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Old May 19, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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This is/was my dad's air compressed beer can gun. It has a ton of power. The first video is him shooting it through a door. The second video is the gun BLOWING UP!!!!!!!


Shooting a whole in a wooden door - - - > http://www.heavy.com/video/48371



Beer Can Gun Blowing UP - - - - > http://www.heavy.com/video/48373


Time to go back to the drawing boards and make another
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Old May 20, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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This is why the world needs more hillbilly's thats great, Why did it blow up?
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nice!
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cool vid
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Wow, that thing had some power. I'd love to see how far it could actually shoot a can.
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Originally Posted by formulajunky98
Why did it blow up?

smart guy made it out of pvc. needless to say, pvc pipe couldnt hold the pressure.
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Why does it have to be beer? Seems like a waste. Use that canned sparkling water crap or soda or something.
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Originally Posted by LS1>girlfriend
smart guy made it out of pvc. needless to say, pvc pipe couldnt hold the pressure.
You're right. I imagine with that type of pressure something more durable is needed. PVC works good for tater cannons but they don't have near the velocity of that thing.

Useless fact, so many people started making potato cannons that the A.T.F. actually had to pass laws about them. They're like a class 3 firearm now, you have to get special permission to obtain/build one. lol
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Lol, that how it all starts.

My dads good friend used to have a small black powder cannon that shot Coors Light cans filled with concrete. Thing was friggan insane.
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two things come to mind when I saw this:

1. Charles bronson

2. no country for old men
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First things first, THE BEER WAS EXPIRED.....I would never waste good beer.. hahaha...



Originally Posted by Red97Z
two things come to mind when I saw this:

1. Charles bronson

2. no country for old men
Funny that you mention that. My dad has gotten that before, that he looks like Charles Bronson
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I'll never forget some friends of ours made/had a Potato Launcher. Damn that thing was cool...it launched potatoes 200+ yards away
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LMAO....I just watched Death Wish the other day.........sorry to say this, but your dad is Charles Bronson......this just made my day...I am used to him shooting elephant guns and machine guns, but not beer launchers!!! J/K
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Originally Posted by 99redlightning
LMAO....I just watched Death Wish the other day.........sorry to say this, but your dad is Charles Bronson......this just made my day...I am used to him shooting elephant guns and machine guns, but not beer launchers!!! J/K


Hahaha, its ok, it's all in good fun. I have to tell my dad just how many people thinks he looks like Charles Bronson. He has gotten it before. One of his friends calls him Charlie instead of his real name...
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haha Once I saw the film, I thought it was a joke.....that Charles Bronson was shooting a beer gun!!!
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Originally Posted by Red97Z
two things come to mind when I saw this:
1. Charles bronson


So true!!!.....thats a classic!
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