What Is This?
Dec 31, 2012 23:17:20 #
This thing looks like a cross between a gun, some weird cooking utensil, and an elaborate medical instrument.
It is of course none of those things: but can your work out what it was used for?
Struggling?
Well, it is in fact an eprouvette: an old-time device that was used to test the strength of gunpowder.
Fill the device with 'powder, fire it, and the explosion in the barrel pushes the gauge out; the further it sweeps, the stronger the gun powder.
[National Firearms Museum via Neatorama]
It is of course none of those things: but can your work out what it was used for?
Struggling?
Well, it is in fact an eprouvette: an old-time device that was used to test the strength of gunpowder.
Fill the device with 'powder, fire it, and the explosion in the barrel pushes the gauge out; the further it sweeps, the stronger the gun powder.
[National Firearms Museum via Neatorama]
Dec 31, 2012 23:53:58 #
Jan 1, 2013 00:29:28 #
Remoman wrote:
This thing looks like a cross between a gun, some ... (show quote)
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Jan 1, 2013 00:47:15 #
That's pretty cool! I've been around firearms most of my life and I've never seen one of those. Interesting piece of mechanics. Thanks for showing.
Jan 1, 2013 02:43:47 #
Jan 1, 2013 07:36:37 #
Hide it or its sure to reach the gun control crowd - their mantra will be cant' let horrible gun owner increase the power of their load.
Jan 1, 2013 08:47:05 #
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Jan 1, 2013 10:08:30 #
raymondh wrote:
Thank heavens! I thought it was some kind of chastity device.
With gun powder involved, that would be pretty extreme.
Jan 1, 2013 10:08:47 #
Jan 1, 2013 12:31:33 #
Jan 1, 2013 12:35:32 #
yhtomit wrote:
I thought it was the first speculum.
You were just speculating, though, right? Maybe that's where the designers got the idea for this powder tester.
Jan 1, 2013 12:51:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You were just speculating, though, right? Maybe that's where the designers got the idea for this powder tester.
yhtomit wrote:
I thought it was the first speculum.
You were just speculating, though, right? Maybe that's where the designers got the idea for this powder tester.
Good one Jerry. :thumbup:
Jan 2, 2013 21:13:16 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
raymondh wrote:
Thank heavens! I thought it was some kind of chastity device.
I'm sure in the right hands it could be.
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