# Most exotic weapon you've ever used. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981 "2003-03-04T12:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/41 "2003-03-04T19:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*I have never used a weapon against someone, but I have trained with the manrikigusari which at least sounds exotic. > Cheers, Bippy \*\* Yep, tried that one. Pretty nice weapon for a pocket. \*\* Let’s see, another SCA’er here, so for swords and other hand weapons: [ul] [li]Pikes, polearms, spears, a Roman pilum and a naganata[/li][li]Broadswords, bastards, and a greatsword[/li][li]Short sword and shield combo[/li][li]Florentine (2) short swords in tandem[/li][li]Epees, foils and sabers[/li][li]Throwing knives and axes (I ran an axe throwing booth on the Renn circuit)[/li][li]Staves[/li][/ul] And for modern Weaponry: [ul] [li]The M16 and AK47(both single and fully auto)[/li][li]Black powder pistols in .44 and .50 cal.[/li][li]Kentucky Long Rifle[/li][li]Winchester 30-30[/li][li]Various rifles and shotguns[/li][li]A Napoleonic 9 pounder (A real cannon!!! This one is FUN!!!)[/li][/ul] \*\*O ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/42 "2003-03-04T19:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > PunditLisa, perhaps you needed “The Bluebird of Happiness”. Wow. The irony is not lost on me. 🙂 This incident is also one reason I’m adamantly opposed to having firearms in the house. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/43 "2003-03-04T19:56:53Z")
Anti-submarine mortars, each of 398lbs in weight\* 36 rounds one after the other BOOM BOOM BOOM.Range 1kilometre max right down to 400yards and at that lower range the ship bounces somewhat. 4.5 inch naval gun. IKARA anti-submarine torpedo delivery missile. Seacat surface to air missile - crap system BTW, it does make a nice bang though. Exocet for fun and amusement. CHAFF anti radar missiles.Its a bit faster than cutting up tinfoil with scissors and throwing it in the air. .357 Magnum, not that impressive really. .45 automatic pistol, helluva kickback. .762 SLR, bit like the M1 .22 target pistols 40" arc searchlights !! yup these are classed as part of a ships weapons system. Various assorted party poppers. Cutlasses, for display purposes only, bit like swinging iIndian clubs about but with pointy bits on. I have run away from bagpipes ! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/44 "2003-03-04T20:04:42Z")
I’ve fired all the standard Army stuff, much like **Amp,** with the addition of both a LAW and TOW missile. I’ve used mny different firearms, but not against people. My Stingray paintball guns have, though, and I also use a Sheridan JTX and a Tippmann. The most exotic weapon I worked on and used has to be my cannon. Made from Hawaiian Punch cans and duct tape, it used lighter fluid as a propellant, and fired toilet float balls (with a little addition inside) about 100 yards or so. We had smaller ones which fired tennis balls, but nothing matched the boom of the cannon. I’ve changed the name to avoid the ethnic slur. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/45 "2003-03-04T21:12:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PunditLisa \* > \*\*The irony is not lost on me. 🙂 > > This incident is also one reason I’m adamantly opposed to having firearms in the house. \*\* To hell with firearms, you shouldn’t have _chains_ in the house. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/46 "2003-03-04T21:12:55Z")
I once used a buttfor. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/47 "2003-03-04T21:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\*Various assorted party poppers. \*\* Now _ **that’s** _ exotic! ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/48 "2003-03-04T21:23:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*I once used a buttfor. \*\* Okay, okay. I’ll bite. What’s a buttfor? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/49 "2003-03-04T21:25:49Z")
For… pooping! ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/50 "2003-03-04T21:30:27Z")
{{rimshot}} **groan** ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/51 "2003-03-04T22:13:15Z")
Standard USMC weaponry. Some of the cooler weapons I used in my last job off the top of my head: XM214 5.56 minigun M134 7.62 minigun GECAL 50 KPV 14.5mm MK-11 20mm MK-12 20mm M197 20mm M61A1/A2 20mm ZAP 23 23mm M242 25mm GAU-12 25mm (AV-8 Harrier gun system) Oerlikon KBA 25mm M230 30mm Aden 30mm GAU-8 30mm (A-10 system) .50 cal and 20mm Tround test systems 20mm caseless experimental Here is a pic of an [M61A1](http://home.earthlink.net/~maclaurel/_uimages/Vulc.jpg)in an F/A-18 pallet system on our firing mount. That was a hell of a cool job at times. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/52 "2003-03-04T22:21:38Z")
I once killed a man using nothing more than a Gummi Bear. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/53 "2003-03-04T23:13:16Z")
The Chinese [Fighting Fan](http://store6.yimg.com/I/martialartsmart_1727_800958) . ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/54 "2003-03-04T23:45:59Z")
A blowgun with essence of datura on the darts. (I never actually shot anyone with it, but I thought about it.) Various knives, machetes, kukris, sticks, staves…whatever. Anything can be a weapon. Come to think of it, the most exotic weapon I ever used may have been the potted orchid I once beaned a bully with. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/55 "2003-03-05T00:04:26Z")
An [atlatl](http://www.atlatl.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/56 "2003-03-05T00:59:14Z")
Quarterstaff, broadsword, rapier, saber, foil, epee, smallsword, knife-and-buckler. I have a small collection of bladed weapons. The coolest weapon I own is a Japanese military saber my grandfather took off a dead officer when his squad landed to occupy the island following WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/57 "2003-03-05T01:15:48Z")
I split a guy’s scalp open with a tennis racket once. A Wilson T2000. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/58 "2003-03-05T01:34:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*I once killed a man using nothing more than a Gummi Bear. \*\* Granted, but it was seven feet tall, five feet around, weighed 350 lbs and you dropped it on him from a four story building… ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/59 "2003-03-05T02:29:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BMalion \* > **my Replica 15th century Scottish Claymore…** Does it have the warning label like the modern ones? “Front toward enemy” ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981/60 "2003-03-05T02:39:12Z")
Well, I have fired a variety of small arms, hunting rifles, AK-47 knockoffs, and such, but one of the more unusual was a AR-15 knockoff made by Daewoo (sp?), that my uncle owns. Handles pretty much like a normal AR-15, but the stock was different. Also, I in my early teenage years I made a number of tennisball/potato guns out PVC pipe, duct tape, and hairspray for propellant. Those were nifty. I have a small collection of swords, katana’s mostly, but most of them are cheap mass-manufactured stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exotic-weapon-youve-ever-used/158981.md?page=4)