Lefty38-55
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Well, apparently that’s how it’s done in the Middle East! At least if youse have AKs with folding metal stocks …
WHOA - Jump starting your car … using a rifle barrel?
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Speedo66
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Wouldn’t work here, too many plastic stocks.
Hopefully, the cartridges have been removed.
Hopefully, the cartridges have been removed.
Speedo66
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The other thing, if you’ve ever grounded a tool by accident to a car battery, it arcs like a welder.
It also can leave pits in the tool from that arc. I’d hate to do that to a rifle barrel, especially at the crown.
It also can leave pits in the tool from that arc. I’d hate to do that to a rifle barrel, especially at the crown.
CapnMac
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Ok, not what I picturing in my head--that was more using the front sight post to short across the starter solenoid.
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Back when trucks were metal we would pull bumper to bumper and use 1/4 copper pipe from positive to positive to jump a truck
Ks5shooter
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Unloaded ....why not.
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Not a lot of IQ points to spare in that bunch.
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Lefty38-55
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Question - Would it 'mag dump' if an AK was left loaded and they criss-crossed the terminals? LoL!
dh1633pm
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When I was doing service in Turkey I came out of a building to find someone grinding metal with an electric grinder in heavy rain. As I walked father away from the grinder i got around a corner to find someone on the other end of the cord, holding two wires into an electric socket, also in the heavy rain. The moral is you never know what your going to see in a foreign land. Including jump starting with an AK pattern rifle. Sometimes you use what ya got.
They're not keeping these as collector's items.
There will be an arc where the rifle makes the last connection. If there's a loose connection between parts of the gun, there could be some damage from arcing. Deburr it with a file and keep going. If you don't have a file, then use whatever rock is lying around handy.
It's almost impossible to fire off a cartridge like this.
There will be an arc where the rifle makes the last connection. If there's a loose connection between parts of the gun, there could be some damage from arcing. Deburr it with a file and keep going. If you don't have a file, then use whatever rock is lying around handy.
It's almost impossible to fire off a cartridge like this.
br549arkie
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As one of my relatives used to say "poor folks has got poor ways".
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That was what I was thinking too from the title. Could be a little tough getting in there to get it done though.
Ive started a couple of cars with bad solenoids using the blade of my old German gravity knife. Worked like a charm, and only left a couple of burn marks on the flat side of the blade at the contact points.
CapnMac
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Hey never under-estimate the abilities of people who think raising the rear sight give the bullet "more power" . . .Could be a little tough getting in there to get it done though.
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I have done that with a screwdriver.That was what I was thinking too from the title. Could be a little tough getting in there to get it done though.
Ive started a couple of cars with bad solenoids using the blade of my old German gravity knife. Worked like a charm, and only left a couple of burn marks on the flat side of the blade at the contact points.
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On the upside the sandals they wear have that invisible steel toe that Crocs been using for a hot minute.
We've had to do some sketchy stuff to get vehicles started...flipped an AGM battery upside down and put the terminals together (AGM can be theoretically mounted in any position). But I would never resort to using a firearm barrel to jump start a vehicle or bypass a starter solenoid.
Wonder how many would try to back probe the orange wires in a hybrid or electric vehicle?
doubleh
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.Where is a will there is a way.
A bud of mine was wearing a metal banded wrist watch while turning a nut/bolt near the battery. The band touched a battery cable/post and grounded to something on the vehicle. Current flowed through the band, arch welding it place, and burning him till he broke the band off his wrist. He had a small burn mark.
Car batteries will explode, saw the after affects. Deteriorated batteries leak hydrogen, a little spark and ka pow!
Middle easterners have a high accident rate as many believe "it is written". I think the Islamic religion must create a belief in pre destination, where Allah protects you until it is your time to check out of this reality.
Car batteries will explode, saw the after affects. Deteriorated batteries leak hydrogen, a little spark and ka pow!
Middle easterners have a high accident rate as many believe "it is written". I think the Islamic religion must create a belief in pre destination, where Allah protects you until it is your time to check out of this reality.
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Lefty38-55
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Back in high school a friend lost an eye when a car battery exploded as he put the 2nd lead to the battery and not the frame ...
Acquaintance of mine lost his finger when his wedding band and wrench hit the frame when changing a battery. It literally “grilled” down to the bone and then burnt some of that.
gotboostvr
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My buddies dad has the "Franken-500" Mossberg.
Not because it's a mishmash of parts, but because it fell off the backseat driving across a field and fell on the deep cycle battery on the floor boards and arc welded a half inch bolt onto the barrel. The bolt stayed welded to the barrel, like a bolt in Frankenstein Monster's neck, for a few weeks, but the nickname has hung around.
tark
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I showed this to the staff at the Museum.. The director laughed so hard he about swallowed his tongue...
I have a friend who drove an old VW back in high school. I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but the battery sat underneath the rear seat, and while driving down a bumpy road, the seat springs connected across the terminals, blew up the battery and spot welded the frame of the back seat to the metal body of the car.
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This is a good show for unique car fixes....some can be applied to guns/rafts/remote hunting trip adventures:
I learned more from working on a ranch where we had to fix things to keep working or maybe get home, then I every have in a classroom as a student (and I say this as a lifelong educator). All of the lessons that my former students remember where hands on experiences. I say get the hands dirty and the learning will come naturally.
I learned more from working on a ranch where we had to fix things to keep working or maybe get home, then I every have in a classroom as a student (and I say this as a lifelong educator). All of the lessons that my former students remember where hands on experiences. I say get the hands dirty and the learning will come naturally.