One-percent Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, SpectrumFX said: I've edited my first post. According to Wikipedia i know sweet FA about BB guns I've gone to wiki but am no wiser. It's like an air gun but not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 4 hours ago, spunko2010 said: Your colleague sounds like a bellend. I remember doing this with my friends only about 10 years ago. I'm sure people still do it in more rural parts. In his defense he was, in many respects, a great guy. But he was a total townie. Which, unwittingly, you more or less predicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 We used to play jungle warfare with air pistols, it was amazing how close you can get without your target knowing.The rule was to only shoot below the waist.The bruises were quite small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, sexton said: We used to play jungle warfare with air pistols, it was amazing how close you can get without your target knowing.The rule was to only shoot below the waist.The bruises were quite small. Depends. .22 bruises tended to be worse than .177 "Be careful," me mam would say, "You'll have someone's eye out with that." No mam. It's an air-rifle - and they don't call me Harold.... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 7 hours ago, MrPin said: I'm a bit of a heath and safety strict bloke. You have to have rules, but I see the silly side of it! I don't need a hi-viz vest to collect something from the stores, but somebody sillier than me says I do! There's somebody sillier than you? I don't believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Hartman Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, The XYY Man said: Depends. .22 bruises tended to be worse than .177 "Be careful," me mam would say, "You'll have someone's eye out with that." No mam. It's an air-rifle - and they don't call me Harold.... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb When I was a kid we used to have BB gun wars in an abandoned warehouse. It was brilliant, we'd charge about the place pretending we were in Predator or something and shoot the bejesus out of each other. My enjoyment came to an abrupt and painful end when- despite the 'no closer than 5 yard' rule - I snuck up on a mate and scared the shit out of him. He responded by shooting me square in the face from about 3 inches away. The total bellend. We may have thought we were in Predator but I'm pretty sure Arnie never had to go to school for about two weeks while sporting a wound that looked like a colossal and messily exploded zit directly between his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, Sgt Hartman said: When I was a kid we used to have BB gun wars in an abandoned warehouse. It was brilliant, we'd charge about the place pretending we were in Predator or something and shoot the bejesus out of each other. My enjoyment came to an abrupt and painful end when- despite the 'no closer than 5 yard' rule - I snuck up on a mate and scared the shit out of him. He responded by shooting me square in the face from about 3 inches away. The total bellend. We may have thought we were in Predator but I'm pretty sure Arnie never had to go to school for about two weeks while sporting a wound that looked like a colossal and messily exploded zit directly between his eyes. As a teenager, we had air-rifle wars on the same beach where the final scenes of "Get Carter" were shot. Michael Caine never chose to join us though. Shandy-drinking bastad... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 minute ago, The XYY Man said: As a teenager, we had air-rifle wars on the same beach where the final scenes of "Get Carter" were shot. Michael Caine never chose to join us though. Shandy-drinking bastad... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb We used to have stone throwing fights down the estuary; we couldn't afford guns. Priveleged monkey hangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 2 hours ago, One-percent said: I've gone to wiki but am no wiser. It's like an air gun but not. It is an air gun designed to fire round balls rather than waisted pellets. Usually cheaper, less powerful and less accurate than a pellet firing air gun. BB in the title refers to the origin of this type of ammunition in America and is the size designation of a type of lead shot used in shotgun shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richc Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 3 hours ago, One-percent said: Ok, I know I could google this but can someone explain what a BB gun is? Afaik, it's an American term. Cheers I could be wrong, but a BB gun shoots little metal balls, whereas a pellet gone shoots small metal cylinders. A BB gun can be powered by compressed air, so I don't think it's a question of being powered by a spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowed Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Freeholder said: It is an air gun designed to fire round balls rather than waisted pellets. Usually cheaper, less powerful and less accurate than a pellet firing air gun. BB in the title refers to the origin of this type of ammunition in America and is the size designation of a type of lead shot used in shotgun shells. Nah, BB stands for ball bearing, which is the little metals slugs that they fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 23 minutes ago, crow said: Nah, BB stands for ball bearing, which is the little metals slugs that they fire. Often said but not true. Ball bearings are steel. BBs may be lead, steel, copper or any other material. Originally they were a way of using an existing