All you would need is a little gasoline poured in through the bung hole, give it a second to build up vapors, and bang! If the bottom of the barrel wasn't cut off the results would be completely different. And probably fatal!
I have watched those videos where the guys shoot like a paint can full of Tannerite that tosses a refrigerator door back at them, at high speed. I shot a 4 oz. bottle of it with my sons AR 15, from 100 yards away, it took me 3 shots to hit the little thing, and DAMN, that half cupful of Tannerite blew up and damn near scared the shit out of me, from a football field away. It tossed up a pretty big pile of dirt, made a helluva racket, and shoot me by the chest. The stuff was fun, but I would never shoot at the very big loads of it, without some very well thought out safety gear to hide behind. And from at least several hundred yards between me and the target. I was never in the military, and I never had someone shooting back at me, when I was shooting. Not sure that I really want to start now, unless it is forced upon me, but the bumbling idiots from the District of Columbia. It is starting to look like that is more of a possibility than at any time in my life. And these people who have all of this Christmas cheer, who are now saying that, things are just getting better and it probably won't happen now, are just overly optimistic, without really paying much attention to the truth. You could call them blinded or just plain idiots.
Proof of Concept for the Orion Nuclear Pulse Rocket.
Pity we never followed through on that. We'd have people throughout the entire Solar System by now. Instead we're still stuck on this stupid planet surrounded by Marxists:-(.
Tannerite, yes very fun. Folgers plastic container will launch washing machine parts pretty high. Yes you have to position it towards the front to avoid shrapnel coming back. Keg was the most interesting launch. The fountain created by a steel plate with large hole cut out skipping across the water was the coolest. 1/2 pound under the little green propane bottles gets pretty good elevation and concaves both ends perfectly with 2 shots.
Cheaper than anvils.
ReplyDeleteWiscoDave
propane/oxygen or acetylene/oxygen for the propelling charge? impressive launch
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Nothing like big bangs. Looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteUntil you get clocked by a falling barrel.
DeleteI didn't know MENSA held their get togethers outdoors
ReplyDeleteTough deciding just who's dumber, these guys or the one in #7.
ReplyDeleteWhere ever that is, do they need tourist? How fun!
ReplyDeleteDamn that was awesome !!!!
ReplyDeletejust like "Lawn Darts" - almost
ReplyDeleteRedneck space program.....
ReplyDeleteThere was one barrel that I did not see land so it must be in orbit, further than Bezos will ever get.
DeleteFilled with BEAN FARTS!
ReplyDeleteKentucky or West By God Virginia.
ReplyDeleteWTF?
ReplyDeleteAll you would need is a little gasoline poured in through the bung hole, give it a second to build up vapors, and bang! If the bottom of the barrel wasn't cut off the results would be completely different. And probably fatal!
ReplyDeleteHey Snuffy I was taught "West by God Virginia" by a West by God Virginian!
ReplyDeleteReally want to know the mixture. Oxygen Acetylene might be a bit too fast.
ReplyDeleteThat miss-fire halfway thru reminded me of propane-air (from my miss-spent youth).
DeleteBig ass redneck potato gun!
ReplyDeleteI have watched those videos where the guys shoot like a paint can full of Tannerite that tosses a refrigerator door back at them, at high speed. I shot a 4 oz. bottle of it with my sons AR 15, from 100 yards away, it took me 3 shots to hit the little thing, and DAMN, that half cupful of Tannerite blew up and damn near scared the shit out of me, from a football field away.
ReplyDeleteIt tossed up a pretty big pile of dirt, made a helluva racket, and shoot me by the chest. The stuff was fun, but I would never shoot at the very big loads of it, without some very well thought out safety gear to hide behind. And from at least several hundred yards between me and the target.
I was never in the military, and I never had someone shooting back at me, when I was shooting. Not sure that I really want to start now, unless it is forced upon me, but the bumbling idiots from the District of Columbia. It is starting to look like that is more of a possibility than at any time in my life. And these people who have all of this Christmas cheer, who are now saying that, things are just getting better and it probably won't happen now, are just overly optimistic, without really paying much attention to the truth. You could call them blinded or just plain idiots.
It's all fun and games till something goes wrong...and eventually it always does.
ReplyDeleteLooks like stuff we used to do with Calcium Carbide, available at the local miners' supply.
ReplyDeleteI've got buckets of fun
ReplyDeleteProof of Concept for the Orion Nuclear Pulse Rocket.
ReplyDeletePity we never followed through on that. We'd have people throughout the entire Solar System by now. Instead we're still stuck on this stupid planet surrounded by Marxists:-(.
Foreign redneck 21 gun salute.
ReplyDeleteTannerite, yes very fun. Folgers plastic container will launch washing machine parts pretty high. Yes you have to position it towards the front to avoid shrapnel coming back. Keg was the most interesting launch. The fountain created by a steel plate with large hole cut out skipping across the water was the coolest. 1/2 pound under the little green propane bottles gets pretty good elevation and concaves both ends perfectly with 2 shots.