newsteadvic wrote:gillian wrote:agentzero wrote:What's the soup can on the front of the sawn-off .308 meant to be doing?
If you mean the No1 Mk3*
It is a granade launcher
No, it is a movie prop from Star Wars, so the prior posters who state they or family have one must be related to Jawas.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ion_blaster
http://www.kraytclan.com/forum/topic/13 ... aster-kit/
http://www.yourprops.com/Jawa-Ion-Blast ... 42766.html
I was waiting for this to come out, I first saw one when the Starwars exhibition was at the powerhouse museum, about five years ago?. Many of the weapons used in starwars comprise parts of genuine firearms. For instance Austen hand grips are prevelent on a few and there are other examples. One weapon uses parts from an MG42, try and spot it.
On Sunday I used an original DISCHARGER CUP on an EY reinforced rifle(a full sized SMLE with wire reinforcing) to launch balls 50meters plus using .303 blanks- a lot of fun. It should be noted that shortened SMLE rifles were used, unofficially, as pistols by the tunnelers as there was a shortage of pistols and aussies are known improvisors. Genuine discharger cups are legal and don't require licencing.
However launching grenades into a tunnel probably isn't beneficial to either side nor could the firearm be held as there is WAY too much recoil, the reason the rifle was meant to be reinforced before use with a discharger cup.
I could be wrong and there could be a genuine military firearm such as this but I doubt it, I think it more likely that either Apollo's uncle is a Jawa or there is a funny smell to his post.
I would be quite happy to be proved wrong as there are some unusual things out there.