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Yep, only problem is I only know maybe 2/3 people that would be interested View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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What kind of cans can you launch ? How about a can of thermite ?
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Um. Silly question.
Any legal issues with mounting one of these underbarrel like an M203? (don't ask how, I'm working on it) |
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just do this.. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/cura_1_JPG-1132149.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/20191022_213859-1134577.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Um. Silly question. Any legal issues with mounting one of these underbarrel like an M203? (don't ask how, I'm working on it) https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/cura_1_JPG-1132149.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/20191022_213859-1134577.jpg |
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I bought a launcher on Nov 30 and got it today. Couldn't pass it up at $129 with free shipping and 50 free blanks.
I figured they had a run on them was the reason for the delay. It showed in stock when ordered then out of stock the next day. I just ordered the golf ball launcher today and more blanks. I found an Anderson lower in my tool cabinet. And I have enough parts laying around to build it's own lower. My brother got a bunch a Shasta soda at the 99 cent store. |
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I called them today and theyhad it down as just Arf. Bob there said he updated it to the arf20 while I was on the phone with him. I haven't tried it yet though. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I just ordered a launcher and golf ball adapter as well as a pile of blanks from Atlantic. This place continues to cost me money. Been putting it off way too long.
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Blanks arrived today, they worked, fun was had by all in attendance.
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Quoted: just do this.. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/cura_1_JPG-1132149.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/14562/20191022_213859-1134577.jpg View Quote Tell me everything |
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Read the whole 25 page old thread, then found this one. I'm looking for one piece of info that I can't seem to find: does anyone know the ID of the barrel after it steps down?
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Just finished up mine today, cant wait. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/3429/ELnzhm.jpg View Quote Attached File |
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Great minds https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/237639/80FACF6A-4CD2-4469-9597-732861D00C27_jpe-1254193.JPG View Quote I just wish I could justify an actual a1/a2 rather that a screw on carry handle. But, those always end up being rifles |
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I've been meaning to get one of these someday, had fun with one belonging to someone in the HTF at one of the shoots, another member bought some of my late '80's era M200's from me, but I kept a few hundred for myself... Still finding the occasional odd box of them in old boxes of gear... View Quote These things are ridiculous and look like they're absolutely useless, so if you or another GA member wants to put a group buy together I'm in |
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Quoted: no dont have any. Will get you some pics when I get to the house and hopefully you can make something of it. View Quote I have one on the way, and have a couple ideas for stabilizing projectiles that I'm drawing up. But not knowing when the launcher is going to show up I don't really want to get too far ahead of myself. If 2" PVC fits into the step, it's going to make initial testing a lot easier. Thinking a tail ring like on rifle grenades and some mortars, and being able to just section rings off of a plastic pipe would make this oh so nice. |
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@LoneWolf545 These things are ridiculous and look like they're absolutely useless, so if you or another GA member wants to put a group buy together I'm in View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I've been meaning to get one of these someday, had fun with one belonging to someone in the HTF at one of the shoots, another member bought some of my late '80's era M200's from me, but I kept a few hundred for myself... Still finding the occasional odd box of them in old boxes of gear... These things are ridiculous and look like they're absolutely useless, so if you or another GA member wants to put a group buy together I'm in |
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Yep, only problem is I only know maybe 2/3 people that would be interested View Quote If I did it again, I'd want the money before I ordered to keep that from happening (or in escrow, perhaps with a trusted mutual friend). |
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5.5” into the barrel is where the step down begins. It’s not much just enough to keep the can from going deeper into the barrel and hitting the chamber/barrel.
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5.5” into the barrel is where the step down begins. It’s not much just enough to keep the can from going deeper into the barrel and hitting the chamber/barrel. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/424008/E2C0E9AA-7F6C-481C-AE14-B04026B77DF8_jpe-1255215.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/424008/1A83DE51-81D3-4EE8-BA5D-51C145700C15_jpe-1255216.JPG View Quote On a side note, just got the shipping notice saying it should be here Friday :) |
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Are these fine? https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/19E2D8BA-B0AE-4345-8BC3-2BEC4ECFC204_jpe-1255271.JPG View Quote Edit: I'm wrong |
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Yeah, M200 is the standard training blank the can cannons were intended to be used with. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Isn't that the ones on Atlantic Wall Blanks website that specifically says not for can cannon? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Definitely not for cans. Thats ALL I use for cans... Quoted:
