http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/ The Spud Gunners' Domain Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:44:00 GMT Dan Thames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12317 I am involved in the PGI and we have competition at the convention in Aug. So, I am practicing and developing. The largest shells I have seen in the rocket Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:31:06 GMT Zeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12316 Awesome Dan, 8" shells with a rocket??! Haven't built any fireworks in years, but around this time of year I sure do miss being in the smoke. You still using Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:13:59 GMT Dan Thames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12315 I am working hard to do just that. I am into making fireworks now. I have 3 successful tests lifting 5.5 pounds (8" ball shell) in a rocket. I will have 3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:09:29 GMT Zeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12314 Alton posted this a LONG time ago and I think it deserves repeating. Hope everyone has a happy 4th!!! REMEMBERING INDEPENDENCE DAY Have you ever wondered what Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:35:53 GMT Jack C. Rookhuyzen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12313 Zeb, Sent you a couple of e-mails...They haven't bounced yet. Hope your old address is still good Jack [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:40:00 GMT Zeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12312 you guys are both right, same air rifle,i believe a girondi (might be spelled wrong). 10 shots from a resovoir fill, breach loading, all this in the time of Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:01:29 GMT Jack C. Rookhuyzen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12311 Zeb, If my memory serves me right, I remember reading that Louis and Clark had an air rifle with them on their expedition. Jack [Non-text portions of this Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:50:38 GMT Dan Thames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12310 Zeb, I recall my nephew doing a paper on some air rifles that the Spanish used against Napoleon's troops. Only hear say data but what I recall was a pressure Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:10:26 GMT Jack C. Rookhuyzen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12309 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12309 Hi Zeb, I've become taken with Stoner System rifles (ARs)...They're fascinating, the Lego Block of rifles, real mix and match. Seems like no matter what you Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:33:24 GMT Zeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12308 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12308 Still doing fireworks, Dan? last fourth came and went and i never lit a thing, funny how interests change. I've been in the process of building a large bore Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:14:39 GMT Dan Thames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12307 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12307 I still have all my guns. Just not much reason to shoot them. I have been building fireworks. Dan Thames http://pyrodan.privatedata.com/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:02:45 GMT Jack C. Rookhuyzen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12306 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12306 Dan, The interest fades and the last cannon leaves in a garage sale when the joggers and walkers start cluttering up my last shooting area. At least they stay Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:38:25 GMT Dan Thames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12305 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12305 I think interest has faded. I function as one of the moderators of the group. We have had several people join in the past year or so, but almost no one ever Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:18:44 GMT cowboy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12304 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12304 I used to have a website dedicated to tater-cannons that I am thinking about resurrecting, now that I'm finishing up several other projects Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:25:00 GMT Zeb http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12303 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spudguns/message/12303 happy 4th of july to everyone