Weapons Manifest, or, What 'Toys' Do You Own?

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-30 11:33pm

MKSheppard wrote:
Hyperion wrote: 1 17watt CW cutting laser in a home-made portable bazooka-size system. Effective range is 100 feet to light stuff on fire, and a permanent blind range up to 150
Anyone call BS on this?

There's various industrial equipment & electronics surplus places that sell these things. I've seen kW range Nd:YAG lasers up for sale, and various lab bench lasers in the 10-100W range. They don't generally sell to individuals, but all you need is a business or company ID of some sort or claim to be a university student doing some graduate research and they'll sell it to you. They're not nuclear weapons you know.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-09-30 11:43pm

aerius wrote: There's various industrial equipment & electronics surplus places that sell these things.

yes I know, but his claim of a 17 watt weapon being capable
of torching things at a distance is bullshit, unless it's tissue
paper

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-01 12:03am

MKSheppard wrote:
aerius wrote: There's various industrial equipment & electronics surplus places that sell these things.
yes I know, but his claim of a 17 watt weapon being capable
of torching things at a distance is bullshit, unless it's tissue
paper

Seventeen watts of energy concentrated onto the area of about two square millimeters WILL hurt a lot!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-01 12:28am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Seventeen watts of energy concentrated onto the area of about two square millimeters WILL hurt a lot!

If so, why hasn't this idea been type classified as a weapon by the
US Military, while Hyperion is carrying around a bazooka that can
toast people a thousand or so yards away

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-01 12:30am

MKSheppard wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Seventeen watts of energy concentrated onto the area of about two square millimeters WILL hurt a lot!
If so, why hasn't this idea been type classified as a weapon by the
US Military, while Hyperion is carrying around a bazooka that can
toast people a thousand or so yards away

Maybe they just haven't gotten around to finding out about Hyp's little 'Star Wars Lite' program.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-01 12:40am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote: Maybe they just haven't gotten around to finding out about Hyp's little 'Star Wars Lite' program.

Or maybe he's just full of SHIT.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-10-01 12:55am

3 desert eagles
1 uzi
2 mp-5
1 p-90

All airsoft

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2003-10-01 01:15am

What I have:
1 Machette
1 Buckknife
3 throwing darts.
1 almost fully upgraded AGD Automag ( Paintball marker)
1 Tippman Pro-Carbine ( Another paintball marker)
1 Brass Eagle Talon ( A paintball marker....... I guess)
1 BB gun.
3 baseball bats ( 2 steel, 1 foamie)

It's not much, but eh.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-10-01 01:19am

Just my 32" longsword.

EDIT: And a small Swiss Army knife, if that counts.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-01 01:22am

1 bowling pin.

That's it. I'll probably buy a handgun when I get my own place, though.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-10-01 01:56am

I have a large variety of blunt objects and a couple hunting knives.

I'm still working on getting a stilletto.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-10-01 02:31am

Winchester 1300

They are nice, I do like mine. The wife has her Bernette crossbow, and I have an asortment of knifes (go figure) and a few show pieces like swords and such. OH, and two fur covered razor blades, if you want to count the dogs.

On the list, .40 USP.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-10-01 02:34am

Aside from a buck knife I aquired around 15 years ago through..ahem...teenage thievery. I do not have any honest to goodness weapons.

Of course the garage has all sorts of improvised weapons. Crowbar, prybar, screwdrivers, my Leatherman, etc.

I really dont have a need for much, Id like to have a .22 for shooting cans and bottles and stuff, but I dont have any land.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-10-01 02:41am

Col. Crackpot wrote: (1) 1940's vintage .303 Enfield : The official Nazi killing device of the Royal Army

No such thing as the Royal Army. There is a large collection of British regiments however, most with royal title.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2003-10-01 02:47am

Firearms

Glok 22
Glok 17

In the process of aquiring an Ak-47.

Knives of many kinds.

Hyperion telling stories again?
Wheres that "Functioning rail gun" you and your friends "Borrowed" from your college?:P

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-10-01 03:02am

One rapier hilted broadsword wall hanger.
One Katana wall hanger
One single edge wall hanger knife.
Two Tulwar's. were rusty befor I was born and need profesional restoration.

Want the following usable weapons.
One rapier
one smallsword for use 'in the home'
one double edged combat knife..Fairburn/Sykes type would be good.
One SMLE .303
one tomahawk

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-10-01 03:58am

* .22 cal. handgun

* .38 single action handgun

* pump-action shotgun

various: nunchuks, machete.

The three guns were inherited. After my dad died in '92, I rented a couple gun cleaning videos and cleaned the two handguns. I then put them in a PVC "Bianchi" bag, and have never touched them since.

The .38 is a heavy brick of a gun that is exactly like the one Indiana Jones carries in "The Last Crusade." I can't recall if his is a double or single action, though.

