Giant Ammo Prop

While going through the garage, I found an old fire extinguisher that had been in there since 1987. It needed to be recharged, but I decided to use it for another purpose. Since I have been working on putting together a military themed motorized bicycle, I decided that I could use this fire extinguisher as a prop. It was the perfect shape for a giant bullet prop that I can carry on the luggage rack. 

If you don't have an old fire extinguisher laying around, you can always use one of those aluminum water bottles. I found a couple of the aluminum water bottles at the 99 cents store that would be perfect for a round nose bullet instead of the rifle bullet that this instructable features. 

Step 1 Tools/Materials

Materials-

• 5 minute Epoxy
• 2 inch Dowel (Wood of Choice)
• 6"X6"X 3/4" wood (Wood of Choice)
• Pencil
• Steel Wool and Sandpaper (120, 220 grit)
• Spray Primer
• Brass and Copper colored Spray Paint
• Masking Tape
• Newspaper
• Fire Extinguisher Body or Aluminum Water Bottle

Tools-

• Lathe With a Variety of Gouges
• Pencil

Comments

[Kaptain Kool]

BOOM headshot ; )

[dla888]

lol Wonder how much a round of this would cost.
Nice 'ible.

[hackmattr]

I wonder the size of the gun and the damage it would do if it was real. =D

[dla888]

See below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_mm_Bofors

[dergon]

its called a cannon

[broper]

now all you need is a big sniper

[hjjusa]

Did you put a primer on it also?

[hackmattr]

I used the parting tool and made a line like you see around a primer on a real bullet. I didn't paint it though.

[mikeasaurus]

Awesome prop!

You're going to have a lot of 'splaining to do if you get pulled over with this on your motorbike rack.

[hackmattr]

Yea.... I will. =D