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Posted: 7/2/2018 11:02:20 PM EST
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I'lll probably pick up one of the F5 thingies, even if the X-products version is longer (and probably better because of that). I would just like to support a real pro 2A company coming in to compete. A few thinks I have found/liked about can cannons for people getting in to one of these now: -Shoot soda cans with the lid-side-in. They are much less likely to kaboom in the tube. As in it never happens to me anymore. -The 8oz cans are moar funner to shoot because they go way further. ~130yds vs 100yds with the normal 12oz cans -Getting a leafsight and an inverted stock may look kind of weird, but it makes shooting it feel normal. Think "ghetto M79." -The recoil is pretty impressive. More than any rifle or shotgun out there minus the more exotic guns like a .50. -bring gloves and a few trash cans. F5 makes the longer one and has it in stock. Just call them and say you want the longer one. Also... I talked to them. They said the length didn't make a difference on distance it threw the can. I was interested in the longer one as well. |
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Posted: 7/2/2018 11:08:15 PM EST
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@SkilletsUSMC F5 makes the longer one and has it in stock. Just call them and say you want the longer one. Also... I talked to them. They said the length didn't make a difference on distance it threw the can. I was interested in the longer one as well. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'lll probably pick up one of the F5 thingies, even if the X-products version is longer (and probably better because of that). I would just like to support a real pro 2A company coming in to compete. A few thinks I have found/liked about can cannons for people getting in to one of these now: -Shoot soda cans with the lid-side-in. They are much less likely to kaboom in the tube. As in it never happens to me anymore. -The 8oz cans are moar funner to shoot because they go way further. ~130yds vs 100yds with the normal 12oz cans -Getting a leafsight and an inverted stock may look kind of weird, but it makes shooting it feel normal. Think "ghetto M79." -The recoil is pretty impressive. More than any rifle or shotgun out there minus the more exotic guns like a .50. -bring gloves and a few trash cans. F5 makes the longer one and has it in stock. Just call them and say you want the longer one. Also... I talked to them. They said the length didn't make a difference on distance it threw the can. I was interested in the longer one as well. |
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Posted: 7/2/2018 11:52:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where's your quadrant sight from? Maybe he still has the lead. |
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Posted: 7/2/2018 11:54:48 PM EST
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Barrel length matters so much less on lower pressure stuff. Shotguns are a good example of that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'lll probably pick up one of the F5 thingies, even if the X-products version is longer (and probably better because of that). I would just like to support a real pro 2A company coming in to compete. A few thinks I have found/liked about can cannons for people getting in to one of these now: -Shoot soda cans with the lid-side-in. They are much less likely to kaboom in the tube. As in it never happens to me anymore. -The 8oz cans are moar funner to shoot because they go way further. ~130yds vs 100yds with the normal 12oz cans -Getting a leafsight and an inverted stock may look kind of weird, but it makes shooting it feel normal. Think "ghetto M79." -The recoil is pretty impressive. More than any rifle or shotgun out there minus the more exotic guns like a .50. -bring gloves and a few trash cans. F5 makes the longer one and has it in stock. Just call them and say you want the longer one. Also... I talked to them. They said the length didn't make a difference on distance it threw the can. I was interested in the longer one as well. |
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Posted: 7/2/2018 11:56:20 PM EST
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@SkilletsUSMC F5 makes the longer one and has it in stock. Just call them and say you want the longer one. Also... I talked to them. They said the length didn't make a difference on distance it threw the can. I was interested in the longer one as well. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:10:16 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Awesome. I will talk to them soon. I have to disagree with their findings though. I'm willing to do some side by side testing. Has anyone launched a larger can like a 16oz energy drink? They are usually the same diameter as a 12oz soda. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:12:47 AM EST
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Do your testing and please post result. I plan to buy one. Has anyone launched a larger can like a 16oz energy drink? They are usually the same diameter as a 12oz soda. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Awesome. I will talk to them soon. I have to disagree with their findings though. I'm willing to do some side by side testing. Has anyone launched a larger can like a 16oz energy drink? They are usually the same diameter as a 12oz soda. Longer cans stick out the end of the can cannon and recoil like a mofo. 8oz cans are the best. During summers, I have started drinking the coors lite twisty bottles so I can fill them up with water and have less waste. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:25:13 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh yeah. I have launched all kinds of stuff. Spray paint, too. Longer cans stick out the end of the can cannon and recoil like a mofo. 8oz cans are the best. During summers, I have started drinking the coors lite twisty bottles so I can fill them up with water and have less waste. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:41:51 AM EST
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Old school tag.
