WAIT! Is this a freaking joke? (Golf Ball Launcher for Your Rifle)

[murdoc rose]

doesnt look like it would be that hard to make one

 

[Double Naught Spy]

If only Carl Spackler, the greenskeeper, had one for gophers...

 

[Maverick223]

If only Carl Spackler, the greenskeeper, had one for gophers...

I see someone else knows their Caddyshack.

 

[jmorris]

I see someone else knows their Caddyshack.

Pardon me Sandy but if I kill all of the Golfers their going to lock me up and throw away the key.

 

[bmwguy]

My bro actually have one and it works.

it launches them pretty far.

The only problem we had was the extraction after the ball was launched. Haven't pinpointed the problem yet. We were using my home grown reload, basically put primer and powder and used styromfoam to keep the powder in the shell casing.

Also, it got dirty in the chamber and the launcher itself.

 

[dovedescending]

Adam Sandler should make a Happy Gilmore 2...

 

[7.62 Nato]

What kind of distance is anyone getting from these?

 

[Maverick223]

Also, it got dirty in the chamber and the launcher itself.

I bet it did, Styrofoam sounds horrible. It is expanded polystyrene plastic and I would imagine that residue from that would coat everything and be heck to remove. A better idea would be to use a little patch of cotton tee shirt or the like (no synthetics), or perhaps a little ball of wax (though I have never tried wax, .22LR is coated with it so I don't see how it would hurt, and as a bonus it would be waterproof).

 

[bmwguy]

What kind of distance is anyone getting from these?

I would say with 45 degree of trajectory, we were launching them about 150 to 200 yards easily.

 

[CZguy]

My bro actually have one and it works.

it launches them pretty far.

The only problem we had was the extraction after the ball was launched. Haven't pinpointed the problem yet. We were using my home grown reload, basically put primer and powder and used styromfoam to keep the powder in the shell casing.

Also, it got dirty in the chamber and the launcher itself.

M-16 blanks have a very reduced load of powder in them. That's why you need the blank adapter to cycle the action.

I think I'll have to re-watch Caddy-shack tonight.

 

[LemmyCaution]

…and so you have to fall back on superior intelligence… and superior firepower…

 

[Maverick223]

…and so you have to fall back on superior intelligence… and superior firepower…

Ya got that right, now that is a statement that I think we can all agree on...and some folks say that Caddyshack was just a movie about golf.

 

[Jeremy2171]

Mine is just as fun!