From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 11:08:49 PST
let us know when the vans start to be parked around
Rick
--- Jack Lee <milveh@dslextreme.com> wrote:
the corner at odd hours.
> Looking for trigger assembly for our "M65" [nuclear]
> cannon...anyone got a
> spare? Could use diagram and make our own I guess,
> but would rather use
> NOS. Hey, I learned early on in my military career,
> it's "safety first"
> when it comes to weapons that fire nuclear warheads.
>
> Since this cannon is mostly just for display and
> occassional plinking, we
> decided not to use the 15-kiloton (97 lbs) rounds as
> is standard (far too
> heavy to reload). We are reloading just the 10
> kiloton rounds (68 lbs)
> cheaper and yet still fires about 15 miles...more
> bang for the buck, you
> might say. (Suggest using Omark's newer "280 mm"
> carbide dies, if you're
> into reloading your own M65 cannon shells) Before I
> forget, special thanks
> to Omar F. in Iran (mvpa member) for the surplus
> U-235. Hey, our mail box
> glowed for 20 days...still laughing about that one!
>
> Only problem with the M65 nuclear cannon, is towing.
> At 47 tons this cannon
> doesn't tow very well. Especially at highway speeds
> (using my M151 Mutt).
> It starts a pretty bad side to side wobble at about
> 8 mph and then gets
> remarkably worse with speed, until I am doing
> involuntary lane changes, any
> thoughts why? Time for an alignment?
>
> Stopping from a speed of 35 mph requires about 10
> minutes notice, but a
> slight downhill and forget it, you're pretty much
> going where the M65 wants,
> which reminds me of this funny story that began when
> we crested the 7000 ft.
> elevation mark at Donnor Pass. We're on our way
> home with the cannon from
> the GL property site, but I digress, I should save
> that story for another
> time. Besides, you probably already saw the
> headlines, "UFO decends on Hwy
> 50" or "Green UFO Whizzes Through Ag Inspection
> Checkpoint" and my favorite
> "UFO, Looked Like Cannon Towing a Jeep?" (Yep, that
> was us.)
>
> I think the stopping problem is centered around the
> M151's notoriously weak
> brake shoes, right? Any thoughts?
>
> OK...in case you haven't guessed, I'm just
> kidding...it's a slow news day
> here. lol C'mon, put down that phone to Homeland
> Security... hey, this is
> weird, there is this black helicopter hovering abo
>
>
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