thumper

belt-fed · 07-24-2022, 10:27 PM

got a bear creek 450 bushmaster upper 16"
taking it out in the morn too try it it some fac loads and some of mine
well see how it dose

dinkydow · 07-26-2022, 06:53 PM

Last thumper I warmed up was 40mm.

4thIDvet · 07-26-2022, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

Last thumper I warmed up was 40mm.

I loved those damn things. Hell I should have stole mine and mailed it home they never would have missed it.

belt-fed · 07-26-2022, 11:34 PM

hand loads work out so I will roll some more got 10.5 barrel coming in 450 to make a pistol should be fun

RTO · 07-27-2022, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

Last thumper I warmed up was 40mm.

That's what I thought this thread was going to be about.

GimpyPaw · 07-27-2022, 03:47 PM

Should be an ideal deer rifle out to 200+ yards.

aviator · 07-27-2022, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RTO

That's what I thought this thread was going to be about.

dinkydow · 07-30-2022, 07:27 AM

The HE and willy peter rounds were entertaining. The shotgun rounds....not so much.

Good thing the 40mm cannon rounds the Cobras used would not fit into the bloopers. Otherwise we prob would have blown ourselves up. Boys will be boys....

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dinkydow · 08-01-2022, 06:11 PM

Toward the end of my first tour...the site was being turned over to MACV and the MIKE Force Yards, were supposed to become RFPF.

My battle buddies and i put many cases of 40mm HE rounds for the bloop tubes in a jeep...went to the south end of the runway and blasted everything in sight. Fucking wasted everything in range....for hours.

Boys will be boys. Blowing shit up was better than a blowjob from Jane fonda.

A much BIGGER boom came a week later when we blew the retrograde that was in our ordinance bunker. Took @ four hundred blocks of C4...to initiate the rest...godamn! That was something. There were lots of 155mm HE rounds and propellant bags..moarter bombs, folding fin aircraft rockets, etc. Plus a LOT of det cord. Shit was raining down for minutes after that. I watched from a bunker. The CO set it off.

The old times were the best times.

Now.....way to slow and shaky to even touch any HE anything.

But.... I could still get wood over popping off with a thumper.

Have not even had Ma Duce...out of its storage for a couple of years. With no more Knob Creek MG blazing....I have to travel over 100 miles for a bang fix with it. To unsafe to bang it here....

baboon · 08-01-2022, 08:32 PM

I prefer my M203 on the Stand Alone stock.

dinkydow · 08-04-2022, 04:13 PM

I thought about doing up a blooper for work around the house... but....
Not having any boom boom rounds....put me off it.

baboon · 08-04-2022, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

I thought about doing up a blooper for work around the house... but....
Not having any boom boom rounds....put me off it.

While expensive Chalk is still fun to shoot. I had collected a bunch of 40 mm rounds but sild them at a profit when I needed cash. The reloadable shell Scott Pace makes are pretty cool. Personally beats a golf ball or can launcher.

When I concidered the cost of mine it was very cheap compared if I was to buy a mortar. A reasonable priced mortar might have had me work hard to buy one.

klauss · 11-12-2022, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by belt-fed

got a bear creek 450 bushmaster upper 16"
taking it out in the morn too try it it some fac loads and some of mine
well see how it dose

How did it perform for you?

Thinking about going this route instead of buying a new rifle for deer hunting.

dinkydow · 11-26-2022, 12:51 PM

Watching as a now deceased friend, reloaded rounds for one of his tank's cannons...think 30-06, but scale it waaaaay up to like the projectile was say...four inches in diameter. And the powder was being poured into the shell by counted cup-fulls...and your getting an idea.

Sadly I passed up on buying a 37mm anti-tank cannon years ago at the Creek. Lacking a good cleaning up, the removal of pounds of cosmoline from the bore, a good pressure wash &repaint, etc....AND....the later hunt for a breechblock...that was transferable or even a dummy.

Should have nabbed one. There were four to choose from and my dually's bed was empty. I even had a tarp that could have been used to conceal it from public view. I fucked up.

Prob would never have shot it....but....it would have made a great tow behind Jeep accessory.

07-24-2022, 10:27 PM	#1
belt-fed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: land of browning Posts: 2,472	thumper got a bear creek 450 bushmaster upper 16" taking it out in the morn too try it it some fac loads and some of mine well see how it dose

07-26-2022, 06:53 PM	#2
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,470	Last thumper I warmed up was 40mm. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

07-26-2022, 11:34 PM	#4
belt-fed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: land of browning Posts: 2,472	hand loads work out so I will roll some more got 10.5 barrel coming in 450 to make a pistol should be fun

07-27-2022, 03:47 PM	#6
GimpyPaw Member Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: Oregon Posts: 650	Should be an ideal deer rifle out to 200+ yards.

07-30-2022, 07:27 AM	#8
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,470	The HE and willy peter rounds were entertaining. The shotgun rounds....not so much. Good thing the 40mm cannon rounds the Cobras used would not fit into the bloopers. Otherwise we prob would have blown ourselves up. Boys will be boys.... .

08-01-2022, 06:11 PM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,470	Toward the end of my first tour...the site was being turned over to MACV and the MIKE Force Yards, were supposed to become RFPF. My battle buddies and i put many cases of 40mm HE rounds for the bloop tubes in a jeep...went to the south end of the runway and blasted everything in sight. Fucking wasted everything in range....for hours. Boys will be boys. Blowing shit up was better than a blowjob from Jane fonda. A much BIGGER boom came a week later when we blew the retrograde that was in our ordinance bunker. Took @ four hundred blocks of C4...to initiate the rest...godamn! That was something. There were lots of 155mm HE rounds and propellant bags..moarter bombs, folding fin aircraft rockets, etc. Plus a LOT of det cord. Shit was raining down for minutes after that. I watched from a bunker. The CO set it off. The old times were the best times. Now.....way to slow and shaky to even touch any HE anything. But.... I could still get wood over popping off with a thumper. Have not even had Ma Duce...out of its storage for a couple of years. With no more Knob Creek MG blazing....I have to travel over 100 miles for a bang fix with it. To unsafe to bang it here....

08-01-2022, 08:32 PM	#10
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,307	I prefer my M203 on the Stand Alone stock.

08-04-2022, 04:13 PM	#11
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,470	I thought about doing up a blooper for work around the house... but.... Not having any boom boom rounds....put me off it.

11-26-2022, 12:51 PM	#14
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,470	Watching as a now deceased friend, reloaded rounds for one of his tank's cannons...think 30-06, but scale it waaaaay up to like the projectile was say...four inches in diameter. And the powder was being poured into the shell by counted cup-fulls...and your getting an idea. Sadly I passed up on buying a 37mm anti-tank cannon years ago at the Creek. Lacking a good cleaning up, the removal of pounds of cosmoline from the bore, a good pressure wash &repaint, etc....AND....the later hunt for a breechblock...that was transferable or even a dummy. Should have nabbed one. There were four to choose from and my dually's bed was empty. I even had a tarp that could have been used to conceal it from public view. I fucked up. Prob would never have shot it....but....it would have made a great tow behind Jeep accessory.