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PEW! PEW! Here’s A Mini Cannon For The Office

By David Ponce

Or wherever, really. Just don’t point it at people. It’s a tiny cannon that uses black powder and .177″ BBs, and is able to fire them up to 100 yards. That’s like, almost 100 meters. They are precision machined and at close range are able to inflict some pretty decent damage, like breaking glasses or piercing Coke cans. Oh, and they’re loud too. So, yeah, don’t be an idiot with them. You have to provide your own BBs and black powder, but the cannon itself is only $29 and comes in a variety of colours.

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