On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:40:43 GMT, Don Bruder wrote:

In article et,
"carl mciver" wrote:

"Andy Asberry" wrote in message
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| On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:47:12 GMT, "Pete C."
| wrote:
|
| steamer wrote:
|
| --I still wish I could interest a few folks in my area to help
| me put one together, but nobody seems to want to spend the time! I've
| got two great junkyards to snag hardware, too. Sigh...
|
| --
| "Steamboat Ed" Haas : A greasy donut, a cup of
| Hacking the Trailing Edge! : coffee and thou...
| http://www.nmpproducts.com/intro.htm
| ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
|
| Exactly what part of the planet is your area? A pumpkin cannon sounds
| like a fun project. I'm a bit north of the DFW area.
|
| Pete C.
|
| Pete, I'm south of DFW. I've got a 500 gallon propane tank and a gas
| air compressor. What caliber is a pumpkin?

What's the thing called that's holds shot in a shell? I'm drawing a
blank here. They use that to keep the pressure from destroying the pumpkin
before it can get very far up the barrel.

You're looking for the word "wadding".

Actually...in this case..its "sabot"

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner