On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:24:05 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:34:23 GMT, cavelamb
wrote:

Brent Philion wrote:

You are such a great source of really bad ideas =)


Yepper!


Hey, I want a small signal gun for sailing.

Something that sounds like a cannon and makes a big
puff of smoke.

One suggestion was a capped pipe firing M-80s and
a load of talcum powder.

Any improvements on that?

Richard


Sure....make one like the original Winchester signaling cannon, to
chamber 12ga blank shotgun shells. A striker and lanyard makes things
a bit safer and more realistic. You can load your own shotgun shells
with black powder and wad *and superglue the wad in for increased
pressure (old timers used waterglass) or simpy buy storebought blanks.

The originals were 19ga IRRC..but since those are hard to find..simply
make it in 12ga. No fair using shot loads..though with a string..it
does make for an interesting impromptu booby trap

http://www.bellmorejohnson.com/history.asp


Gunner


gACK! Type alert...that 19 ga should be 10 ga. I hate small keyboards
on laptops

Gunner