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Thanks for the insight guys! Some valuable information in the name of fun.

As for the guy missing a digit. I can imagine that was a very painful experience. This falls under my category of accepted risk. Because if you are going to play with fire, you may get burned.

I take the same risks getting on my four wheeler every day. But hey, what's a broken leg right? Lol, anyhow thanks you all for the info!

I would not be worried about it if I were just planning to use it right here on my property. The thing I am wondering about is if I traveled with it in the bed of my pickup on the way to my buddies land and were to get stopped, How would the LEO feel about it.

Maybe one will come along and let us all know

Yeah we used to do dumb things with potato guns when I was alot younger. Such as putting all sorts of shrapnel on top of the potato. Since then, wiser brain cells have prevailed and I don't even use spuds anymore. I use the little foam/rubber balls kids play games with. A lot softer in the wake of any mishaps.

This is way off topic so it should fit well in this group.

We always built potato guns/cannons growing up and have always heard different stories on what the law actually is pertaining to these. I have started building another one, just to have something to mess around with.

Simple pipe barrel and chamber with a bbq igniter and fueled by hairspray.

So my question is: Are these things legal or illegal?

Its just something fun to mess around with and abunch of my friends around here have them but I have always heard both sides of the fence on the topic so I just want to stay on the right side of the law... And have fun...