hey, watch where you point that whistle...
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hey, watch where you point that whistle...
Being new to whistling, I'm just a little curious... I've heard of an arrow shaft whistle (Mack Hoover)... but does anyone know of whistles being made from gun barrels? Know of any other interesting things that whistles have been made from?
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Hi,
I have tried the following with mixed results:
ski pole, fishing rod, down tube from a hanglider, battens, plastic road marker tubes (plenty of these around in the winter), bike handle bar, and the tip of a fibreglass antenna.
Anything that I can fit to a Gen, Sweet or Howard low D plastic head is worth a try.
Cheers!
I have tried the following with mixed results:
ski pole, fishing rod, down tube from a hanglider, battens, plastic road marker tubes (plenty of these around in the winter), bike handle bar, and the tip of a fibreglass antenna.
Anything that I can fit to a Gen, Sweet or Howard low D plastic head is worth a try.
Cheers!
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most gun barrels are hardened steel and they tend to be very thick walled with a small bore, a barrel from a 12 gauge shotgun might make for a good low whistle though. you'd have to turn it down a bit to make the wall an even thickness, most shotgun barrels get thicker the closer you get to the chamber. maybe I'll check with my gunsmith and see if he has any old barrels with a cracked chamber that he wants to get rid of.
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Re: hey, watch where you point that whistle...
mmmm...I have certainly come accross whistles made by gunsmiths but not actually out of guns.Daniel wrote:but does anyone know of whistles being made from gun barrels?
Bloody good idea tho' if you ask me
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Steve Harper's a gunsmith but Harper whistles are "normal" though not to my taste.
Blowing into a single barrel shotgun APPARENTLY sounds convincingly like a horn and has been used for summoning gundogs (hopefully not to clear up the potential mess...).
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME - ENTIRELY ON HEARSAY!!
Blowing into a single barrel shotgun APPARENTLY sounds convincingly like a horn and has been used for summoning gundogs (hopefully not to clear up the potential mess...).
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME - ENTIRELY ON HEARSAY!!
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Well, it's kind of going the other way, but at a show a couple weeks ago, I used a low A barrel to shoot mini-marshmallows at a kid who kept shooting a marshmallow gun at me. She was pretty surprised!
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