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  • scout II
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2006
    • 1483

    Potatoe Gun

    Is it legal in Ca.to build a potatoe gun out of pvc plastic and launch potaoes out of it using hair spray??
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    DedEye
    Calguns Addict
    • Nov 2006
    • 8655

    Originally posted by scout II
    Is it legal in Ca.to build a potatoe gun out of pvc plastic and launch potaoes out of it using hair spray??
    Vice President Quayle ?
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    • #3
      Rivet
      Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 172

      I'm sorry, I had to.

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      • #4
        Richie Rich
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2006
        • 607

        Originally posted by DedEye
        Vice President Quayle ?
        First thing I thought as well....

        It is legal to build a potatoe gun. Finding potatoes might present a challenge.

        Now a potato gun on the other hand......AHH, I have no idea.

        Just some friendly ribbing, I can't spel worth a crap either...
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        • #5
          sierratangofoxtrotunion
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2006
          • 4875

          Ummmm, I was actually under the impression that a potato gun is NOT legal.
          Originally posted by Rob454
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          im 26 and I feel like a creep trying to mack the 18 year old, i still do it, but I feel creepy.

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          • #6
            dfletcher
            I need a LIFE!!
            • Dec 2006
            • 14776

            That reminds me, when I was a kid we used to make tennis ball howitzers. Remove tops & bottoms, tape 3 empty tennis ball cans together, mount it on a wood plate & poke a little hole in the side. Throw in some blackpowder (one handfull I think) & dribble some out the hole for a fuse. Point & light and - "Foooom!!!" - sky high & lots of white smoke. More fun than lawn darts - though probably not safer.
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            • #7
              .22guy
              Calguns Addict
              • Nov 2006
              • 5863

              I think they are legal, but I'm not sure. Why don't you ask the DOJ, they are always straight forward and helpful. (sarcasm)
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              • #8
                Pulsar
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2005
                • 1048

                Illegal, at least any that use a fuel air explosion to detonate. Air powered is still legal, which makes me wonder if a dry ice/water combo with a quick release valve would be legal.


                PS Unripe apples make better projectiles than potato's

                PPS Unripe pears work even better than apples.

                PPPS Several lit ground blooms (fireworks) on top of projectile in the middle of the night is very very fun.

                PPPPS Of course, I only heard about this stuff
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                • #9
                  Equalizer2
                  In Memoriam
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 410

                  Illegal!!
                  Once the principles were generally known, it was only a matter of time before a crime was committed with one of these formidable force-multipliers. It was no surprise, therefore, when it happened in Oakland in 1993. Bad luck all around with that: the perp was a car-jacker and using a potato gun fueled with hairspray he took a shot at a passing car. The driver's window was smashed, the fellow lost control of the car, which struck a pole. The driver was killed and the charge was murder. After the uproar that followed, potato gun ownership was made a crime, equivalent to possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
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                  • #10
                    NoobShooter
                    Member
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 119

                    Originally posted by Equalizer2
                    Illegal!!
                    Once the principles were generally known, it was only a matter of time before a crime was committed with one of these formidable force-multipliers. It was no surprise, therefore, when it happened in Oakland in 1993. Bad luck all around with that: the perp was a car-jacker and using a potato gun fueled with hairspray he took a shot at a passing car. The driver's window was smashed, the fellow lost control of the car, which struck a pole. The driver was killed and the charge was murder. After the uproar that followed, potato gun ownership was made a crime, equivalent to possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
                    And you best not have a "magazine" of more than 10 potatoes ...
                    And a pistol grip...
                    and silencer...
                    and collapsing buttstock...
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                    • #11
                      aileron
                      Veteran Member
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 3272

                      Is it me, or does it appear that maybe those that make laws are a little on the stupid side, and purely irrational because they are making knee jerk reactions to rare occurrences. Because someone dies. People die all the time, its part of being on earth. Your gonna die, and there is no guarantee its going to be peaceful, logical, expected, or decent.

                      Potato Guns seem to be the realm of male teenagers up to somewhere in their early 20's.

                      Why would we care?

                      Im tired of nanny laws.
                      Look at the tyranny of party -- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty -- a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes -- and which turns voters into chattles, slaves, rabbits, and all the while their masters, and they themselves are shouting rubbish about liberty, independence, freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, honestly unconscious of the fantastic contradiction... Mark Twain

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                      • #12
                        dixieD
                        • Jun 2006
                        • 2654

                        Originally posted by Pulsar
                        Illegal, at least any that use a fuel air explosion to detonate.
                        My times have changed. Back in 1974 when I was in the 5th grade in Palo Alto my teacher showed us how we could do this for a science project. It sure was fun launching tennis balls on the soccer field
                        As Einstein has shown that it takes infinite energy to accelerate a mass to the speed of light, Obama AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE will demonstrate that it takes infinite money to attain utopia

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                        • #13
                          Can'thavenuthingood
                          C3 Leader
                          CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 5246

                          When does a potato planter become a potato gun?
                          Is it at a given velocity?
                          Is it by target? people vs dirt?
                          Or intent?
                          Or by chamber pressures?
                          So did the legislature outlaw potato guns exclusively by veggie type or ignition source?

                          Is there a list of veggies?, that would implie an off list.

                          Would a rutabaga perform as well?
                          The carrot could become the .17 HMR of the veggie world.

                          Time for morning coffee,

                          Vick
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                          • #14
                            milsurpshooter
                            Senior Member
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 1074

                            ok if its awsome/cool/bad ***/or fun in any way. then you can't have it in califorina.
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                            • #15
                              DB2
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 1542

                              It is legal if you you compressed air ONLY. No flammables. The Deloso farms pumpkin maze has a pumpkin gun. Uses compressed air, perfectly legal.

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