Making a ....MATCH....shooter.

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Nope. Not for competing in matches. It ....SHOOTS.....matches.

Lots of THR members want the plans for it as mentioned in this thread:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52433

I have very simple illustrated instructions in a BMP file that I can send to any MODERATOR to determine if it is appropriate to post. If so, I will send the file to the moderator to post as a public service.

I would think it is as legal as any fireworks as it shoots flaming matches like a roman candle, but just to be safe want to do it this way.

OK?

:confused:

(It certainly makes the definition of a FIRE arm)
 
I found something on Google about clothespins, but no plans. :D

Please approve it. This is maddening.

I've made "match rockets" by laying a pin alongside a match, then wrapping with aluminum foil, then puling the pin out to leave a small channel in the foil. The match rocket is propped up in a paper clip launcher, then a lighter or lit match is held underneath to light the wrapped match head and the gasses come out the pin channel.

I've never gotten one to go more than 1-2 feet though. This sounds much better.
 
Well, I'd like to have the plans. Been known to do stupid things all my life and haven't gotten close to a Darwin Award yet, yet. Might as well try something new. :D :D
 
Oh pish-tosh on match ....rockets..... simple TOYS.

THIS is the MAGNUM version using 1 1/2 clothespins.

Oh it is GOOD.....and ....FUN ?????

Whooooowiee!!!!

Better'n a Barrett .50 goin full auto at da 7 yard line.

:D :D :D


Be sure to wear a disguise when buying the clothespins.

You know.....

like buying threaded pipe AND pipe caps at same hardware store.
Now a ......DARWIN .......award would go to the guy who bought the
pipes, caps............AND..............a drill bit at same store.

heh heh
 
Shoot......where are my brains?

I shudda had everyone send me 5 bucks for a plain brown wrapper fulla plans for the neatest, slickest, most grandest, fun thing since sex.


:cuss:
 
Preacherman,
Please Please approve! :D

IIRC there exists a handgun, rifle and dbl bbl shotgun version of this. Handgun would be handy.

Oh, I just want to be able to light a brush fire and trash fire from a "safe distance". Safety always. Dunno what the rest of you folks are gonna use for...:p

Topgun, oh I know it exists, I just never had the priviledge of having one. sniff ,sniff...being a poor kid, I didn't even get my "own" Red Ryder until I was in my 30's...sniff, sniff. Please...!!

Overlook the fact I had a 22 revo growing up as a child and a 1911 style to use ... that don't count...right ?
 
Gunfyter....

Oh the plans exist, all right. They were sent encrypted by cybermail just this morning.

Russian and Chinese agents are searching cyberspace at this moment and Osama and Saddam are pissed because they can't reveal their locations to see the secret plans.

And the instructions are so clear and concise, it is AMAZING!

:D
 
I can see it now, the Nightly News will have a story about a nationwide run on stores by people looking for strike anywhere matches. Providing of course, that the "Powers That Be" approve. :D
 
BUMP!

THIS THREAD WILL NOT DIE UNTIL I HAVE PLANS!

[meek]Or.. The mods smack me... I guess.[/meek]

(edit) I now have plans too! Thank you Google....

I humbly defer to the mods and Topgun however, and will not post them. If you're dillegent, you can find them on your own without help from THR.

BTW, it's not a firearm, by the legal definition of the term. Once you see it, you'll wonder why you didn't think of it yourself.

BTW, you don't have to shoot matches with them. Peas, popcorn kernels etc would work. I think I'll make them for all the kids in the family this christmas with a little bag of dried peas, and my aunts and uncles will all be :cuss:

:evil:
 
OK, guys... just got home, and received the plans via e-mail. I've sent them to Oleg for his opinion. As far as I'm concerned, I don't see a problem, but we'll let the boss decide this one. I'm sure he'll accept bribes... ammo and guns are always welcome! :D
 
Anybody that doesn't want to wait can PM me for a link to a nice set of instructions.
 
I will say, "works as advertised".

It was cold outside (Dec. in WI, duh... :) ) so I did some informal plinking in the unfinished portion of my basment.

Luckily, I had several bins down there filled with a non-flammable mineral substance to use as targets.

Needless to say, the cats were not impressed with my marksmanship, and I had to scoop out all the burnt Ohio Blue tip "strike anywhere" matches before they'd use their boxes again. :D
 
See, Oleg?

THR got ..... SCOOPED!!!! The editorial process did not operate at full speed.

Now I suppose there will be no interest in the procedure for making a real lead bullet shooting GUN from 2 bicycle spokes.

:what:
 
Oleg...where are you?

:D

I don't send noisey toys to neices and nephews that require LOTS of batteries anymore . As an Uncle I have informed my Mom it is a Grandmother's job to spoil and corrupt the grandkids and send them home to their parents. Parents being the kids she raised and gave her gray hair.

Whip Creme in a can, shown to a 4 yr old and then inverted and squirted into mouth for instance, gives a Grandmother some satisfaction when the said 4yr brings this "new discovery" home...even better when 4 yr old heads straight for the whip creme in the grocery store. Grandmother gets a phone call from 4 yr old parents...Grandmother just laughs with satisfaction.

Ok so this Uncle gave the Grandmother the idea.

So Oleg it is for the Grandparents. Grandmother must "educate" grandkids on how to "snap peas". It is what Grandparents are "supposed to do".
It says so in the "Grandparents Guide"...Honest.

I have no idea what these other members want the instructions for. Me...It's for the Grandparents...My MOM in particular...sniff sniff sniff ;)



Think Oleg bought it folks?
 
Speaking of whipped cream do you know that if you take that same can of whipped cream and hold it straight up and inhale the propellant gas, you just got a good lung full of NO2. Makes for a nice buzz that lasts about 30 seconds.

There is a epidemic of whipped cream heads in the inner cities. Perhaps we should ban whipped cream for the sake of the children.
 
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