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$399 attachment for your AR.. Think they will sell many?

http://www.xproducts.com/ar-15-soda-can ... s-launcher" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here's a better video from Shot Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlrGjikQvlY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I'm sure every 12 year old boy would love to have one of these...
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My first thought was "Hey! Lookee there! A legal grenade launcher." :evil2:
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Grappling hook!
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Looks relatively easy to make. I think I might put my lathe to work.
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Would be fun to launch the soda cans in the air, while your buddies shoot them with shot guns! :cool:
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Hate to be negative but. We all know someone will find a way to abuse it. Molotov cocktail launcher for example. Watch Coke change the diameter of their cans now. :lol:
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This is probably the only thing out there that, if I had it, would convince my wife to "allow" me to buy Bud Lite.
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The Wall wrote:Hate to be negative but. We all know someone will find a way to abuse it. Molotov cocktail launcher for example. Watch Coke change the diameter of their cans now. :lol:
Thanks for the idea!

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The Wall wrote:Hate to be negative but. We all know someone will find a way to abuse it. Molotov cocktail launcher for example. Watch Coke change the diameter of their cans now. :lol:
I'd like to see someone try to make one of those out of a metal can instead of a glass bottle...

For that matter, try using a glass bottle, filled with flammable liquid, and a high-pressure launcher like this on the back end of it.

I doubt it would work as intended, but it'd make for good Youtube. Oh, and have the burn unit at the local hospital notified of your arrival -before- you pull the trigger on that blank. :biggrinjester:
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JSThane wrote:
The Wall wrote:Hate to be negative but. We all know someone will find a way to abuse it. Molotov cocktail launcher for example. Watch Coke change the diameter of their cans now. :lol:
I'd like to see someone try to make one of those out of a metal can instead of a glass bottle...

For that matter, try using a glass bottle, filled with flammable liquid, and a high-pressure launcher like this on the back end of it.

I doubt it would work as intended, but it'd make for good Youtube. Oh, and have the burn unit at the local hospital notified of your arrival -before- you pull the trigger on that blank. :biggrinjester:
Actually, it would be trivially easy to do. Take an empty soda can and cut the top out of it. Slide it into the tube and stuff a wad of paper towel in for a cushion. Put your glass bottle inside and...

If you wanted to take it a step farther, make a few straight cuts down the side of the can to form air flaps to separate the can from the bottle on launch. Think, "shotgun wad".
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Looks interesting hmm i wonder if the can cannon will be classified as a gun?
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gregkhion wrote:Looks interesting hmm i wonder if the can cannon will be classified as a gun?
It is an AR-15 upper so you need the "gun" portion to make it work. Without a lower and some blanks you just have a tube.
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Pawpaw wrote:Actually, it would be trivially easy to do. Take an empty soda can and cut the top out of it. Slide it into the tube and stuff a wad of paper towel in for a cushion. Put your glass bottle inside and...

If you wanted to take it a step farther, make a few straight cuts down the side of the can to form air flaps to separate the can from the bottle on launch. Think, "shotgun wad".
And here I had high hopes for a Youtube blooper reel...
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