I’ve been wanting one of these boogers since the first threads started. Only thing holding me back was the price (and wanting a longer barrel). Seeing this is getting me wound up all over again. Standing by hoping for info on long vs. short barrel affect on projectile range. Skillets has put in a whole lotta good work already.  Reusing the twist top aluminum beer bottles is fricking ingenious! It’ll break my heart getting to drink the beer and then refill the ammo instead of just throwing a can away! 
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:43:56 AM EST
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Good thinking on the coors cans. Aren't the 8oz cans loose in it? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Oh yeah. I have launched all kinds of stuff. Spray paint, too. Longer cans stick out the end of the can cannon and recoil like a mofo. 8oz cans are the best. During summers, I have started drinking the coors lite twisty bottles so I can fill them up with water and have less waste. 
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:46:30 AM EST
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:58:49 AM EST
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It's some weird chinese import thing @Miles_Urbanus found in the original can cannon thread. Maybe he still has the lead. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Where's your quadrant sight from? Maybe he still has the lead. Quoted:
 Attached File Attached FileAirsoft reproductions of an offset picatinny mountable 40mm leaf sight. Part number: VF5-RST-MK13-BK01 MK13QD Quadrant $45 shipped from Hong Kong from Vega Force Email: [email protected] |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:27:55 AM EST
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If someone wants a possible deluxe model:
 Attached FileTake some mods to get it on the picatinny, plus rework the range plate. $84.70 http://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/p12028/King-Arms-M203-Reflex-Quadrant-Optical-Sight/product_info.html No idea of the actual product quality or the reliability of the seller though. Just tossing it out there. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 11:37:40 AM EST
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For those of you ordering these and blanks, where are you getting the blanks from?
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Posted: 7/3/2018 11:40:44 AM EST
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For those of you ordering these and blanks, where are you getting the blanks from? |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 11:51:27 AM EST
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I just ordered a package of blanks from F5 with the launcher. Both items shipped today. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For those of you ordering these and blanks, where are you getting the blanks from? |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:14:03 PM EST
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Hell, I'm tempted to buy it just to tell folks it's made out of alumium.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:24:26 PM EST
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For those interested, your local Walmart may have this sack of 18 inexpensive ChiCom generic tennis balls for $8.66.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/18-Pack-of-Pressureless-Tennis-Balls/433612161 |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:34:51 PM EST
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Wrap your can in a plastic grocery bag or drop the lid to a Skoal can in the tube prior to the can. Works like a wad in a muzzle loader and adds LOTS of distance to the launch.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 12:54:29 PM EST
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Quoted: Ditto on ordering blanks from F5. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:27:42 PM EST
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For those interested, your local Walmart may have this sack of 18 inexpensive ChiCom generic tennis balls for $8.66. https://www.walmart.com/ip/18-Pack-of-Pressureless-Tennis-Balls/433612161 
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:35:02 PM EST
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Now I want one of these even more, but I've got nowhere to shoot it...
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:48:37 PM EST
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Wish I had seen this earlier- I stopped by Academy at lunch time, bought 24 balls for $18. But, I also have a few friends that play tennis, so I should be able to get some used balls free.
