4th o Ju-Lyyy

[MrCrowley]

Technically it was the 5th and we have nothing to do with 4th of July but I had a bunch of crappy small fireworks from a few years back that needed wasting...we got a few good fireballs from the aerosol cans too.

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[SEAKING9006]

I respect your abilities as a spud gun builder and as a moderator... but you and your buddies are INSANE if you blew aerosol cans without a BLAST SHIELD.

[MrCrowley]

Don't worry it's safe. They don't shrapnel and we were a good 15m away from the fireballs. Also the cans were contained so they couldn't fly away and possibly hit us.


Looking down the barrel of a spudgun while it's getting pressurized isn't exactly safe either

[SEAKING9006]

Oh. That's good. Never mind.

[DYI]

Exploding aerosol cans aren't really anything to worry about in most cases. Just good clean, safe fun. We taped a few small butane cylinders to a sparkler flare on July 1st, but they don't make the same noise they do when they're burst by internal pressure.

[THUNDERLORD]

I never got my beer keg into 10 foot X 4" inch rigid pipe combustion finished in time.
But I shot my friend's .380 walther ppk clone a bunch of times. 8)
It was really cool.
Usually when I think of the .380 round, I figure,Why bother, it could be 9mm (and better).
But now I really love that "belly gun".
His nieghbors were lighting bombs or something, so I broke that out, and gave a blast sounding like a mix between POP and BEWDJ!!! (Like this: POP,BEWJ!PAH,BEWJ!!!PAH,BEWJ!!!) And they quit lighting whatever it was.
I used to love 9mm because I can shoot it about 3-4 times before my ears bug me.
But that little .380 is cool!!!
Since I haven't shot much since I've been back into spudding, I was Like "Oh, the possibilities.
Man, Spudding is great mind exercise! 8)
BTW, Now I want a .380 "belly gun" too!!! 8)

[daxspudder]

I respect your abilities as a spud gun builder and as a moderator... but you and your buddies are INSANE if you blew aerosol cans without a BLAST SHIELD.

piezo ignitor+30 feet of speaker wire+can of starter fluid(94%ether)=instant flash fire for a 20+foot radius.... I lost my eyebrows... would I do it again.... of course, with more wire...

[SEAKING9006]

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I used to love 9mm because I can shoot it about 3-4 times before my ears bug me.
But that little .380 is cool!!!

.... Are you implying that you don't wear hearing protection!?! Dude, .380 auto or not, you shouldn't forgo hearing protection over anything louder than a .22 LR or a suppressed 5.56 or .223 rem. And they are still fairly hard on the ears.


Besides, the 1911 owns the PPK any day of the week. (And no, it's not a Colt .45. Calling the 1911 a Colt .45 is a misnomer, reffering to the Colt Peacemaker.)

[THUNDERLORD]

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I used to love 9mm because I can shoot it about 3-4 times before my ears bug me.
But that little .380 is cool!!!

.... Are you implying that you don't wear hearing protection!?! Dude, .380 auto or not, you shouldn't forgo hearing protection over anything louder than a .22 LR or a suppressed 5.56 or .223 rem. And they are still fairly hard on the ears.


Besides, the 1911 owns the PPK any day of the week. (And no, it's not a Colt .45. Calling the 1911 a Colt .45 is a misnomer, reffering to the Colt Peacemaker.)

Yes, I was refering to shooting without ear protection. Fun and sometimes almost necessary unless you have the expensive electronic earplugs.
(Good Idea to buy though)

That's what I was saying also that surprisingly without earplugs,
(but with arm fully extended), I could shoot the .380 a bunch without much ear problems(no ringing/temp. deafness). Very nice report sound too!

With rifles, I've shot /hunted and I brought military type rubber plugs that fit through shirt button. But never found time to install them sometimes.
That's probably a bad idea because after one shot the second or third sound like ring-ing-ing!!! (No permanent damage though).

Actually one of the most deafening pitch firearms (I've heard) is a .22 magnum rimfire.

As for your .45 1911, "owning" the PPK...No way.
Each have seperate advantages. For example the PPK is double action, lighter, smaller/more concealeable, less recoil, and as I stated, quieter.
I'm not a big fan of the .380 but for a few reasons, the PPk design is nice. Maybe underpowered, but easily goes through a 4x4 at 7 meters though.
And does make a nice Belly gun.

Well anyway,Personally, I don't really want a handgun(PPK or 1911) around though because I find them too fun! PPK maybe more fun! 8)

[ammosmoke]

I put together a show and boy was it great! Nothing noise wise compared to what DYI is talking about, but it was pretty loud. If I can get my video down to size I will post it.