Mailing Tube "Gun" Fires Balls With Speed and Accuracy

Titolo: Mailing Tube "Gun" Fires Balls With Speed and Accuracy
Oggetto: en Technology; en Trivialization (toys)
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Mailing Tube "Gun" Fires Balls With Speed and Accuracy
extracted text: A long mailing tube and a soft rubber ball that will fit loosely inside of it can be used as an interesting gun for in-door target practice. A deep notch is cut in one side of the tube near the end. In use, drop the ball into the tube so that it may be held in place with the thumb, bring the tube to a vertical position and then strike forward with it so that the tube comes to a horizontal position as quickly as possible. At about the angle indicated in the arc of swing, raise the thumb and the ball will fly out of the tube at high speed. Accuracy of firing is a matter of practice, of course, but it can be developed to a surprising degree.
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War II
Data di rilascio: 1941-07
pagine: 106
Diritti: Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google Books
Archived by: Enrico Saonara; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)