load, BB size shotgun pellets, as cheap ammo for a cheap low powered gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_(pellet) edit typos, just back from pub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-percent Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Cheers all for the clarification, it's an education coming on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowed Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 0:07 AM, Freeholder said: Often said but not true. Ball bearings are steel. BBs may be lead, steel, copper or any other material. Originally they were a way of using an existing load, BB size shotgun pellets, as cheap ammo for a cheap low powered gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_(pellet) edit typos, just back from pub Well I stand firmly corrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATH Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I remember something I had as a kid that fired pieces of potato or maybe this was just a weird dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, DEATH said: I remember something I had as a kid that fired pieces of potato or maybe this was just a weird dream. Spud guns were real, I had one where you dug the nozzle into a potato and fitted a "cap" (chain of red plastic cylinders with a tiny amount of gunpowder in) under the hammer. I haven't seen anything that uses "caps" since the 70s. Selling gunpowder (to children) over the counter is probably illegal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 42 minutes ago, Hail the Tripod said: Spud guns were real, I had one where you dug the nozzle into a potato and fitted a "cap" (chain of red plastic cylinders with a tiny amount of gunpowder in) under the hammer. I haven't seen anything that uses "caps" since the 70s. Selling gunpowder (to children) over the counter is probably illegal now. Had some in the 80s. The two I remember from then were rolls of caps for a cap gun (just made a bang, didn't shoot anything), and yellow plastic ones that went on the end of a plastic rocket or dart or something so it would bang when it hit something. Sure you could get the paper caps into the 90s too, wrapping a load of them around a 2p along with a lot of sellotape made a good bang when you threw it at a hard surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, Riedquat said: Had some in the 80s. The two I remember from then were rolls of caps for a cap gun (just made a bang, didn't shoot anything), and yellow plastic ones that went on the end of a plastic rocket or dart or something so it would bang when it hit something. Sure you could get the paper caps into the 90s too, wrapping a load of them around a 2p along with a lot of sellotape made a good bang when you threw it at a hard surface. Yeah, the cap on my spud gun didn't power the shot, that was just air pressure like a water pistol, it just added an impressive sound effect. I remember the darts with caps on the end too. I had totally forgotten about them until you mentioned them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 33 minutes ago, Riedquat said: Had some in the 80s. The two I remember from then were rolls of caps for a cap gun (just made a bang, didn't shoot anything), and yellow plastic ones that went on the end of a plastic rocket or dart or something so it would bang when it hit something. Sure you could get the paper caps into the 90s too, wrapping a load of them around a 2p along with a lot of sellotape made a good bang when you threw it at a hard surface. What I remember is stuffing the entire roll of 100 paper caps into a pen lid then setting them all off at once, made quite a bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I used to hide potatoes behind clocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Caps and red match heads compressed in a nut between two bolts and then thrown at the tarmac. Started small but then it got up to 3/4 inch bolts and became a bit scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John51 Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 One difference between a BB gun and a regular air rifle is that the BB ammo is spherical. Makes it easy/cheap to have semi automatic reloading. I had one that was styled like a Winchester. The trigger guard was also the spring cocking and reloading lever. With other air rifles, the pellet has to be loaded separately before each shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 42 minutes ago, sexton said: Caps and red match heads compressed in a nut between two bolts and then thrown at the tarmac. Started small but then it got up to 3/4 inch bolts and became a bit scary. I went on French Exchange and the house was over WWI trenches, wander round and pick up a handful of cordite, shove into a cigar tube and light. Then try and avoid the red hot flying rocket with flames pouring out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 17/03/2017 at 0:03 PM, John The Pessimist said: As a ten year old I routinely traveled half way cross the country on my way to & from boarding school. I wasn't the only one..... No wonder we have a 'generation snowflake' who need to retreat into safe spaces at the drop of a hat. Did you have a cardboard suitcase stuffed with the Beano? I found Minnie the Minx rather sexy in a rather Nikita way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Anybody remember Sekiden guns? All the rage in my 2nd form. You could use dried peas in place of the sekiden pellets to save on ammo costs (probably more environmentally friendly also). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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