I never found a shotgun cleaning video, so the shotgun has remained untouched since '92.

And believe it or not, I've never fired a real gun in my life.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-01 05:10am

Cleaning a shotgun is nothing special, IIRC.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-10-01 05:17am

Howedar wrote:Cleaning a shotgun is nothing special, IIRC.

Or pretty much anything. Just remember to unload it first, and to partially
disassemble it before you clean it to completely remove ANY chance of
an Accidential/Neglient Discharge

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-10-01 07:08am

Stuart Mackey wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote: (1) 1940's vintage .303 Enfield : The official Nazi killing device of the Royal Army
No such thing as the Royal Army. There is a large collection of British regiments however, most with royal title.

you know what i mean

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-10-01 08:33am

Solauren wrote:I've used them already. Besides the Swords of Darkness, they are all damn good.

No, I have no idea how well they would fare against a traditionally forged Katana, but they do wonders against old furniture, 2x4's, baseball bats, each other, metal bars, hockey sticks

Have you tried them steel on steel combat with an edge?
440 is at the better end of materials used for mass produced swords, but to be honest, it'll still get broken in a full on contact with another blade.

I'd be intrested if you still have the order codes on those items, I know for sure the swords of darkness are pure decorative shit, but the highlander knock off might be one of the others apart from the UC piece, which would mean something a little tougher than a rat tail tang, but that wouldn't alter it's fate in any real blade to blade contact.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-10-01 09:20am

Lord Poe wrote: I never found a shotgun cleaning video, so the shotgun has remained untouched since '92.

Go to the nearest store that sells sporting goods and buy a shotgun cleaning kit. In this kit should be oil, bore solvent, a cleaning rod, and tips for the rod. You need an old oil rag or towel, too, and make sure it doesn't have any particles in it that will scratch or mar the finish or blueing on the metal.

Now, for the most pump shotguns, you just unscrew the cap at the end of the magazine and pull off the barrel. Like Shep said, make sure it is unloaded. You might have to pull the action forward about half way to be able to slide the barrel off. Once you get the barrel off, simple take the rod and swab, put some bore solvent on it, and run it down the barrel a few times. After this, put some oil on the same swab, and repeat. Take your rag, put some oil on it, and clean every single exposed metal part of the gun. Clean anything metal that you can even see. Try not to get much oil on the stock or any wooden furniture on the gun, as it can potentially soften the wood, which is not a good thing. If the stock needs polishing, take some wooden furniture cleaner (something like Old English), spray it on a clean towel, and rub down the wooden parts. After that, slide the barrel back on the way you took it off, and screw the magazine cap back on. Your gun will be like it was the day you took it out of the box! If you bought the gun new, then your owner's manual should have instructions for cleaning in it, anyways, and if not, you can always get one for free from the maker. Now, I'm just going off my knowledge of how to clean a Remington 870 and Benelli Nova, but almost every semi-auto and pump shotgun I have come across has basically the same way of disassembly. Unscrew the magazine cap and pull the barrel off.

Hope this helps.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-10-01 11:20pm

As of this moment I own:

Projectile Weapons:
(1) single-shot breech-loading .410 Browning shotgun, circa 1950s.

Bladed weapons.
(1) 440 stainless steel scimitar. Fully sharpened wall-hanger. Currently employed in decorating my office. 47" long.

(1) 440 stainless steel Egyptian kopesh (I am seen wielding this in the publicly available picture of me.) Fully sharpened. Very useful as a light/medium duty outdoor knife. 24" long in total.

(1) Genuine high-carbon spring steel Chinese broadsword with hardwood scabbard. Quite capable of doing serious damage. And I am starting to train on how to use it.

Not so bladed weapons.
(1) Cherrywood bokken.
(1) Home-made sword mock-up consisting of a 3/4"x36" dowel, a combination of plastic and metal piping, and some masking tape. Very well balanced.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-10-01 11:31pm

Solauren wrote:
Keevan_Colton wrote:
Solauren wrote:My Weapons
All are 440 Stainless steel and can hold an edge
I'd not want to try to use any of the swords you listed for anything other than hanging on a wall....the United Cutlery pieces are almost all rat tail tangs and the movie pieces have the overall structural soundness of a skyscraper made of marshmallows.
I've used them already. Besides the Swords of Darkness, they are all damn good.

No, I have no idea how well they would fare against a traditionally forged Katana, but they do wonders against old furniture, 2x4's, baseball bats, each other, metal bars, hockey sticks

Honestly, a well-forged sword made from actual combat-grade steel will cause a stainless steel sword to shatter like it were made of glass. It's the chromium in the stainless steel, you see. Makes the metal very inflexible and rather brittle (good qualities in a small knife, really bad qualities in steel used for a sword.) Of course a stainless steel sword will cut through wood. Wood is not the unyielding surface that another blade is.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-01 11:32pm

Good lord, I can't believe how well-armed this board is.