Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by bombcar on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:13AM
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It's also true of paintball guns - it's very easy to dial them up strong enough that they just shred the paintballs.
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by whaleofatw2022 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @09:16PM
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Is it?
Never ran into that with any I owned unless the paint was questionable or the barrel was a bad fit for the paint, even when I accidentally had a very 'hot' shooting automag due to co2 and a scorcher of a big game day.
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by carmine_laguzio on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @01:06AM
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Definitely possible. Based on the automag and CO2 reference, you may not have experienced some of the more recent equipment which could easily turn less pressure into more feet per second beyond the usual 300 fps even if not intentionally. I love classics like the automag though so I’m glad to see it mentioned here!
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by King-Aaron on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @01:26AM
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( Thats why you freeze the paintballs )
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by rskeens on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @10:56AM
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Safety wise there is also the Maude Flanders t shirt cannon example from The Simpsons (more of an indirect cause).
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by 4d4m on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:45PM
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Neat! May i ask how you got such a unique fabrication and engineering gig?
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by myself248 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:52PM
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"Gig" implies paid. Nah. Just for laughs. Because hackerspace.
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by 4d4m on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:54PM
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Cool :)
Re:'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20k...
by sellmesoap on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:44PM
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Frankly HN can be a bit of a sausage fest, but this takes the cake!
The CO2-powered cannon was capable of way more power than cellophane-wrapped Twinkies can handle. Dial the regulator up past halfway, and they'd just shred on exiting the barrel, splattering anyone near the front of the car with sticky creamy filling and cake crumbs. That was both messy, and disappointing to folks down-range who'd been hoping to catch a snack. (And it immediately summoned a cleanup crew of seagulls, who then wanted more...)
So we learned to keep it modest, and developed a decent sense of pressure vs range. The car geometry allowed only limited variation of the barrel angle, so it wasn't a full-on GORILLA.BAS experience, but it was pretty close.
Culinary ballistics keeps you young. I highly encourage it.