Potato Gun

[Neal Lewis]

I had the opportunity to fire a friends potato gun this weekend up in the Catskill Mountains. We accidentally hit a neighbor's house about 600 feet away.

I am still amazed at how flammable hairspray is. Good fun!

[mgbinspect]

We fired one, made of PVC pipe, into Pamlico Sound at the outer banks. It was surprising. We used a grill starter for a trigger. Man, it lobbed a potato an amazing distance into the sound. I believe we used ether brake cleaner. It was like firing mortar... I'm sure the crabs appreciated the potatoes too.

[Brandon Whitmore]

I was out float tube fishing in a private lake years ago. My brother and his friend loaded a "potato" gun with gravel, and launched with a mostly vertical shot; I was peppered by gravel. Fun stuff.

[Erby]

Got one sitting ih the garage. Haven't used it in years. But planted plenty of potatoes in the woods when I lived in Texas.

White Rain hairspray blows em a long long way.

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[Les]

..............only in America! Children are starving and you guys are playing with your food.

ps: do not leave the potato in the tube too long or use starting fluid.

[Nolan Kienitz]

plenty of potatoes in the woods when I lived in Texas.

Erby,

Had to be East TX. Where-a-bouts?

My wife and I have some land (~25 acres) over near Sulphur Springs.

[Scottpat]

I prefer Aqua Net hairspray! It really packs a punch!

We made one to shoot corn cobs. They kind of whistle when they are in flight.

[mgbinspect]

I prefer Aqua Net hairspray! It really packs a punch!

We made one to shoot corn cobs. They kind of whistle when they are in flight.

Hm. whistling as the come in... kinda sounds like the German WWII fear tactic - screaming dive bombers... I like that.

I suppose that would be a cob launcher, not to be confused with a spud launcher. [:-hspin]

[Erby]

Not East Texas, just a few miles southwest of the "Y" in Oak Hill, TX, out towards Dripping Springs. (just southwest of Austin, TX)

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[charlieb]

I sent mine to the boy at Fort Lewis. He posted video on facebook shooting the time off over the sound.

And hairspray was the fuel of choice.

[Richard Saunders]

Ever try oxygen and acetylene? I tried it 1 time and advise against it. PVC is not as tough as you might think. Whats left of the potato does go a long way though.

Thats small potatoes though. Check this out.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_ ... kin_record

[Phillip]

Yes I have. But we used steel pipe and mounted it to a movable frame. It would sail a tater or any thing else we packed it in

[Scottpat]

Yes I have. But we used steel pipe and mounted it to a movable frame. It would sail a tater or any thing else we packed it in

Aahh Phillip, I think they call that a Howitzer!

[Tom Raymond]

There was a show on discovery channel, it might have been 'The Secret Life of Machines', where they made a soda can gun. They launched a full can of soda with a table spoon of black powder and it barely made it past the barrel. Then they launched it again with some simple mods and a table spoon of gasoline and sent it several hundred yards.

Some people have the coolest gigs.