Thanks for the welcome. We have had lots of questions on the 5.56 loads so in the interest of safety here is the run-down. M200 is the base round. Golf Ball 1 is 20% hotter. Golf Ball 2 is a further 20% hotter. The L.A.M. is 2X the load of the M200 and are made for MilSim, reenactments and police work. They are too hot even for golf ball launching as they will blow the white shell of the ball if it has any cuts in it. The Can Launching blank that we make is just a hair weaker than the M200 as our M200 is designed around function in the AR platform. Ours turns out to be just a hair too hot to work in the cannon in the summer. (Winter is fine when cold temps suppress the powder burn rate) We didn't know that the can launcher was becoming "a thing" and have not put effort into merging the two rounds. For anyone else, an M200 blank marked as a can launching blank will be an M200 with a different label. Our friends down in Florida at Boland production Supply does that. It's just marketing. They are good guys as well. Buy with confidence from them. Last we saw, X Products was selling Armscor M200 rounds at an insane markup. |
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Isn't that the ones on Atlantic Wall Blanks website that specifically says not for can cannon? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Definitely not for cans. Thats ALL I use for cans... http://www.atlanticwallblanks.com/556-M200-DUPLICATE_p_247.html Attached File With all deference to Atlantic Wall (good guys) those aren’t “real” M200 blanks. They’re reasonable facsimiles made from 5.56 brass (not elongated brass made specifically for blank use). I’m not entirely sure why they say not to use them. They mention their “M200 Duplicate” being a little too hot, but I’ve used them and even hotter blanks in my launchers FWIW (and in hot weather). With 16oz Coors cans, I’ve even used their L.A.M. blanks. Regardless, the pic in bradpierson26’s post above shows “real” GI Lake City M200 blanks, and that’s what got all these can launchers started, and is probably the most widely used blank (though AWB is probably doing pretty well for can launcher market share these days.lol). |
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Quoted: I got confused on that one, so... off to AWB website: http://www.atlanticwallblanks.com/556-M200-DUPLICATE_p_247.html https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/53338/1B60F97B-4BA9-4547-9CB3-0FB7C0E4F472_jpe-1255443.JPG With all deference to Atlantic Wall (good guys) those aren't "real" M200 blanks. They're reasonable facsimiles made from 5.56 brass (not elongated brass made specifically for blank use). I'm not entirely sure why they say not to use them. They mention their "M200 Duplicate" being a little too hot, but I've used them and even hotter blanks in my launchers FWIW (and in hot weather). With 16oz Coors cans, I've even used their L.A.M. blanks. Regardless, the pic in bradpierson26's post above shows "real" GI Lake City M200 blanks, and that's what got all these can launchers started, and is probably the most widely used blank (though AWB is probably doing pretty well for can launcher market share these days.lol). View Quote |
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Every time I open this thread my wallet screams for mercy. I am not a strong willed man, so I'm FOing.
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Got the delivery notification for my upper around lunch today, then on the way home I started wondering how the barrel was indexed to make sure the rail section pointed down and if there'd be a way to index it 45 degrees or 90 degrees out. Got home, pulled the upper out, and find this: https://i.postimg.cc/5NpVZbFk/IMG-20200131-190550940.jpg If you get the upper with a pic rail, the barrel is blind pinned in place in two spots. Only a big deal if you're thinking about swapping uppers, and even then all you have to do is extract the pins. But it is something to be aware of. View Quote |
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Quoted: Mine is the same way non pic rail version. The whole tube and mount spins off. Why not make some shims to clock it where you want? View Quote All the other posts I saw talked about how the tube just spun off with no mention of the pins, so didn't know if this was new with needing to index the barrel for the rail or if it had just never come up. Hopefully I'll get a few minutes to pop the pins, but that's dependent on how cooperative tomorrow is |
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Quoted: Hadn't made my mind up on whether to shim it or repin it, or even if I want to reindex it. All the other posts I saw talked about how the tube just spun off with no mention of the pins, so didn't know if this was new with needing to index the barrel for the rail or if it had just never come up. Hopefully I'll get a few minutes to pop the pins, but that's dependent on how cooperative tomorrow is View Quote |
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For those of us who bought a bunch of the wrong blanks that don’t fit the can launchers, one solution is to buy a flash hider mounted blank firing adapter and use them up making noise ?? ??
AWB sells them. |
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I used a combination of Hornady and CH4D dies/crimpers when I was loading 8x57 and 7.92Kurz blanks for adult cowboys and Indians.
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For those of us who bought a bunch of the wrong blanks that don’t fit the can launchers, one solution is to buy a flash hider mounted blank firing adapter and use them up making noise ?? ?? AWB sells them. View Quote If you got them from Atlantic Wall Blanks he'll take them back and swap them no cost plus send you an extra 100. |
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@NH-Handgunner If you got them from Atlantic Wall Blanks he'll take them back and swap them no cost plus send you an extra 100. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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For those of us who bought a bunch of the wrong blanks that don’t fit the can launchers, one solution is to buy a flash hider mounted blank firing adapter and use them up making noise ?? ?? AWB sells them. If you got them from Atlantic Wall Blanks he'll take them back and swap them no cost plus send you an extra 100. |
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Quoted: @NH-Handgunner If you got them from Atlantic Wall Blanks he'll take them back and swap them no cost plus send you an extra 100. View Quote Returning is more hassle than its worth in my case. Its s nice mistake-proofing solution changing the chamber to not allow chambering a 556 round, but why keep stating that the launchers use M200 blanks when they do not? Causes a lot of confusion IMO. |
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Quoted: My x-products cannon (several years old) doesn’t have the blind pins. I can see why they added them. Mine can unscrew during use and if you’re a drunken frat boy you might fire it while it’s only on with a few threads. View Quote Goal here is to swap the upper to a side charger I have around, so I'm not taking it apart for the sake of fighting with blind pins. |
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Ordered some blanks from AWB.
I’ve had this thing for like a year and never used it. Will be fun to have now that M203 chalk rounds have become harder to come by. I didn’t realize tennis balls fit until I read this thread. That’s pretty awesome. |
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