Who knew a monkey's fist is a felony to carry in some states...

~~~ interesting, I kinda thought it was a key-chain thingy 😕

that's why i carry a 50lb anchor everywhere
legal and no one wants to get hit with one

popeyez7 wrote: ~~~ interesting, I kinda thought it was a key-chain thingy

Me too, until I ran across this article.
The monkey's fists they are talking about were baseball sized and had a large metal nut or pipe inside.

MN3 wrote: that's why i carry a 50lb anchor everywhere
legal and no one wants to get hit with one

Does it have shoulder straps, or do you holster it?
Gives new meaning to the title Anchorman! 🙂

popeyez7
~~~ interesting, I kinda thought it was a key-chain thingy

Me too, until I ran across this article.
The monkey's fists they are talking about were baseball sized and had a large metal nut or pipe inside.

have a feeling these were used for ship to ship or ship to shore line throws. toss a light line with a heavy end... lashed to a bigger line, and so on

we have better methods in the USN these days to send a line to a ship or shoreman

MN3
that's why i carry a 50lb anchor everywhere
legal and no one wants to get hit with one

Does it have shoulder straps, or do you holster it?
Gives new meaning to the title Anchorman!

I keep it in my back pocket

"have a feeling these were used for ship to ship or ship to shore line throws. " - yup

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%27s_fist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slungshot

Edited by MN3 on Oct 14, 2020 - 07:08 PM.

MN3 wrote: we have better methods in the USN these days to send a line to a ship or shoreman

Wow. I'm guessing that gun isn't street legal either.

MN3 wrote: I keep it in my back pocket.

Does your back pocket tea bag in the waves when you are on trapeze?

klozhald wrote: [quote=MN3]we have better methods in the USN these days to send a line to a ship or shoreman

Wow. I'm guessing that gun isn't street legal either.

The rifle looks like a slightly updated M1. That is a ww2 rifle and the military had bazillions of them. that is the rifle every sailor trained with in bootcamp (at least in the 80's). so Yes it probably is street legal. But shooting a few 100' of line from house to house may be an issue in some municipalities - check with your HOA 🙂

MN3 wrote: I keep it in my back pocket.

Does your back pocket tea bag in the waves when you are on trapeze?

Don't be silly, i don't carry it while sailing

MN3 wrote: But shooting a few 100' of line from house to house may be an issue in some municipalities - check with your HOA 🙂

My HOA Rules Nazi was fuzzy on allowing the M1, but sternly identified the Airtronic RPG-7 as right out. I guess Halloween will be a bit quieter than planned.

MN3 wrote:
The rifle looks like a slightly updated M1.

Looks like an M14.

sm

Looks like an M14.

good eye!

the M14 rifle, ... became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1959 replacing the M1 Garand rifle in the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965

Edited by MN3 on Oct 19, 2020 - 09:42 PM.

This might be handy to shoot the keys across the garage when the wife wants to drive...

Goalie mask, full body armor and a catcher's glove might be all she needs...

This might be handy to shoot the keys across the garage when the wife wants to drive...

I need a hot dog gun more than a key chucker
I also need a hot dog gun cart and driver

fan-taken-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-hot-dog

Edited by MN3 on Oct 23, 2020 - 07:50 PM.

MN3 wrote: I need a hot dog gun more than a key chucker
I also need a hot dog gun cart and driver

Nice Rig!
You gonna be shooting or catching?
They wrap the hot dogs in duct tape?
Are the condiments on the side?

lol
Shooting only
Kevlar tape
catsup and mustard have their own delivery vehicle

MN3 wrote: catsup and mustard have their own delivery vehicle

Wow. I can't wait to man the mustard turret!
"Got yer Grey Poupon right here!"