TIL: You are required to register your spud gun with the ATF
atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html#...Posted Jan 11, 2012, 4:24 PM UTC
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In order to register the unregistered(illegal) weapon please give us all your information and pictures of weapon. Then we will come out to look at it personally. Sounds like an arrest for unregistered weapon to me.
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It sounds as though obtaining the classification is entirely optional.
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Yet here in KY, I'm not required to register my semi-automatic handgun...
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Whoops...
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ATF is required to wash my balls with a warm wet rag. Any lip will be reprimanded with an arabian gasmask and a reciting of the constitution. That'll show 'em.
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It doesn't need to be registered. This is basically for getting the ATF to classify that it isn't a firearm, or regulated device. It's common to send a request to the ATF Tech Branch to get a determination on what something falls under.
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So once when I was younger, I built a spud gun with a friend that used Aqua Net as a propellant and an electric ignition from a grill as the trigger. We launched potatoes in the field behind his house. It fired so far, though, that it went into the yard on the other side. We ended up denting the roof vent, cracking a window, and giving the dog diarrhea from all the potatoes.
We didn't inform the ATF. Is there possibly a better propellant than Aqua Net?
I used cheap hairspray
I found this was the easiest fuel with which to get the air/fuel mixture right for combustion but all of my super far shots were with other fuels... probably best to use hairspray come to think of it.
my friend's gun that he made (my inspiration) used Quickstart (it is like a gas additive or whatever... i donno cars) but it left an oily residue... sure was loud though.. .. i used butane...
I use spray ether(engine starting fluid) in mine.
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Gasoline works best. Just don't use to much.
Static Guard.