tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1402018761506559272..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Watching the (Drone) WatchersSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-79149881981810522882015-05-27T21:14:46.983-04:002015-05-27T21:14:46.983-04:00Since you live in Florida you can shoot on you own...Since you live in Florida you can shoot on you own property, no matter where it is, even in the city. You can even have a gun range in your yard, even on a typical city lot.<br /><br />But I would recommend a .22 with a silencer @ $400 for the silencer and $200 for the NFA tax stamp. It would also come in handy picking of squirrels and other pests.<br /><br />Or get yourself some of the cheapest drones and crash them into the more expensive invasive drones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47563979610786540752015-05-24T19:35:01.841-04:002015-05-24T19:35:01.841-04:00I have a guy at work that just bought a $650 air p...I have a guy at work that just bought a $650 air pellet gun with a scope that shoots a 38 grain pellet at 900fps.<br />He just got it nd had to replace all the O rings in it from sitting on a shelf somewhere so he has only run a few rounds through it but he is mightily impressed with it so far.<br />He is looking into getting a SCUBA tank set up to recharge it.<br />You can sink some serious money into these things but I am itching to get my hands on it for just a few minutes to satisfy my own curiosity.<br /><br />As for laws against such thing inside city limits, where I live it is expressly forbidden to shoot BB guns or pellet guns, just like normal fire arms.<br /><br />Wrist Rockets would be a viable option though.<br />When I was a kid we used to hunt frogs in the local Mill Ponds using Wrist Rockets and a bunch of BB's pinched into the pouch.<br />Pretty damn effective out to about forty feet.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-84009659113876294542015-05-24T16:51:34.483-04:002015-05-24T16:51:34.483-04:00Chaff might work- a bunch of light plastic ribbons...Chaff might work- a bunch of light plastic ribbons a few thousandths thick x 1/8" wide by 8" long, wadded in a shell and distributed by fireworks in the vicinity of the rotor blades. <br /> Or a thrown projectile of some sort streaming long light strips behind it.<br /> Anything that will tangle rotor blades.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-48399725305381723002015-05-24T10:03:00.553-04:002015-05-24T10:03:00.553-04:00This:
http://www.xproducts.com/ar-15-soda-can-laun...This:<br />http://www.xproducts.com/ar-15-soda-can-launcher-accessories-launcher<br />If you don't hit the drone with a soda can or tennis ball, how about a skein of yarn...Wandering Neuronshttp://www.wandering-neurons.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58950826338912064502015-05-24T08:53:35.660-04:002015-05-24T08:53:35.660-04:00SiG, I agree, there's nothing like a satisfyin...SiG, I agree, there's nothing like a satisfying BANG! accompanied by recoil and a shower of shredded plastic. Having the drone pretty much whole, however, might be more useful as evidence. Or for ransom. <br /><br />Some years back I used to have a Marlin Super Goose, and an Ithaca Roadblocker, both 10 gauge and now extinct, but sometimes available on Gunbroker. The Super Goose was bolt action, with an extra-full choke and 36 inch barrel, and since no one then (or now, I think) makes 3 1/2" 10 gauge ammo with #6 shot you had to load your own. Turned out the "gray cloud" was pretty effective on crows out to about 100 yards (loaded with #4 birdshot it would fully penetrate an entire sheet of 1/4 plywood at 70 yards, but using #6 eliminated the pattern gaps). The Roadblocker had a 21' cylinder bore barrel, was hampered by 3 round capacity (2+1, although pressing the trigger 3 times was usually more than enough for anyone), and was an excellent answer to a question no one had ever asked. But, it did throw lotsa pellets (pro tip: if you ever do procure a Roadblocker, do NOT load your own 3 1/2" hulls with #9 shot over paper wads (that allows faster shot dispersion) and visit the local skeet club. Seems the sharp corners on the bricks damage the members' sphincters something awful....). Damn useful on drones, though, I'd bet. Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57943917164178735672015-05-23T22:11:40.579-04:002015-05-23T22:11:40.579-04:00Multi strand Bolas - lots of light string "le...Multi strand Bolas - lots of light string "legs" to entangle the props and crash it. <br /><br />Phil BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82394296730797079062015-05-23T12:12:39.196-04:002015-05-23T12:12:39.196-04:00Slingshot. Silent and accurate.Slingshot. Silent and accurate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60733556622986199632015-05-23T11:54:00.648-04:002015-05-23T11:54:00.648-04:00Hmm. Alien, I like the idea of the net, but someh...Hmm. Alien, I like the idea of the net, but somehow a shower of pieces would be more satisfying. This wouldn't be for wide area use. Just if it's hovering near one of my windows filming the inside. I do need to look more into what Jonathon says, though. This part of Florida is more sane than some, though. It's probably OK. <br /><br />I ordered one of those reconditioned Rugers. Figure it would have to be pretty bad to not be usable over 10 yards or so. We'll see how it works out. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-91574382125748391752015-05-23T05:27:01.481-04:002015-05-23T05:27:01.481-04:00Well, for that king of money I'd lean toward a...Well, for that king of money I'd lean toward a Sheridan Blue Streak. Not sure if they're still in production, but about $200 if they are; Gunbroker has some for 125-150. It's a very accurate pump-up in 5mm so you can control velocity (and noise). 10-12 pumps is about as noisy as a standard velocity .22.<br /><br />Speaking of outside the box, though...it wouldn't be hard to bring down a drone with a net. Potato guns have been made from PVC for years, something in 2" Sched 80 that fires a net in a capsule 200-250 vertical feet would work (that assumes a drone farther away than 250-300 feet isn't regarded as a problem, although it might be from a surveillance standpoint). Potato guns frequently use hair spray or butane for fuel, don't know where that falls in the laws/ordinances. I'd think light fishing line would make a decent net, and if the capsule "pops" at altitude releasing a 6-8 ft diameter coarse mesh net would do it - a prop snagging any part of the net would pull the net in. Proximity fusing would be nice, but....<br /><br />Simplifying it more, a PVC line gun firing a lightly weighted fishing line a couple hundred feet might work nearly as well. Think Point du Hoc. (There are 12 gauge line guns as maritime accessories, but it'd be more fun to build one's own.)Aliennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-72601408732765764412015-05-22T22:22:34.958-04:002015-05-22T22:22:34.958-04:00Check city laws carefully - some cities ban discha...Check city laws carefully - some cities ban discharge of a firearm, others ban discharge of any weapon; I've read of people getting charged for shooting a bow in some cities.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28011948744337674412015-05-22T22:20:23.025-04:002015-05-22T22:20:23.025-04:00I have a Ruger 0.177 picked up at Wally World for ...I have a Ruger 0.177 picked up at Wally World for less than $100.<br /><br />It does punch a hole through both sides of a R-123 (auto ac) canister.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com