Tracking shows my F5 cannon delivering Monday. Too late to celebrate Independence Day, but never to late to celebrate AMERICA! |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:48:38 PM EST
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Now I want one of these even more, but I've got nowhere to shoot it... |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:55:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Georgia. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 1:58:12 PM EST
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Yours Truly shooting a coke can launched from the can cannon. This was a demo at the Acusport show in Fort Worth a few years ago. 80+ MPH so you have to get on it pretty quick.
 Can Cannon Trap shooting. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 4:28:20 PM EST
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Glad to see this starting to take off again. Bloopin' cans is fun, and it has utility if you have imagination. Just sayin.
@NotanATFagent: You should edit the OP and make this into a "F...X-Products—now an F5 can launcher thread" To the people at F5. If you are reading you should talk to the site admins and get on this site. I will help you sell some launchers.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 4:46:08 PM EST
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Glad to see this starting to take off again. Bloopin' cans is fun, and it has utility if you have imagination. Just sayin. @NotanATFagent: You should edit the OP and make this into a "F...X-Products—now an F5 can launcher thread" To the people at F5. If you are reading you should talk to the site admins and get on this site. I will help you sell some launchers. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 5:07:14 PM EST
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Looking around the F5 website makes me think it's a front for X-products.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 5:41:43 PM EST
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They are in two different states. Xproducts was in Vancouver WA.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 5:44:45 PM EST
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They are in two different states. Xproducts was in Vancouver WA. 
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Posted: 7/3/2018 5:59:54 PM EST
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Just ordered on with a longer barrel.
And 2 packages of blanks and a drum for my 9mm ar. Plot thickens. The confirmation had this in it... MODERN MFG may be contacted at: Address: 3315 NE 112TH AVE VANCOUVER, WA 98682 Phone: 360-281-8987 |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 6:45:44 PM EST
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Well... I know there was a guy in X Products who came in to do damage control after the stupid kicked off.
I wonder if F5 has any symbolic meaning. F5=equals refreshing/reloading browser. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 6:46:26 PM EST
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Also, I am pretty sure X Products was in oregon.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 6:55:03 PM EST
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I liked their FB page and then wrote a message on their wall asking what their relationship is to XP. It's pending admin approval.
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Posted: 7/3/2018 7:06:32 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll go check my F5 cannon. I think it shipped from WA. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 7:07:37 PM EST
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It was still half what the original costs
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Posted: 7/3/2018 7:36:45 PM EST
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Soda can mortar? I was seriously just contemplating this. If you know of one already being made... post the link! http://www.blackpowder-cannons.com/ 
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Posted: 7/3/2018 7:43:56 PM EST
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Wrap your can in a plastic grocery bag or drop the lid to a Skoal can in the tube prior to the can. Works like a wad in a muzzle loader and adds LOTS of distance to the launch. |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 9:07:09 PM EST
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Posted: 7/3/2018 9:12:46 PM EST
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It was still half what the original costs |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 9:15:58 PM EST
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Remember. Doesn't come with a bcg. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It was still half what the original costs |
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Posted: 7/3/2018 9:42:22 PM EST
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Remember. Doesn't come with a bcg. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It was still half what the original costs |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 5:33:31 AM EST
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Well shit..
Seems a email states one of these is coming to my house. How does this happen? |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 10:42:12 AM EST
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Do th F5MFG's have a short chamber to prevent live rounds from being loaded?
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Posted: 7/4/2018 11:55:19 AM EST
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Do th F5MFG's have a short chamber to prevent live rounds from being loaded? |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 12:15:42 PM EST
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For the price I ordered one.
ETA: They already sent me a tracking number and note that it will got out via fedex tomorrow morning. So far great customer service. |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 3:03:20 PM EST
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Has anyone been able to access the F5 website? for two day now, I can't get the page to load....
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Posted: 7/4/2018 3:21:58 PM EST
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Has anyone been able to access the F5 website? for two day now, I can't get the page to load....  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/4/2018 3:43:01 PM EST
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Wrap your can in a plastic grocery bag or drop the lid to a Skoal can in the tube prior to the can. Works like a wad in a muzzle loader and adds LOTS of distance to the launch. |
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