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Rifle barrel banana peeled after using potato as suppressor

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...845#post137169
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...338#post173182
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...363#post150682
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...612#post123362
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...143#post168798

A sound suppressor does not create a blockage in the end of a barrel it directs the flow of supersonic gases into a series of washer like disks allowing the projectile to pass through the hole in the center. The potato on the other hand is going to block the air in front of the bullet which will cause a near instantaneous spike in pressure both in front of and behind the bullet when the weapon is fired

And nobody was killed. Darwin Award withheld.

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Originally Posted by neilbourjaily

And nobody was killed. Darwin Award withheld.

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My question would be. if the guy had any knowledge of how firearms function why would he purposefully plug the end of the barrel with a potato in the first place and if he had very little or no knowledge then where was the adult supervision? Surely there was someone nearby with at least a general knowledge of the ballistic forces involved when firing a weapon with a plugged barrel

I know of someone that made an adapter to fit a oil filter to the barrel to make a sound suppressor. It worked...

"Surely there was someone nearby with at least a general knowledge of the ballistic forces involved when firing a weapon with a plugged barrel"


Apparently not. :D

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

I know of someone that made an adapter to fit a oil filter to the barrel to make a sound suppressor. It worked...

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That's a handy tidbit of information.

I think he did that on purpose, knowing what might happen.

My question is, which more stupid?

1) Not having any idea that could happen? or 2) Knowing it could happen and doing it anyway so he could post it for others to see how stupid he is?

I am voting for #2. Which in my view is the more stupid situation. #1 is just ignorant, which it not quite as bad as stupid. Although I admit they are close.

Here hold my beer, and watch this!
This gut might not have gotten the Darwin award this day, but give him time.

There are two things that are infinite, the universe, and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the universe.
“Albert Einstein “

It has been an urban legend for years that a potato WITH a hole bored through it will silence a revolver. I just went to YouTube and it does quiet a gun down a very little bit.
I had a friend who was robbed by a guy that pointed a revolver with a potato on the end at him and my friend gave the guy what he wanted. I guess he didn't know that the bad guy would probably have been caught. Or he just didn't want to get shot.

OH NO!!! $200 ATF tax stamp per potato.

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Originally Posted by onebowtie

OH NO!!! $200 ATF tax stamp per potato.

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And it can take up to 14 months to get the stamp.

Can you form one that?

I made a suppressor one time for my favorite .22LR, back when I was very young. The intent was to use it for squirrel hunting, which I loved to do. It worked very well. You literally could only hear the action of the rifle when it fired, and just a bare "pffft" from the end of the barrel.

Not knowing how illegal it was to have such a thing at the time, I proudly told a game warden friend of mine about my successful creation. To my surprise, I got quite a scolding about it and was told very quickly to get rid of it immediately. Oh well....

In regards to so called silencers, suppressors, or mufflers attached to the muzzle of a firearm, it is best to bone up on your state's firearm laws. Many states have ambiguous laws conflicting with the federal overreaching unconstitutional laws concerning firearms. Here in Texas for example we have HB957 which means I can make my own without any fear of repercussions from any state official it does not mean that the federal Gestapo cannot attempt to prosecute but they have no authority to force any Texas law enforcement to assist them in investigation or apprehension of a Texas citizen for possession of any unregistered sound suppressing device, excepting of course should such a device be used in the conduction a crime. I've seen them for sale in gun stores and I know a couple of custom rifle manufactures who make them. You have to fill out the normal forms as you would to buy a firearm but there is no registration or licensing required, you may or may not be asked or required to pay for the $200.00 tax stamp, Pawnshops generally will not purchase or resale them, but real gun dealers might but only after you fill out a questioner. Don't even think about trying to buy a sound suppressing device in Texas with an out of state ID or address

It would still need an FFA supressor permit.

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Originally Posted by astroscuba

It would still need an FFA supressor permit.

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There again a lot depends on the state and the state's interpretation of the continuality of the fed's law as opposed to how the state's constitution is written The BATF enforces the federal laws but in many cases does respect a state's laws