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Pat Riot Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Not bragging but I had a knack for lobbing grenades with the M79 when I was in the Navy. Such a cool single shot weapon. Luckily and thankfully I never had to use one in a combat or defensive situation. Unfortunately I cannot have one to play with. What fun that could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Unfortunately I cannot have one to play with. What fun that could be. You could always try:https://www.butterfield-machine.com/products/golf-ball-mortar Dismount it from the carriage, put it on a tiller stock and use a quill, r maybe bore out the touch hole and tap it to take a percussion nipple, add a slap hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: You could always try:https://www.butterfield-machine.com/products/golf-ball-mortar Dismount it from the carriage, put it on a tiller stock and use a quill, r maybe bore out the touch hole and tap it to take a percussion nipple, add a slap hammer. Yeah, but golf balls don’t explode... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: You could always try:https://www.butterfield-machine.com/products/golf-ball-mortar Dismount it from the carriage, put it on a tiller stock and use a quill, r maybe bore out the touch hole and tap it to take a percussion nipple, add a slap hammer. Do you have to yell "4!" when you light the fuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 48 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Yeah, but golf balls don’t explode... Weeellllllll..... That kinda depends.... And a ping pong ball is only 2mm smaller than a golf ball. That's about 2 layers of duct tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 When I think Bloop, I think potato gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 My uncle didn't talk much about his time in d'Nam. On one of the EXTREMELY rare occasions when he did, he said his first insertion in-country was off a Huey, making a hot insertion: he and his buddies bailed out of the bird, ran to the ditch line and took their firing positions. He said he was between the radioman and the medic. They were the first two killed. Next was the forty gunner. He shouldered his brand new sixteen, sighted, fired, pulled the trigger again, and ... nothing. Failed to cycle, fired round was pretty much welded in the chamber, he grabbed the charging handle, yanked. He rolled over. The forty gunner was close by. He tossed his sixteen, crawled over to the forty gunner, pulled his gunbelt and rounds: he said the bloop tube worked just like the H&R Topper he hunted rabbits with back home. He wore the .45 automatic as regularly as his trousers. That, and the Bloop Tube, was what he carried for the rest of his tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Having shot the M79 , a little and the M203 , a whole bunch , being a south paw , the sights were much better on the M79 I was pretty good with the 203 , but much more accurate with the 79 CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Falcon, SASS # 46139 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Two things would make the gomers pack their tools and leave town: Huey Cobras and M-79s. Anyone could become an expert on the M-79 with 3 rounds. PF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/21/2021 at 12:26 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: You could always try:https://www.butterfield-machine.com/products/golf-ball-mortar Dismount it from the carriage, put it on a tiller stock and use a quill, r maybe bore out the touch hole and tap it to take a percussion nipple, add a slap hammer. New definition for "Hand Cannon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 32 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: New definition for "Hand Cannon" Actually, a very old definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Put that sucker in the right hands and it's VERY EFFECTIVE. I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Hey! Is that the infamous "Blooper" Bob? The scourge of SE Asia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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