this demonstrated, but the fella told me they they use thawed chickens in general but they did use frozen chicken once and shot it thru the block wall!! Dunno if this is true, but this guy was a very dry, old salt, of the aviation world and I tended to believe that a frozen chicken accelerated to 225 knots will indeed go thru a block wall! haha
 
Well, that's pretty cool....but in the 80's after I got out USAF I had to go to Goodyear Aerospace in AZ for business and while there a guy showed me the "chicken gun" that was used to test aircraft canopies for bird strike resiliency.

"In the 1970s, Goodyear Aerospace developed a chicken gun that stored compressed air behind a ceramic diaphragm and used a cardboard sabot to center and stabilize the chicken. When fired, a needle struck the diaphragm, rupturing the seal and allowing the air to propel the projectile down the barrel. A metal ring on the muzzle stopped the sabot, but allowed the chicken to escape the barrel.[11]

I did not get to see this demonstrated, but the fella told me they they use thawed chickens in general but they did use frozen chicken once and shot it thru the block wall!! Dunno if this is true, but this guy was a very dry, old salt, of the aviation world and I tended to believe that a frozen chicken accelerated to 225 knots will indeed go thru a block wall! haha

Do you need any kind of special tax stamp for one of them chicken guns?
 
If its already owned, great. If you're buying it to do the stage, its 100% against the point. They dont give a fuck what you do with it once you BUY it.
They might if you have a wide enought audience and can hurt their sales. Unlikely but a nice thought.