Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Arguing on the internet just gets you dirty and makes the pig happy. Quote
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 I wouldn't argue, that hog looks happy to get out of that wallow. I'm not so sure he will be happy where he's going though. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 I have spits to butterfly one that size... Quote
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Could one be done on a dangle spit if you chopped it up? I suppose you would need a few of them. I looked at prices in the store and a pork shoulder is astronomical compared to a few years ago. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Don't y'all have feral hogs you can take with your pocket knife? Quote
Scott NC Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Maybe that's what's been tearing up the raised beds! I'm holding a vigil tonight. Would a serrated bread knife work on the devils? Quote
Frosty Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 If you put rock salt and pepper corns in the cannister shot it'll be ready for smoking soon as you get it cleaned. Frosty The Lucky. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 Got a falconette in the smithy; 2" bore...Please do NOT shoot hard boiled eggs out of it----it's a real pain to clean the bore afterwards. Quote
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 I would never shoot hardboiled eggs out of a cannon. I can't imagine who on earth would think of such a thing. How did you get the bore clean btw? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 Well there was this feast and we had DOZENS of leftover hardboiled eggs; *after* we gave away as many as we could....and we were going out in the woods shooting and I had been invited to take the cannon, (I had two named Vox Populi and Vox Dei).... It seemed like a good idea at the time... As a smoothbore, we removed the breech and ran the oversized steel bore brush through using a 1/2" drill and pouring buckets of rig wash through until it was *shiny*. The smell of vaporized egg plating the barrel innerds was most amusing. Quote
Anachronist58 Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 10 hours ago, Nodebt said: Where can I rent a cannon? What are your ballistic aspirations? In other words, what do you want to fire and to what distance? Ha ha but not really kidding... Quote
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 I want to shoot imaginary hogs in my yard with hardboiled eggs, Robert. Probably 10'. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 That's probably within the muzzle blast; when I shoot imaginary hogs in my head I use at least 25'! Quote
Scott NC Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 I bet hardboiled eggs aren't effective at that range. Maybe if you didn't peel them the shells would act as shrapnel. Quote
Frosty Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 Frozen hard boiled eggs should hold together the length of the barrel. Frosty The Lucky. Quote
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Or put them in a sabot, even a heavy paper one should do.. Quote
Scott NC Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Maybe I will mount a Phalanx CIWS on each corner of the yard and call it good. 3000 rounds, 20×102 mm, per minute each = shredded pork. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 Shame on you Nodebt; you're a blacksmith---mount Vulcans! Quote
Scott NC Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 "The 202-pound weapon fires $27 cartridges at 6,600 rounds per minute; costing around $180,000 to fire it for 60 seconds." $180,000 × 4 = $720,000. Back to cannon & hardboiled eggs.... Quote
ThomasPowers Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 If you aim, you don't have to use a full minute of fire. Or are you one of those "Spray and Giggle" types? Quote
SHC Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 I will attest that spray and giggle, aka accuracy by volume, is quite invigorating. When your barrel gets hot enough to light your smoke, you’re doing it right! Quote
Frosty Posted March 2, 2022 Posted March 2, 2022 Good grief, the largest rifle I've ever shot a javalena with was an M1-carbine, 0.30 cal. pistol ammo. Dad hit one with his 8mm Mauser and darned near cut it in half. Non were very large, maybe 150lbs. for the largest taken in the hunt. Were they a problem here I'd put up motion activated lights and an alarm. I have an appropriate rifle to apply a little permanent deterrence. The couple times a bear has come snooping around, the Great Pyrenees Mountain Dog Buran, Buran ran it off easily enough, he growled. The second time we were between LGDs and I had to shout at it. Moose are much harder to run off and THE most dangerous animal in Alaska. Stupid giant deer kill and injure more people than all the other animals in the state put together. Frosty The Lucky. Quote
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