Ten millimeter with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade

August 28, 2015 12:39 AM

Build Your Own Aliens M41-A Pulse Rifle Prop for Under $30 (SLYT)
posted by Artw (25 comments total)

I have a friend who likes to make prop guns. He always makes a big orange foam cowl which can be pushed on to the end of the barrel, and this is in place whenever the prop is being moved between locations.

An orange barrel says "think twice, this is probably a toy", black barrel says "take no chances, this may be an assault riffle". Very handy if you have the gun on the back seat of your car when you're stopped by a traffic cop.
posted by samworm at 12:57 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

That's a proper Blue Peter-style 'make'
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:17 AM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Halloween costume - in the pipe, five by five.
posted by Happy Dave at 2:54 AM on August 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

Oooh, it looked very cool just after a coat of matte black paint. Enough to make a convincing "generic space marine" costume, anyways.
posted by Harald74 at 3:25 AM on August 28, 2015

Very handy if you have the gun on the back seat of your car when you're stopped by a traffic cop.

I've been pulled over three times in the last few years. One officer asked if there were any weapons in the car; the other two didn't even ask, although I am sure my concealed permit pops up in their database when they run my license and I'd conservatively guess that half of the vehicles on the road here have a pistol in the glovebox or a rifle behind the seat.

Around here, I am pretty sure I could have a genuine M41-A Pulse rifle on the back seat and the most that would happen is a conversation about elk season.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:07 AM on August 28, 2015

Well what you supposed to use against elk, harsh language?
posted by wilful at 4:19 AM on August 28, 2015 [10 favorites]

It shoots through schools.
posted by schoolgirl report at 4:36 AM on August 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

I was into airsoft for a couple of years, and had a Tokyo Marui full-auto electric FAMAS rifle. It shipped with a bright orange flash suppressor that looked pretty ridiculous... but painting it black is one of the things that future me will go back and prevent when I invent a time machine. Though there were never any incidents (nor cops looking at it), it wasn't the smartest move.

...also I'd have waited a bit and gotten the P90 instead.
posted by Foosnark at 5:06 AM on August 28, 2015

"I like to keep this replica handy... for close encounters"
posted by greenhornet at 5:06 AM on August 28, 2015

any weapons in the car?

"I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine. This is an M41A Pulse Rifle. Ten millimeter, with over-and-under thirty millimeter pump action grenade launcher."
posted by three blind mice at 7:17 AM on August 28, 2015

"Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another elk hunt?"
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:01 AM on August 28, 2015 [5 favorites]

"Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another elk hunt?"

"I say we take off and nuke the elk from orbit."
posted by happyroach at 9:51 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

What do you mean, the elk cut the power? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!
posted by Artw at 10:14 AM on August 28, 2015 [3 favorites]

It don't matter when it's elk, baby.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:23 AM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Hudson, sir. He's an elk.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:23 AM on August 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

Somebody said "Elks," she thought they said "Elks Club" and signed up.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:24 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

I don't know which species is worse, you don't see Epk fucking each other over for a percentage.
posted by Artw at 10:30 AM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

Nah. It's a rock. No indigenous elk.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:41 AM on August 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

Hey, Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for an elk?

Ripley's last trip out, the syn... the artificial elk malfunctioned.

All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every ungulate an elk! I LOVE the Corps!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:46 AM on August 28, 2015 [3 favorites]

I'm well beyond the point where "elk" is the weirdest word ever. Elk. Elllllllllll-kuh.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:47 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]

I admire its purity.
posted by Artw at 10:50 AM on August 28, 2015 [4 favorites]

Artw: "I admire its purity."

The elk is one of the noblest and purest creatures in nature.

(Also, elk jerky is really nasty. You have been warned.)
posted by Samizdata at 6:35 PM on August 28, 2015 [2 favorites]

We’re on an express elevator to elk, going down!
posted by Pronoiac at 8:38 PM on August 28, 2015

The elk is one of the noblest and purest creatures in nature.

The elk is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful chordate I've ever known in my life.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:41 PM on August 28, 2015

With a funny habit of shedding its cells and replacing them with polarized silicon, giving it a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions.
posted by Artw at 10:45 PM on August 28, 2015