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22mm ball and burst valve cannon

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:53 pm
by cfb_rolley
whipped this cannon up out of some spare parts a couple days ago, operates by filling the cannon with a burst disc loaded to less than bursting pressure, closing the ball valve and filling the bigger tank with more. Or, can be operated using the ball valve alone. I haven't really used it much yet, but seems to have some pretty decent power for such a simple cannon, and is comfortable to use.
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I've been shooting Nerf mega darts with wadding and the heads filled with hot glue and at a guess it's probably getting round the 200fps mark at 50psi. I'd be interested to see what it could do with a potato at 150psi. In future I might add a bipod and a spring to the ball valve, but otherwise it's fun as it is.

Re: 22mm ball and burst valve cannon

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:12 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
cfb_rolley wrote:operates by filling the cannon with a burst disc loaded to less than bursting pressure, closing the ball valve and filling the bigger tank with more.
Nice way of improving ball valve efficiency, kudos!

Re: 22mm ball and burst valve cannon

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:51 am
by bravootome
it looks like hatsan 125 that i want to purchase, and very nice way you paint it !