You left our Ms Howle? How dare you. I shall file a formal complaint to the administrators of this forum.
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You left our Ms Howle? How dare you. I shall file a formal complaint to the administrators of this forum.
Ok ok... don’t kick me out yet I just got here.
After consulting with my crew we feel we can manufacture the Mrs. Howle. It’s surface is enamled with cloissoné scrollwork and is encrusted with large, flawless diamonds. If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.
After consulting with my crew we feel we can manufacture the Mrs. Howle. It’s surface is enamled with cloissoné scrollwork and is encrusted with large, flawless diamonds. If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.
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So of course this thing really isn’t practical, the wood will split as it dries, it doesn’t stay centered for multiple shots, etc.. But if I’m in my garage I want to take a couple of high power shots I can just slide this thing on the muzzle, fire a few high-powered shots, then dial it back down for regular garage gallery shooting without the suppressor.
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Internals... in case you need a chuckle! While this may seem like a joke, and on a certain level it is, when it comes down to it I can shoot 50 FPE shots in my garage without anybody noticing and it didn’t cost me more than just about an hour or two of time.
This model is “The Skipper” of course:
First photo is where the muzzle goes. There will be additional splints at the 10:00 and 2:00 positions In the end
this pic shows the vents in the small inner tube and I guess what might qualify as bamboo baffles at the front and back
since this is fresh bamboo and not seasoned, I am using the hose clamps to prevent splitting. Bamboo picked at the right age and dried properly is pretty durable though. If I wanted to make one of these to last, I would not be starting with green bamboo.
i wrapped felt around the vented area of the center tube
view down the large outer tube, there is a ring of bamboo down at the end to keep the tube centered
Here is the front end and a view down the middle just because why not Notice the splits which I will fill with something or just ignore.
This model is “The Skipper” of course:
First photo is where the muzzle goes. There will be additional splints at the 10:00 and 2:00 positions In the end
this pic shows the vents in the small inner tube and I guess what might qualify as bamboo baffles at the front and back
since this is fresh bamboo and not seasoned, I am using the hose clamps to prevent splitting. Bamboo picked at the right age and dried properly is pretty durable though. If I wanted to make one of these to last, I would not be starting with green bamboo.
i wrapped felt around the vented area of the center tube
view down the large outer tube, there is a ring of bamboo down at the end to keep the tube centered
Here is the front end and a view down the middle just because why not Notice the splits which I will fill with something or just ignore.
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You could make a youtube channel, and with a proper rifle that can run down as low as 20~ fpe and up to 100~ fpe would be great entertainment to see how much these builds can sustain before taking a proverbial poop. Hell, make an entire air gun from bamboo.
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Thanks. YouTube channel... that’s a funny thought.
Bamboo is actually an amazing material. If someone had some decent craftsmanship skills which I obviously lack they could make amazing things out of it. Interesting that depending on how old it is when you pick it, the material is quite different. A one month old cane is like styrofoam, 3 months like very hard foam rubber or something. A one year old bamboo section will be pretty is pliable and soft and easy to cut. Timber bamboo (what I have) that’s been allowed to grow for six years doesn’t get any bigger than when it was 6 months (unlike trees) but it becomes very dense hard and much more challenging to cut, more like hardwood in some ways.
The stuff is a plague and I assume it will someday take over all of the ecosystems around where I live, but in the meanwhile it’s pretty entertaining. Those canes grow at a rate of 1 to 3 feet per day when they emerge. It’s like an huge asparagus patch... these spears just rocket up and form a canopy, then just sit there not really growing but just getting denser.
Bamboo is actually an amazing material. If someone had some decent craftsmanship skills which I obviously lack they could make amazing things out of it. Interesting that depending on how old it is when you pick it, the material is quite different. A one month old cane is like styrofoam, 3 months like very hard foam rubber or something. A one year old bamboo section will be pretty is pliable and soft and easy to cut. Timber bamboo (what I have) that’s been allowed to grow for six years doesn’t get any bigger than when it was 6 months (unlike trees) but it becomes very dense hard and much more challenging to cut, more like hardwood in some ways.
The stuff is a plague and I assume it will someday take over all of the ecosystems around where I live, but in the meanwhile it’s pretty entertaining. Those canes grow at a rate of 1 to 3 feet per day when they emerge. It’s like an huge asparagus patch... these spears just rocket up and form a canopy, then just sit there not really growing but just getting denser.
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