Author Topic: Taped gun muzzles on wing leading edges. (Read 902 times)

Krusty · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2007, 03:40:39 PM »

I'm rather annoyed Mythbusters wasted an entire episode on Bugs Bunny. I mean, Golly-geen folks, if you put a finger in the barrel of a gun to stop the bullet, Darwinism selected you to die before procreating, thus preventing your "stupid" genes from infecting the next generation.

All you have to do is look at spiked cannons, or spiked gun barrels. It doesn't stop the bullet, it just ruins the gun. Hell even the Mythbusters spiked the tree trunk cannon, and saw it vaporize itself (granted with far too much black powder).

Debonair · « **Reply #16 on:** January 29, 2007, 05:01:38 PM »

gyrojet guns pwn, mainly cause u can pull that gag off with em:O:O:O, but large calibr, small recoil & good MV is kewl too

morfiend · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2007, 09:25:57 PM »

....Err what Airscrew said.....WW is correct as usual:aok I was told by a Vet. "If I saw the guns taped I knew the crew had her setup for me".

I'm sure WW will agree,many pilots formed a close bond with his crew and they did every trick in the book to give {the Pilot} any edge they could.

Stories abound about how certain A/C had a "Highly Polished Finnish" just to get an extra 5 mph or less. So I suspect the tape also added to this aswell.

F4UDOA · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2007, 09:31:19 PM »

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but F4UDOA if u want to stick a finger in a gun to see if it would be disabled..go ahead make everyones day

Wow, check the hostility. Of course I would not put my finger in the barrel, that is what the tape is for.

And besides, the F4U is known for have a rear finger projection ECM pod. It can be mapped to your joystick.

macleod01 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2007, 03:05:23 PM »

I LOVE MYTHBUSTERS! It was funny to see the Tree Cannon Vaporised! lol.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2007, 04:05:52 PM »

If someone is close to you and trying to shoot you, you jam your finger behind the trigger, not inside the barrel. Its saved at least one officers life.

Krusty · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2007, 04:19:30 PM »

Aqua, that depends on a LOT of factors, including the gun itself. A lot of guns don't have enough room behind the trigger to do that. Some double-action guns will use the first 70% of the trigger pull to **** the weapon, and the last sliver for actual firing. If the weapon is already cocked and ready to fire (which is likely if somebody is threatening you) you won't be able to do that.

If you're within arm's length of a gun pointed at you there are FAR more effective methods of disarming the assailant, and putting your finger in the barrel or trying to stick your finger behind the trigger are low on the list.