Yep, tried that one. Pretty nice weapon for a pocket.
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Let’s see, another SCA’er here, so for swords and other hand weapons:
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[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:
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[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]
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’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.
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.
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.
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.
