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Pump Action Torch looks like a shotgun, but it's actually a really powerful torch.
You load in the multiple batteries using the same action as per the insertion of cartridges into a pump action shotgun. (see car chase scene in Bullitt when the shotgun gets loaded)
When you pull the trigger, instead
of a deadly blast of lead shot, a powerful beam of light is emitted.
Advantages: heavy and well engineered; appeals to "gun-nuts"; extremely powerful torch; requires no license; scares people; doubles up as a cudgel.
Disadvantages: scared people may shoot you if they have real guns; not a great accessory to carry on a date; may get you arrested when used in its cudgel mode.
bring this as a backup
EverReady_2045 [xenzag, Nov 12 2020]
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//spoof or art or both// - by both though, do you mean spoof art -
i.e. fake art, or an art spoof - i.e. a spoof of such creativity that it is
raised to the level of art? This is an important distinction. |
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//many of your ideas are offered as spoof or art or
both// I'd like to think that is All of my ideas. This
is after all The Halfbakery. |
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The spoof of the pudding...... |
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It's possible to modify the low-lethality 38mm ARWEN baton round by pulling the elastomer projectile out of the case using the corkscrew on a Swiss Army knife, and replacing it with a "D" cell wrapped in greaseproof or waxed paper to form a sabot, thus allowing the weapon to deliver a much more painful, damaging injury over a far longer range. It's possible to actually cause fractures of limbs with a properly-placed shot, leaving the victim writhing on the ground in agony. |
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Of course, no officer with a working moral compass* would ever allow the men under his command to do such a thing, let alone hold clandestine classes in the back of a truck demonstrating the exact reloading technique. |
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We will award a [+] for the very reasons that make [kdf] uneasy. |
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We would very much like to know how "powerful" a beam of light is emitted; for example, in a comparative test, how does it match up against a phased plasma rifle in the 40 Watt range ? |
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*Unless they maybe left it in the pocket of their other uniform, and forgot to bring it. |
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You don't carry much stock, do you ? We're going to try Maynard's pawnshop, then. |
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if you want to expend a battery's entire charge in a very
bright flash, you'll need to drain it into a capacitor ahead of
firing time. |
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WIFRT: I was expecting the "pump action" would
generate electricity, to be stored (although not
necessarily...) to power the torch. (I had a squeeze-
handle type dynamo torch back in the 1980's; a superior
design to the "crank handle" more common now.) |
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Probably not the best ergonomics for a torch to cover a wild range of practical uses. Predator shoulder torch? |
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