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 Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:46 pm Post subject: Trailering my Kitfox OT |
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I already had fun with something like that...
Some years ago a friend of mine who had a museum permit had a small portable 50 mm Russian anti aircraft gun. We spent the whole winter re-loading old brass, every seventh one a tracer... We actually got two full belts (chains) reloaded. He then went to the local Mountie for permission to move the gun to a firing range. The Mountie agreed to help us if he was allowed to squeeze off a few seconds of shells. I don’t know what the cyclic rate of fire was, it was measured in rounds per second, it reminded me of a chainsaw.
On the designated day both myself and the Mountie turned up at my friend’s to move the weapon. The Mountie required that he carry the ammunition in his car alone and because of the sensitive nature of the cargo in the back of my Saffari station wagon with the blackout glass, he would give us an escort to the firing range. As we were leaving the town with the Mountie out in front, bubble gum machines happily flashing, (pre light bar)I picked up a semi rig who’s driver decided he wanted to give my back bumper a close inspection at ten miles per hour over the legal limit. We were contacted the Mountie, by CB radio, ( portables I owned) who instructed me to lower the back window and give the trucker a “real good look” at exactly what it was he was crowding. The blackout glass slid silently (at close to 60mph) into the back door... A foot or two of the 50 MM flash arrestor slid out of the back of the wagon and all I heard were airbrakes and Jakes behind me working overtime.
I think the bugger in the truck got the idea. It’s the last we saw of him. Generally speaking it’s not a good idea to tailgate Mounties who have their roof flashers turned on.
BTW two full boxes of ammo only lasted several seconds. It took almost twenty minutes for the barrel to cool down enough to lift the gun back into the car. Anyone wanting to borrow the gun should know a few things... The shells were never reloaded again, The firing mechanism was removed from the gun and I guess is stored in a remote location. The museum moved about twenty years ago.
Over the years I have wished for that gun several times mostly when riding my motorcycle and being crowded by tractor trailers. Darned if I know where I could get a bike big enough to carry the hardware though.
I’ll remember this time... Do Not Archive
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Noel Loveys
Campbellton, NL, Canada
CDN AME intern, PP-Rec
C-FINB, Kitfox III-A
582 B box, Ivo IFA, Aerocet 1100 floats
[url=noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca]noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca[/url]
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: Trailering my Kitfox OT |
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Noel Loveys wrote:
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I already had fun with something like that...
Some years ago a friend of mine who had a museum permit had a small
portable 50 mm Russian anti aircraft gun. We spent the whole winter
re-loading old brass, every seventh one a tracer... We actually got
two full belts (chains) reloaded. He then went to the local Mountie
for permission to move the gun to a firing range. The Mountie agreed
to help us if he was allowed to squeeze off a few seconds of shells. I
don’t know what the cyclic rate of fire was, it was measured in rounds
per second, it reminded me of a chainsaw.
On the designated day both myself and the Mountie turned up at my
friend’s to move the weapon. The Mountie required that he carry the
ammunition in his car alone and because of the sensitive nature of the
cargo in the back of my Saffari station wagon with the blackout glass,
he would give us an escort to the firing range. As we were leaving the
town with the Mountie out in front, bubble gum machines happily
flashing, (pre light bar)I picked up a semi rig who’s driver decided
he wanted to give my back bumper a close inspection at ten miles per
hour over the legal limit. We were contacted the Mountie, by CB radio,
( portables I owned) who instructed me to lower the back window and
give the trucker a “real good look” at exactly what it was he was
crowding. The blackout glass slid silently (at close to 60mph) into
the back door... A foot or two of the 50 MM flash arrestor slid out of
the back of the wagon and all I heard were airbrakes and Jakes behind
me working overtime.
I think the bugger in the truck got the idea. It’s the last we saw of
him. Generally speaking it’s not a good idea to tailgate Mounties who
have their roof flashers turned on.
BTW two full boxes of ammo only lasted several seconds. It took almost
twenty minutes for the barrel to cool down enough to lift the gun back
into the car. Anyone wanting to borrow the gun should know a few
things... The shells were never reloaded again, The firing mechanism
was removed from the gun and I guess is stored in a remote location.
The museum moved about twenty years ago.
Over the years I have wished for that gun several times mostly when
riding my motorcycle and being crowded by tractor trailers. Darned if
I know where I could get a bike big enough to carry the hardware though.
I’ll remember this time... Do Not Archive
Sigtaturea
*Noel Loveys*
Campbellton, NL, Canada
CDN AME intern, PP-Rec
C-FINB, Kitfox III-A
582 B box, Ivo IFA, Aerocet 1100 floats
noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
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