[rescue] OT: Stuffed Proliant?

Rick Hamell rescue at sunhelp.org
Mon Dec 3 13:08:12 CST 2001


> I suppose you could manufacture an acrylic or resin marble of appropriate
> caliber, but you'd never get a stock paintball gun to fire it at sufficient
> muzzle velocity to penetrate the steel skin of a car.  Shatter glass, yes,
> but not penetrate steel.  The mass*momentum simply wouldn't be sufficient to
> do the job.

	On the other hand, a couple of friends and I ordered one of those
do it yourself rail gun kits from online some where... After we tweaked it
a bit it *DID* penetrate steel. We used the hood from a 82 Ford LTD as a
target.

	Rick

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