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#71269 - 08/15/06 01:41 AM Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
harrkev Offline
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Registered: 09/05/01
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Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
You have GOT to check this out... A revolver that will actually fit in an Altoids tin, and might even leave enough space for some matches and band-aids...

http://www.swissminigun.com/

Less than 2.2" long, and shoots 2.34mm (less than 0.1") bullets.

Wow.!
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#71270 - 08/15/06 02:18 AM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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Registered: 12/23/05
Posts: 203
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area, USA
If I am really expecting trouble, my backup to my backup is a 32ACP. When I take it to the range, my rangemaster just shakes his head and laughs. BUT, no one has yet to take me up on the offer to "play catch". My usual comment is "It is better than throwing rocks". In the case of the gun you found, rocks would be better.

But it looks like amazing craftsmanship.
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#71271 - 08/15/06 12:30 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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In the case of the gun you found, rocks would be better.

I estimate the stopping power to be less than that of a $20 BB gun. But, then again, this revolver does have an awesome cool factor that just can't be measured. If you took that to a range, I guarantee that it would turn heads.
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#71272 - 08/15/06 12:59 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
norad45 Offline
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Registered: 07/01/04
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Am I reading that right? Less than 1 Ft/lb of muzzle energy? Nice gun for flies maybe...... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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#71273 - 08/15/06 01:17 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
JIM Offline
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
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Nice gun for flies maybe......


To shoot at flies or to give to flies............ <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Remember: next time you try to kill a fly, it can fight back now...... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#71274 - 08/15/06 06:00 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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Registered: 09/16/04
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I'd opt for the semi-automatic

http://www.littlegun.be/colibri/Kolibri-02.jpg

<img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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#71275 - 08/16/06 02:21 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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Registered: 02/24/03
Posts: 324
Loc: Rhode Island
That's not actually meant to stop anything, right? Because I just don't see that happening. Cute, though, and looks fun to play with.

I think I just described myself in a fight. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#71276 - 08/16/06 03:09 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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I just read elsewhere that the price is going to be around $5000. Ammo is supposed to be something like $10 per round. I guess that it really is for collectors.
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#71277 - 08/16/06 05:59 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
a_m Offline
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Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 29
Loc: Ottawa
Interesting. And, amazingly enough, perfectly legal in Canada.

Ordinarily, a gun with a less than 10cm (~4") barrel is classed as a "saturday night special" and is completely illegal. Except that this thing only has a muzzle velocity of 130m/s (426ft/s), and is therefore not a firearm at all under Canadian law (firearms have a muzzle velocity of at least 150m/s / 500ft/s).

Anybody know what the effective range of this thing would be? (Effective range in the sense of "range at which you can expect to hit a target", obviously, not "range at which you can expect to have the target notice it was hit").

Alex

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#71278 - 08/18/06 07:45 AM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
I wonder how fast you can get it out of the holster? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Truly a weapon to stick up an aggressor's nose... the whole thing.

Sue

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#71279 - 08/19/06 02:56 AM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
REDDOG79 Offline
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Registered: 12/21/04
Posts: 115
Loc: ENGLEWOOD ,TN
I think I will stick with my NAA 5-shot .22 LR revolver with the quick release belt buckle.

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#71280 - 10/28/06 07:13 PM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
JIM Offline
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Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
Look at the link now. They closed the site temporaly
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#71281 - 10/29/06 04:54 AM Re: Perfect gun for the Altoids tin...
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now kids will take that to school and cause a school shooting.haha jk,
but seriously i can punch harder than that thing could fire
......well the lil gun might hurt if its right at your temple or eye ball.
it reminds me of the gun in wild wild west.

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