line throwing guns

Discussion in 'Firearms' started by sec_monkey, Jan 18, 2017.


  1. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator

    inspired by @Seacowboys post

    The [usn] uses the M14 quite a bit

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    Looks like the Canadian Navy uses an AR

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    :)
     
  2. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

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  3. sec_monkey

    sec_monkey SM Security Administrator

    it seems to be the MK 87 Mod 0/1

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    when used with the M16 [m16] the flash suppressor must be removed
     
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  4. oil pan 4

    oil pan 4 Monkey+++

    I have only wanted one since I was a kid.
     
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  5. arleigh

    arleigh Goophy monkey

    That's nuthen ,
    I can do that with a bow an arrow,
    even a sling shot.
    LOL
     
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  6. Altoidfishfins

    Altoidfishfins Monkey+++ Site Supporter+

    The electrical department at the mine where I used to work had a line gun. It was a single shot that used .45-70 blanks loaded with black powder.
     
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  7. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

    Well, what started me on the line launcher was one leg of my SSB antennae had came down from the tree top and I needed to get it back up into the fork where it secures. I started with a weighted line but decided there were just too many windows within the rebound area so I tried a wrist rocket but the line and weight just reached the apex of their arch a few feet below the fork. I next tried a bow and wooden arrows with a messenger line, hit the fork every time but the arrow just didn't weigh enough to get the messenger line back to the ground. That is when I remembered this old line launcher I had under my desk at work, retrieved it, loaded it, and ...click...damned firing pin was just missing. I ended up using my fishing bow with a fiberglass fishing arrow to get the antennae back up. There is another 12 guage launcher on the market too but I haven't seen one in a few years, made by Mossberg on one of their 500 series pump guns.
     
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  8. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

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  9. I think that one may have been a modified Martini-Henry(Pearbody) I have only seen them in photos.
     
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  10. duane

    duane Monkey+++

    About 70 years ago I saw the Guard put a field phone line across a swamp with a bazooka. Being a young kid, I wasn't allowed any where near the operation, but it impressed me to the point I still remember it. They were just back from WWII and it was before Korea, so there were a lot of crazy guys there with all kinds of weird stories and games. They also had jeeps with 50's and 106 or so recoil less rifles that were impressive.
     
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  11. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

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  12. WastedDaze

    WastedDaze Monkey+

    The black powder 45-70 blanks for line throwing guns were made by Western Cartridge Company (Winchester) during WWII. They used 45 grains of black powder and were designated 45-70 MK I.
    I have some of these blanks.
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    In the 1950's they made the M32 that used smokeless powder with three wads. Here's a comparison of the MK I and the M32.
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    45-70 line throwing guns are still being made and sold. H&R makes one that Bridger sells in a case with all accessories.
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    Here's an older Remington 45-70 line thrower.
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