June 2, 2015, 07:41 AM | #1 |
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question can I shoot regular reenacting blanks in my .303 rifle in a grenade launcher shooting tennis balls or do I have to use special ones.? any info appreciated.
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June 2, 2015, 10:03 PM | #2 |
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I don't see how trying would hurt anything. The blanks may be corrosive so clean the rifle accordingly.
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June 3, 2015, 08:06 AM | #3 |
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thanks for getting back to me. I will give it a try. and clean the bore after.
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June 3, 2015, 09:43 PM | #4 |
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I believe you should be fine. When I did soviet reenacting blanks are all I remember using on our rifle tennis ball launcher.
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June 4, 2015, 12:47 PM | #5 |
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guys thanks for the feed back, I followed your advice and used ATLANTIC WALL .303 blanks, worked fine, thanks again.
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June 6, 2015, 03:35 PM | #6 |
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If you could find .303 blanks they'd blow a tennis ball into next year. If CLC's "Soviet" blanks are 7.62 x 39, it ain't the same thing.
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June 6, 2015, 09:49 PM | #7 |
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No these were 7.62x54r blanks and they will definitely launch a tennis ball a long distance. Op, just curious, you make a homemade launcher or are you a reenactor? The one I used was not mine but it was a simple pipe fitted to the end of a 91/30. Also got to play with the groups mortars.
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June 8, 2015, 07:24 AM | #8 |
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the launcher I have is an original WW2 one made in the ISHIPOR FACTORY.
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June 8, 2015, 07:29 AM | #9 |
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I have been a reinactor since 1984. I did F&I, REV WAR, CIVIL WAR, WW1 & WW2. now in my 70,s I just play with my toys and shoot holes in paper.
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June 8, 2015, 07:32 AM | #10 |
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Is yours the "cup" type or the "spigot" type?
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June 9, 2015, 02:56 PM | #11 |
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cup type. will not fit on a #4. I also have one that fits in a 1917 p-14, pretty rare!
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June 9, 2015, 04:25 PM | #12 |
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If you reload you can drop 1o~15 Gr of pistol powder in a primed case & seal it with soap. Just push twist & pull.
Clean with hot water & the soap is in there anyway! It'll fling a tennis ball about 75 yds or more. Here's my No4 spigot type with its dual tennis ball discharger attachment! (all pictures (C) Wogpotter 2014 & 2015)
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