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Having seen hard laundry soap moulded to the shape of
bullets and used very effectively against rats, especially
inside buildings, I see an enhanced use for cheese in a similar
application.
Spent shot attracts rats to a particular spot, where another
shot dispatches yet more rats.
The weapon
used could be set up with a motion sensor and
solenoid-actuated trigger, to create a "rat killing field" in the
corner of a warehouse.
I hope it was a clean kill. — MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 19 2012
Maizechinegun
It has been a while since somebody buttered up [UnaBubba] [normzone, Sep 26 2016]
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Come on... they'll be popular with the French, if
nothing else. |
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We will prototype this and get back to you. |
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//Come on... they'll be popular on the French, if nothing else.// |
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Now, now - play nicely. M. Bonepart is long gone. |
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I'd heard of homing ammunition, but this is the first time I've heard of homing targets. |
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Yes … wonderful, isn't it ? |
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Despite being small of stature, ugly,
malodourous, arrogant and agressive, Boney
was in fact not french but Corsican. But we
can see how the mistake could arise. |
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The idea will no doubt be grasped with joy by
the french military, a.k.a. the Backwards
Marathon team, as the perfect justification;
"We had to surrender, our cheese-based
ammunition was ineffective. Besides, we'd
eaten most of it". |
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If the cheese bullet is inside a dead rat--which other rats
will instinctively avoid--how will it attract rats? |
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From what I saw of the after-effects of .303 calibre
soap rounds, there's no "inside", in terms of the
normal usage of that word, of the rat to be found. |
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I hope it was a clean kill. |
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This is true. I was operating under the assumption the
cheese does not share the penetrative qualities of copper-
jacketed lead. Even soap is harder than smoked gouda. |
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Dare I suggest... a frozen cheese bullet? |
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The friability of cheese at 2750 fps means any rat in a
beaten zone approximately 2 feet across at a range
of 30 feet is effectively toast. |
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That kind of muzzle velocity probably means necked
rounds and an awful lot of pressure concenrated in the
chamber. How do you propose to discharge the cartridge
without destroying the cheese? Perhaps a sabot or a
wadding cup... |
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20-gauge with a plaswad ... |
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Current experimentaton is indicatin a .410
smoothbore may be optimum. Cleaning
cheese out of rifling is slow and messy … |
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The other workable alternative maybe a
38mm flare pistol. |
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Maybe a 40mm M203 grenade launcher, underslung?
We're talking cheeses of mass destruction, at this
stage. |
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I suggest a fonduethrower; it projects a stream of molten
cheese up to 60 yards. Great for bunker-busting and
house-to-house streetfighting. |
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"… and then this ward is set aside entirely
for cases of indigestion, constipation and
obesity …" |
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