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Offline LooseCnnn

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Punt Gun video
« on: March 09, 2007, 06:12:07 AM »
Not technically a cannon, but with the occasional discussion here about them I thought some folks might like to see this one go Boom. I love the part where two guys are needed to move it into position. Enjoy...
  http://www.videosift.com/video/Punt-Gun-This-is-a-big-frickin-gun
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2007, 06:20:54 AM »
THATS a GREAT video...as a waterfowler...I've read the stories of harvesting with a punt gun...sure musta been easy with power and patterns like that!  ;D 

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Offline CrufflerSteve

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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2007, 12:08:50 PM »
That would be a good stunt with a cannon of decent bore. Make some canister with birdshot instead of larger caliber balls.

Steve
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2007, 12:32:59 PM »
It would be interesting to examine that video at slow speed to see if all the clays were broken by shot versus falling on each other.  They are readily broken and I could believe that some were broken by falling or having others fall on them.
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2007, 01:28:56 PM »
Kinda sorta like this?
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2007, 02:41:38 PM »
I noticed the same thing, but I think that the force of the shot blew the backer away from the clays causing them to fall.  It appears that the gun has a four foot spread at whatever the distance was that they shot it at.
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2007, 03:01:08 PM »
About what I expected.  Good shew.   ;D

It appears that the gun has a four foot spread at whatever the distance was that they shot it at.

That would down a whole bunch of ducks if they were just rising off the water.  But then, it was market hunters feeding the cities that used them in this country.
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2007, 03:35:28 PM »
Maybe we should send this to the Army as an idea to mount on Humvee and Bradly's troop carriers in Iraq
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Re: Punt Gun video
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2007, 04:44:16 PM »
Not unlike the 105mm howitzer rounds that filled with flechettes.

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