Found this post on ak47.net; me want! Any of these in Canada?
The Czech RV-85 26.5mm "Flare Rifle"
The RV-85 really is a Gas Gun not a cheap launcher. it is built like a tank, Heavy Milled reviever, chrome lined heavy barrel. High quality Bluing, Very nice wood (high-grade Turkish walnut wood) high quality tool kit, 50 100 meter sights. (it is direct fire) cleaning kit, TEST Target! Spare parts,
cleaning kit, Canvas case, Sling.
All for about $300.00. Get em' while you can as there are about 1000 in the USA (+ or -)
Reloadable casings are available
More info at Grog's site
Grog's 37mm and 40mm Webpage
I think this is the perfect "low cost" DD launcher project.
Images found on the net (not mine)
Small Arms Review review
http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1026
Excerpt
Confessions of a Gun Addict: The Czech RV-85 Flare Launcher
By Will Dabbs, MD
The RV-85 was designed and built at the BRNO factory during the 1980s. It is a classic relic of the Cold War. Originally designed to fire rocket-assisted, barrier-penetrating teargas rounds, this weapon occupies that murky space just above marine flare launchers and just below true grenade launchers. There were approximately 2,500 of these guns produced in what was then Czechoslovakia. Roughly 1,000 of them made it into this country to be sold as non-firearm flare launchers.
The RV-85 is 37 inches long and sports a 19.75-inch barrel length. Depending upon where you get yours the launcher can include some fascinating accessories. The bargain version comes with nothing more than a spare firing pin. The deluxe setup includes a sling, a cleaning kit, a soft case, a spare parts set, and, of all things, a test target.
The beauty of the RV-85 is its bore diameter. At 26.5 mm it is the rough equivalent of a 4-gauge using the classic English shotgun measurement system. This puts the bore just a tad larger than one inch. To put this into perspective, a standard 12-gauge has a bore diameter of about .72 inches. Should you not already be aware of it, shotgun gauges are so determined by the number of pure lead balls of a given bore diameter that make up a pound. 28, 20, 16, and 12-gauge shotguns are described thusly. Therefore should the RV-85 be called upon to fire a single lead ball, that ball would weigh a full quarter pound. Wow.
The reason the RV-85 transfers unrestricted as a non-firearm is based upon the fact that there is no commercially available antipersonnel ammunition available in this country. There are rumors of rocket-assisted armor-piercing rounds being produced in this caliber overseas but we will obviously never see them here.
The Czech RV-85 26.5mm "Flare Rifle"
The RV-85 really is a Gas Gun not a cheap launcher. it is built like a tank, Heavy Milled reviever, chrome lined heavy barrel. High quality Bluing, Very nice wood (high-grade Turkish walnut wood) high quality tool kit, 50 100 meter sights. (it is direct fire) cleaning kit, TEST Target! Spare parts,
cleaning kit, Canvas case, Sling.
All for about $300.00. Get em' while you can as there are about 1000 in the USA (+ or -)
Reloadable casings are available
More info at Grog's site
Grog's 37mm and 40mm Webpage
I think this is the perfect "low cost" DD launcher project.
Images found on the net (not mine)
Small Arms Review review
http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1026
Excerpt
Confessions of a Gun Addict: The Czech RV-85 Flare Launcher
By Will Dabbs, MD
The RV-85 was designed and built at the BRNO factory during the 1980s. It is a classic relic of the Cold War. Originally designed to fire rocket-assisted, barrier-penetrating teargas rounds, this weapon occupies that murky space just above marine flare launchers and just below true grenade launchers. There were approximately 2,500 of these guns produced in what was then Czechoslovakia. Roughly 1,000 of them made it into this country to be sold as non-firearm flare launchers.
The RV-85 is 37 inches long and sports a 19.75-inch barrel length. Depending upon where you get yours the launcher can include some fascinating accessories. The bargain version comes with nothing more than a spare firing pin. The deluxe setup includes a sling, a cleaning kit, a soft case, a spare parts set, and, of all things, a test target.
The beauty of the RV-85 is its bore diameter. At 26.5 mm it is the rough equivalent of a 4-gauge using the classic English shotgun measurement system. This puts the bore just a tad larger than one inch. To put this into perspective, a standard 12-gauge has a bore diameter of about .72 inches. Should you not already be aware of it, shotgun gauges are so determined by the number of pure lead balls of a given bore diameter that make up a pound. 28, 20, 16, and 12-gauge shotguns are described thusly. Therefore should the RV-85 be called upon to fire a single lead ball, that ball would weigh a full quarter pound. Wow.
The reason the RV-85 transfers unrestricted as a non-firearm is based upon the fact that there is no commercially available antipersonnel ammunition available in this country. There are rumors of rocket-assisted armor-piercing rounds being produced in this caliber overseas but we will obviously never see them here.
