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Do you remember the BB machine gun that ran on Freon?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nighthawk" data-source="post: 2491882" data-attributes="member: 3906"><p>In my youth I like many others had a subscription to Soldier of Fortune magazine. I enjoyed reading the ads and the articles. One that was quite notable was an ad that had a picture of some guy with stubble on his face, a half smoked cigar hanging out of his mouth, he was shooting a BB machine gun with a can of Freon on the bottom to propel the bb's. </p><p></p><p>I was naive at that time and thought what a great idea. So I ordered one from the ad. It arrived and by that time I had amassed several cans of R12 freon. I followed the directions, carefully loaded the BB's into this plastic weapon, then attached a can of freon to the bottom. I went to the back yard and commenced shooting at the fence. I discovered that it was better to shoot bursts, because the freon would freeze the bb's in the barrel, but even the burst after while would do the same thing. I just figured the purchase was a waste of money, until I read the directions further and it said that you could use compressed air. Now I was on a mission. I acquired a freon container used to fill house air conditioners, and put the correct fittings on it with a hose to accept the lower of the BB machine gun. I put the container in a old Boy Scout pack, it looked like a flame thrower. It worked great, but alas I got tired of it and traded it at a gun show for a 22LR pistol. </p><p></p><p>I was wondering if anyone else saw this add and purchased one too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nighthawk, post: 2491882, member: 3906"] In my youth I like many others had a subscription to Soldier of Fortune magazine. I enjoyed reading the ads and the articles. One that was quite notable was an ad that had a picture of some guy with stubble on his face, a half smoked cigar hanging out of his mouth, he was shooting a BB machine gun with a can of Freon on the bottom to propel the bb's. I was naive at that time and thought what a great idea. So I ordered one from the ad. It arrived and by that time I had amassed several cans of R12 freon. I followed the directions, carefully loaded the BB's into this plastic weapon, then attached a can of freon to the bottom. I went to the back yard and commenced shooting at the fence. I discovered that it was better to shoot bursts, because the freon would freeze the bb's in the barrel, but even the burst after while would do the same thing. I just figured the purchase was a waste of money, until I read the directions further and it said that you could use compressed air. Now I was on a mission. I acquired a freon container used to fill house air conditioners, and put the correct fittings on it with a hose to accept the lower of the BB machine gun. I put the container in a old Boy Scout pack, it looked like a flame thrower. It worked great, but alas I got tired of it and traded it at a gun show for a 22LR pistol. I was wondering if anyone else saw this add and purchased one too. [/QUOTE]
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