Industrial guns

[gmerkt]

These aren't sporting arms, they are used in industrial applications:

Gun Test: Hands On the Remington MasterBlaster 8-Gauge Industrial Gun

At a recent media event at the Remington ammunition factory in Lonoke, Ark., I had the pleasure of shooting some

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Winchester | Industrial Products - Equipment

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Decades ago, my cousin showed me a large, shotgun-like cartridge. I believe it was 4 gauge, with a single projectile. Which was like a rifled slug, only it was somewhat pointed. He told me is was for a foundry gun, used for shooting slag off the top of molten metal. Mounted on a railing.

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[Stomper]

These aren't sporting arms, they are used in industrial applications:

Gun Test: Hands On the Remington MasterBlaster 8-Gauge Industrial Gun

At a recent media event at the Remington ammunition factory in Lonoke, Ark., I had the pleasure of shooting some

www.athlonoutdoors.com

Winchester | Industrial Products - Equipment

winchesterindustrial.com

Decades ago, my cousin showed me a large, shotgun-like cartridge. I believe it was 4 gauge, with a single projectile. Which was like a rifled slug, only it was somewhat pointed. He told me is was for a foundry gun, used for shooting slag off the top of molten metal. Mounted on a railing.

This is my old "industrial" gun…. military industrial complex, that is!

 

[clanhanson]

I've used a powder actuated nail gun several times... they're pretty dang fun

 

[Val1884]

Kiln guns are 8ga.

 

[Provincial]

Ski areas used to use recoilless rifles to trigger avalanches when slopes were clear. This was for safety reasons. I wonder if they still do this?

 

[RVTECH]

I've used a powder actuated nail gun several times

I often wonder how they have escaped some sort of gun-like designation.

 

[kmk1012]

Ski areas used to use recoilless rifles to trigger avalanches when slopes were clear. This was for safety reasons. I wonder if they still do this?

Yes, a family member lives year round at a retort town in Colorado and that's his job during the ski season. He drives the snow cat daily and assesses the risk and gets to shoot them as needed. What a job!

 

[ditchtiger]

I have one of those 8ga. shells unfired.

 

[Flopsweat]

4 gauge was a common caliber for the punt gun, a waterfowl gun that was used to take multiple birds at once.