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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 7595048, member: 77639&quot;]Most of us have seen scenes of a sharpshooter (usually an actor who doesn’t know a trigger from a hammer) nailing a poor coin tossed in the air.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not that they really shot it …&nbsp; it was special effects or a real sharpshooter.&nbsp; And not the nicest way to treat an ’89-CC Morgan.</p><p><br /></p><p>But did ya know, ya can skip regular ammo.&nbsp; Yup, there have been pistols that fired coins as slugs.&nbsp; Many were used in arcades.&nbsp; You fired your coin at a target.&nbsp; If you missed (the usual case, of course), the coin stayed in the booth.&nbsp; The most famous is the McGlashan pistol which fired nickels and was spring powered.&nbsp; See pics below.&nbsp; A link is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGlashan_Coin_Shooting_Pistol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGlashan_Coin_Shooting_Pistol" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGlashan_Coin_Shooting_Pistol</a>.&nbsp; There were others that fired pennies; see the pics.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some more recent designs were for shooting coins into toll booth baskets … not sure any were actually sold.&nbsp; Imagine if a cop is behind you when you pull out a gun and aim it toward the coin-collection machine. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’m sure coins have been used as lethal projectiles.&nbsp; Easy to imagine one tossed in with grape shot in a cannon or put on top of a land mine for luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you search for “coin gun” on youtube, you’ll find lots of vids on making you own.&nbsp; Most are either rubber band or repulsion coil powered.&nbsp; Some of the latter can accelerate a coin to dangerous muzzle velocities.&nbsp; If you make one, be careful using it and where you take it … you don’t want to miss your flight while trying to explain to TSA that it’s not really dangerous. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cal</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308112[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308113[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308114[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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