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IANAL : Potato cannon legality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_cannon_legality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_cannon_legality in US: bare minimum i

by rolph 2y ago

IANAL : Potato cannon legality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_cannon_legality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_cannon_legality in US: bare minimum it is a dangerous device as in pelletgun or archery equipment. how/why its used, as well as ballistic features may cross a threshold. if you construct a firearm, you must not have legal restrictions on ownership. if the projectile of a firearm,is an actual .50calibre or greater,that is a destructive device and you must be rigorously vetted to construct or own that

msandford 2y ago
I just read the US section and it seems to contradict what you just stated above. If you use incendiary tennis balls it qualifies as a "destructive device" but then it's not really a potato cannon anymore. It also says if you use compressed air that completely disqualifies it from "destructive device" potential classification in the eyes of the law.
- rolph 2y ago
  take note that dangerous device, and destructive device are different classifications. "it must be muzzle loaded, not rifled, and not use any projectile which is intended to be used as a weapon." compressed gas propulsion is not a firearm, unless it [gas] is produced by combustion or explosion of a chemical [incl. propane. ] magazine or breech loading, rifled barrel, a cartridge holding projectile, and charge as part of design will seal the deal for definition as firearm.
01100011 2y ago
A friend of mine who is a former JPL mech engineer was working on an amazing, high pressure golf ball cannon until his city issued him a citation for his smaller gun. That pretty much ended his foray into pneumatic weapons. Shame, because his gun looked amazing. He even custom built a road case to store it all. Guy is on the spectrum and has ADHD which has resulted in some amazing, but completely over-engineered, work over the years. He engineered his own gluelam support beams in his garage which could lift a car. He rewired his house using all stranded wire, bus bars and crimp connectors and it was all mil-spec.
eschneider 2y ago
In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, "Everything's legal if you don't get caught."

by rolph 2y ago

msandford 2y ago

I just read the US section and it seems to contradict what you just stated above. If you use incendiary tennis balls it qualifies as a "destructive device" but then it's not really a potato cannon anymore. It also says if you use compressed air that completely disqualifies it from "destructive device" potential classification in the eyes of the law.

rolph 2y ago
take note that dangerous device, and destructive device are different classifications. "it must be muzzle loaded, not rifled, and not use any projectile which is intended to be used as a weapon." compressed gas propulsion is not a firearm, unless it [gas] is produced by combustion or explosion of a chemical [incl. propane. ] magazine or breech loading, rifled barrel, a cartridge holding projectile, and charge as part of design will seal the deal for definition as firearm.

01100011 2y ago

A friend of mine who is a former JPL mech engineer was working on an amazing, high pressure golf ball cannon until his city issued him a citation for his smaller gun. That pretty much ended his foray into pneumatic weapons. Shame, because his gun looked amazing. He even custom built a road case to store it all. Guy is on the spectrum and has ADHD which has resulted in some amazing, but completely over-engineered, work over the years. He engineered his own gluelam support beams in his garage which could lift a car. He rewired his house using all stranded wire, bus bars and crimp connectors and it was all mil-spec.

eschneider 2y ago

In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, "Everything's legal if you don't get caught."