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Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

featuring the TaterCam 1000.

Shot this weekend in the Uintas.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5520 Location: Utah

Cute! A spud gun. Is this how you spend your weekend in the snow --- shooting potatoes at trees? :lol8:

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 3874 Location: Shelton, CT.

I gotta get video this summer when my buddies brother pulls his out and starts shooting at deer with it :roflol: :haha:

shagster · Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 541 Location: Somewhere in Utah

Nice work man!! So how far does that thing shoot them spuds?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

shagster wrote: Nice work man!! So how far does that thing shoot them spuds?

On average about 200 yards. And on that last shot, about 7 feet. :lol8:

They can be temperamental.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5520 Location: Utah

Sombeech wrote: shagster wrote: Nice work man!! So how far does that thing shoot them spuds?

On average about 200 yards. And on that last shot, about 7 feet. :lol8:

They can be temperamental.

How is the sput shooter business going?

Cirrus2000 · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 1036 Location: Vancouver, BC

That last one just about killed me! The sound it made as it loafed out of the barrel... :roflol: :roflol: :roflol:

Did you guys run, like in the rocket launcher vid? :eek2:

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

:lol8: yeah, loaf is a good description.

It's caused by a number of factors, but usually it's not air tight enough. Sometimes it's from too much hairspray though, and not enough oxygen to get a big bang.

....waiting for those emails to roll in. :haha:

Rev. Coyote · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 1549 Location: Location Location

Ah, the Tater Dawg!!! We used to shoot them at jet-skiiers when we lived on the river. Great targets!

We used Aqua-Net hairspray for the propellant -- what do you guys use?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Rev. Coyote wrote: We used Aqua-Net hairspray for the propellant -- what do you guys use?

The same. :nod:

Rev. Coyote · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 1549 Location: Location Location

Sombeech wrote: Rev. Coyote wrote: We used Aqua-Net hairspray for the propellant -- what do you guys use?

The same. :nod:

I heard about someone tried gasoline and blew the side of his face off ... is that urban legend?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Rev. Coyote wrote: I heard about someone tried gasoline and blew the side of his face off ... is that urban legend?

Ahh, who knows. The thing about a potato gun is, the explosion will follow the path of least resistance, as with any gun.

If the fitting is screwed on loose, it will give way before the potato. This is the case with any kind of flammable substance.

One more thing about plastic fittings. People do not realize that it will shatter, not just crack. If the pressure is too much, it explodes and sends shards everywhere, it doesn't just create a leak somewhere.

Rev. Coyote · Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 1549 Location: Location Location

Sombeech wrote: One more thing about plastic fittings. People do not realize that it will shatter, not just crack. If the pressure is too much, it explodes and sends shards everywhere, it doesn't just create a leak somewhere.

Have you found a solvent to deal with the residues that accumulate in the gun -- especially the clean-out threads?

(Jeeze -- getting technical about a Tater Dawg!)

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11430 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Just teflon tape. Keeps it slick.