Have any of my fellow weapons enthusiast...

[ac3boyz]

ever got their head stuck in a mortar?

 

[enfield]

Nope, I don't look down barrels.  Even barrels on TV - makes me cringe.

[Omega]

Nope, that means you are on the wrong end of the fight.

[vontar]

nope, prefer being in the rear with the gear.

[ac3boyz]

I had to find out why it didn't go boom.  That's how Curly did it.

[221 Fireball]

Once had an uncle who did that very thing. Had to call a wrecker. They poured axle lube around his neck and ran an airhose to the nipple and blew him out. He hasn't been right since.

 

So Todd, you must of found one of the few mortars that OSHA hasn't welded that wire screen across yet. Don't ya hate when that happens?

[ac3boyz]

Once had an uncle who did that very thing. Had to call a wrecker. They poured axle lube around his neck and ran an airhose to the nipple and blew him out. He hasn't been right since.

 

So Todd, you must of found one of the few mortars that OSHA hasn't welded that wire screen across yet. Don't ya hate when that happens?

 

Nope.  OSHA was there.  Dang thang was all filled up with concrete.  Every last one of them.  The cannons weren't filled though,  guess they were too small for heads to fit in.

Edited August 25, 2014 by ac3boyz

[peejman]

Battery Park is a cool place.  In addition to the usual stuff, check out Ft. Moultrie and the Hunley while you're there.  Enjoy. 

[TMF]

Nope. OSHA was there. Dang thang was all filled up with concrete. Every last one of them. The cannons weren't filled though, guess they were too small for heads to fit in.

When I was in Charleston last a tour guide explained that the US Army filled those guns in with concrete because they didn't trust the southerners.




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[enfield]

When I was in Charleston last a tour guide explained that the US Army filled those guns in with concrete because they didn't trust the southerners.




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Sounds like good judgement.  There could be another hothead like Beauregard around.  :D

[Omega]

When I was in Charleston last a tour guide explained that the US Army filled those guns in with concrete because they didn't trust the southerners.




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Well sure, them southerners will get their heads stuck in the darnest places. :rofl:

[monkeylizard]

When I was in Charleston last a tour guide explained that the US Army filled those guns in with concrete because they didn't trust the southerners.
 

 

Try a different tour guide and you'll hear that the locals did it because Yankee tourists kept getting their heads stuck in them.  :)

Edited August 26, 2014 by monkeylizard

[Garufa]

I was going to ask why in the hell anyone would stick their head in a barrel then monkeylizard cleared it up.

[K191145]

Nope, I don't look down barrels.  Even barrels on TV - makes me cringe.

 

How do you check the rifling for copper/lead buildup with a bore light? I'll look down a barrell but i'm 100% absolutly positive that the gun is not loaded when I do. I don't look down barrells that have cartridges in the chamber.

Edited August 26, 2014 by K191145

[K191145]

Once had an uncle who did that very thing. Had to call a wrecker. They poured axle lube around his neck and ran an airhose to the nipple and blew him out. He hasn't been right since.

 

So Todd, you must of found one of the few mortars that OSHA hasn't welded that wire screen across yet. Don't ya hate when that happens?

 

Guess they need to start measuring peoples heads in calibers.