To close this tread, I've learned that the boss and his research associates have arranged for a gun to fire one or more of the Flamethrower loads. This is at the maximum muzzle velocity and I do mean ULTIMATE. Somehow they have arranged to have the shells fired by NASA's Ames Lab Vertical Gun, which can fire projectiles up to 11 km/sec (23,000 fps by my calculations). The device is used to simulate meteors and asteroids striking objects at high velocity. Here's a link to the description of the gun (device). This will be a bit safer and more scientific than firing it through his Remington auto.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/14mar_marbles.htm

and

http://thermo-physics.arc.nasa.gov/fact_sheets/Range%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf


Last edited by Dave Schiller; 06/09/08 07:22 PM.