hey, watch where you point that whistle...

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:43 am

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?

-Daniel

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:01 am

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!

illuminatus99 · Post by **illuminatus99** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 11:26 am

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.

mat · Post by **mat** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:11 pm

Daniel wrote:but does anyone know of whistles being made from gun barrels?

mmmm...I have certainly come accross whistles made by gunsmiths but not actually out of guns.

Bloody good idea tho' if you ask me

Mat

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:17 pm

seems kinda heavy. And, would the rifling inside mess up airflow?

spittin_in_the_wind · Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:27 pm

And where would you put the fipple????

Robin

CHIFF FIPPLE · Post by **CHIFF FIPPLE** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:42 pm

Place Fipple Here

trisha · Post by **trisha** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:42 pm

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!!

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:15 pm

What's this thread, anyway? Whistling for Columbine?

Here's a N(R?)A double-barrel flute, tuned to 12-gauge...

If it sells, I'd better work on that AK-47 design...

Jetboy · Post by **Jetboy** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:34 pm

CHIFF FIPPLE wrote:Place Fipple Here

My mentor has a Low A whistle that looks something like this!!!

Dalberon · Post by **Dalberon** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 7:41 am

CHIFF FIPPLE wrote:Place Fipple Here

ROFLMAO

illuminatus99 · Post by **illuminatus99** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:40 am

The Weekenders wrote:seems kinda heavy. And, would the rifling inside mess up airflow?

most shotgun barrels are smoothbore, a steel whistle would be a bit lighter than a brass one.

DavidSchulz · Post by **DavidSchulz** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 1:59 am

Wow Zubivka, your social consciousness is exuberant! You put angry eyes in the same sentence as AK-47! Why, you must be a political marvel!

Cheers!

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 3:41 am

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!

serpent

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 8:14 am

I tried to make one from a push-rod from a 4.0 liter V6 wrangler engine. It was a miserable failure.

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