Posted by: Dale "Head_Hunters" DuPont on November 02, 2003 at 09:28:24

: http://spudtech.com/detail.asp?id=12 I see the tennis ball in the bore.... I have a local supplier that has had just about everything I have ever asked for.. I need a solution to these problems and if not available looking at the Tennis Ball as a projectile along with the 1.6" diameter Nerf Balls at the toy store. Always looking for options and an 'edge'. The Problem with Sabot rounds in they are a like shooting a sawed off shotgun. No Pattern, No effective Range. The Problem with Nerf Rockets is it is ONLY one projectile and it also has No Effective Range if you have to hit a 18"x 18" box on the side of a moving target. But it does have GOOD range on large targets like bases and bunkers. Accuracy goes away if you have bent the fins hauling them around. It is hard to MARK the tank with a Nerf. Chaulk in Vaseline turns into a mess... I'm looking at the tennis ball because of the surface. If you chaulk it with DRY powder, it will hold it well enough to mark a tank. I just bought a bottle of hunters orange chauk for plumb lines. The Tennis ball has the range. No fins to bend so consistent accuracy is possible. Mostly operator error if you miss. A little HEAVY and SOLID in terms of mass and potential inertia expended on a facemask. Any suggestions for a max velocity for a safety comfort level? 150 fps is the same as a 102 mph Tennis Serve. They don't wear facemasks but they are LOOKING at the ball. That would be my starting point to see what one feels like. A ball would lend itself to a magazine fed set of tennis balls and a shotgun pump type of gravity fed breech loader. That would also keep the chaulk powder contained and DRY. Seems like it would solve a lot of problems for the Anti Tanker.... Surely, I am NOT the first guy to think of this or try it. Share your experiences. Your thoughts?

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