Spud Guns, Legal?

[VzVzVz]

I am looking at some youtube videos of spud guns and they look pretty cool and easy to make. But they're all in America. Are they legal in Australia? Coz I really want to make one.

[Demonica]

Had a quick search says they are legal in most states and territories not legal in Victoria though

[ClairBear]

Illegal as follows:

All combustion spud guns are considered firearms.

* In the state of Victoria (Australia), pneumatic spud guns require a Category A firearms license, while combustion spud guns require a Category E firearms license.

[BENJAMUM]

u can go 2 jail for 2 yrs like a bloke i new but there fun lol easy 2 make just dont get cought with 1 lol tip frozen oranges go throw a car door lol ahahah

[Zeussy]

Are you talking about the little guns that fire small chunks of potato, or the pvc pipe cannon type things that fire the whole potato with compressed air...?

If its the first one, I'd take a stab at saying they're legal in all states, but if its the latter, I have to imagine it would be classed as a firearm of sorts, (requiring some sort of permit?) being an air powered... cannon? lol, or launcher...
Most likely illegal in all states except canberra, cause they can have all the good stuff... lol


EDIT: Just saw Sashyre's post, what she said

[VzVzVz]

cool, not such a great idea then. bloody government.

[ClairBear]

Had a combustion spud gun a few years back that we built ourselves. Shooting it down the river in the open away from anyone when the Cops pulled up, warned us and confiscated the gun. Luckily we were cooperative and apologetic as I believe we could have been in it really deeply as it is considered a fire arm and could be a deadly weapon.

[soop]

Could be...

Because everyone has evil intentions...

[sweefu]

lol when i read the title of this thread i thought of the little red guns you buy a toy shops and shoot tiny bits of potato!

[ryno_vrx]

i can tell ya pvc cannons are illegal in Qld from experience....... and that they can go horribly wrong and hurt you really bad also from experience

[melissasd]

We built one out of pvc pipe, big enough for tennis balls.. we used a hell of alot of deoderant cans to shoot these balls lol.
We were about 200kms from civilisation down a river where I used to work on a Station... good times.

[ryno_vrx]

deodorant-fail
lighter fluid or metho -win

[undar8ed1]

deodorant-fail
lighter fluid or metho -win

add CRC or similar to that mix or the deod, if you do, you`ll see what I mean.

[ryno_vrx]

add CRC or similar to that mix or the deod, if you do, you`ll see what I mean.

really? hmmm might have to head back up the property and repair the old cannon as last time i used it, it exploded

[roy38]

Butane!!!!!!!

[Troy711]

I've found that home brand hair spray works the best

[jakbob]

Start Ya Bastard works best I have found. You only need a tiny bit as well and it goes off with a hell of a bang. But thanks to our nanny government they are of course illegal.

[vn_v6]

mine loved tyre shine.... yes...aerosol tyre shine is CRAZY , and frozen limes are better shaped, i shot my mate with rotten apples as he ran HAHA, good times

[Maci]

I've found that home brand hair spray works the best

+1!!

i've found the same, the stuff you would never consider giving to someone to actually use for their hair.

[jakbob]

Trouble with the hairsprays and deodorants is that they leave gummy crap stuck inside the chamber.

[sik_dose]

Ive got the day off tomorow..............

[acarmody]

Ive got the day off tomorow..............

Pick a meeting place, and we can try all the suggestions posted above.

[Matt_vp]

+ 1 for start ya bastard, oxy and acetylene also works very well for a few blast and if you use lpg make some kind of remote trigger because there is a good chance the bottom will explode.

As for ammo, frozen oranges go the best for distance, mangos are good, but usually only the seed comes out, for show we used to wrap petrol soaked rags with duct tape and dip them back in petrol.
Mat

[kniever]

lol when i read the title of this thread i thought of the little red guns you buy a toy shops and shoot tiny bits of potato!

haha yeh i thought the same

[pow3rslave]

there's a site somewhere with designs for a pneumatic (air pressure, not combustion) ones, you pump them up, then flick a switch which opens a solenoid valve. i guess that's technically legal because it's not combustion, but good luck convincing the cops of it.