I'm currently having a Coehorn mortar made for me, so I was searching for some info when I found
this webpage. Funny stuff, I thought some of the feral cat haters here might enjoy it.

http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm

That's the best thing I've ever seen on the internet!!!

I must try this...

That picture of the mortar headshot feral cat had me rolling. It's face is like this:

The cannon deer hunting was pretty cool too.

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Here's the deer hunt with a mountain howitzer:

http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

I'm surprised that the noise of the mortar doesn't scare the cat away before the ball lands.

LOL I don't know if this guy is serious but LOL

LOL at his 'Skin Tight Mask'

I approve this message

Never seen this before.  >.>


It is awesome though!

That's kind of fucked up. I guess it is as humane, or maybe even more in this case, as any other form of dispatch.

It might be even more fun than using a mini-gun.

Only 6 hits! lol

I want...nay, SHALL, have one.

If you are going to hunt anything I feel you should end it's life quickly and minimize suffering. An inaccurate weapon (mortar)  shooting a bowling ball payload would be difficult to get clean hits with. Getting my lower half smashed by a huge ball sounds like a terrible way to die. Just sayin

I didn't find it amusing at all when it was first posted, and I still don't. And I've made my feelings on the matter unmistakably clear on several venues.

This guy took a deer illegally, in a scenario that could have very easily gone way beyond bad. But he got lucky and he got away with it so everyone thinks it's "cool!"

Baiting and killing cats is sociopathic behavior, I don't give a shit what your justifications are.

I build and shoot black powder cannons and mortars. Safety and responsibility are big issues, guns over 3/4" bore are dangerous weapons.

Even a fast ignition is slow compared to a modern firearm, And there's no stopping once it's initiated. Projectiles (especially mortar shot) can take a long time to reach their destination. Things downrange can change drastically in that time.

Shooting these guns was never "safe" back then, it was hazardous duty. Crews could be killed by their own gun. And they still demand respect today.

And I cringe at some of what passes for "artillery" today. But I have to keep my mouth shut as not to offend, nobody wants to hear how their new eBay gun is an open-ended pipe bomb.

And FWIW, that highly praised Mountain Howitzer looks nice, but the design is as fucked up as a football bat and fails in several key areas. It's a rolling checklist of NSSA violations.

I like doing this. I want to be able to keep doing it, and to teach it to another generation.

Fucksticks like "Buckstix" threaten that by their sheer stupidity.


Sorry for the rant, but this thread has angered the babcat . . .

And there are always people who don't get humor.

Roadkill.

Oh nevermind.

Believe that backpedalling "disclaimer" if you want, I know better.

I'm out.

YES IT IS

Best thing you've said yet.

Backpedaling? Life is a soap opera, isn't it?

This is the first I've seen it. Do you have a link to the crucifixion? I'd like to see that.

Sorry, the Pope has forbidden it.

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