ammo for pneumatic rifles

[darkpyro]

hey i have just made a new pneumatic rifle and have been testing heaps of ammo ideas like screws nails blowgun darts and metal slugs i was wonderin if you guys had any ideas or any thing to add to my list

ps sry i am a really bad speller

[Cronic]

First of all your spelling is not bad. What size barrel do you have? I would suggest nails. Here's how to make your nail suitable. You take some tape and you start to tape the end of the nail where the head is till the layer is think enough to perfectly fit in your barrel. If your barrel is wide enough you might wanna try marbles.

[spudshot]

hmm what kind of gun is that again? oh right a spudgun, i would use POTATOES

[Cronic]

Well man if he said bolts I doubt he had bolts as big as spuds...

[darkpyro]

my barrel size is 12mm and thank you for thee tip about the nails i will try that also i found that frozen peas are fun to just shoot at things and birds because it does not kill them or hurt them to much it just stuns them

[Cronic]

I am sorry that I ever told you about anything I don't freaking care it just stuns them, how would you feal if someone just takes a club and stuns you for no apparent reason. That just stupid!

[boilingleadbath]

...Damn, they took my website down. I geuss I can't link to COM-P. (A projectile stability spreadsheet) Anyone have any good webhosts?

Never use "freewebpage.org".

[drac]

And drac to the rescue!!! Anyone wanna download COMP-P, it's located here:
http://www.freewebtown.com/pebr/comp.zip

[beebs111]

frozen peas are fun to just shoot at birds because it does not kill them or hurt them to much it just stuns them

still, not a good idea............. against forum rules.......... plus maybe they go into the woods and die after you shoot them.

EDIT:

I am sorry that I ever told you about anything I don't freaking care it just stuns them, how would you feal if someone just takes a club and stuns you for no apparent reason. That just stupid!

whoops my bad, im 2 slow.....

[darkpyro]

srry i did not know it was against forum rules and yeah that was a pretty bad idea and cruel thnxs for the advice

[longshot1068]

12mm (12.7mm) is 1/2 inch, try "AA" batteries. Havent tried it yet but isnt that also known as .50 caliber? maybe some muzzleloader slugs. But um no more of this shooting at animated (living) targets,ok? try to find some 45cal rounds that are saboted up to 50 cal, they will be lighter and fly with more power.

[darkpyro]

thank you so much i have been trying to buy some lead slugs of ebay but have not got that far because the australian ebay does not have much on it

[taterjim]

I never could find much that would shoot well in a 1/2" barrell,so I
drilled it with and 11/16 wood bit so I could shoot marbles and paint balls with
no hang ups..Its a little large for the marbles ,but boy do they shoot hard anyway. If I sort t he marbles I find that about 10% will go through a 1/2" barrel though some are tight.
This is probably due to poor quality control ,the larger barrel will shoot them all.

[beebs111]

3/4 in cpvc fits pbs really well, and is a little bigger than 50 cal. i had a little wood nub that fit kinda loose and i shot it at a piece of scrap carpet in my basement, and it went right thru.. i cant describe it well but its little and awesome.also AA batteries work good ina 1/2 in barrel, with a little duck tape. try rolling some paper into a tube and taping a bamboo skewer in the middle, they fly well and penetrate a lot, a 3/4 inch sch40 fits cO2 cartriges well... only shoot em empty, and they will penetrate through anything, (if they were full they would explode on impact...............) good luck with ur ammo and welcome to forums. make sure to read the rules thouroughly.
EDIT: also most marbles will fit in 1/2 inch pvc

[dentlauncher]

if you have a file you can sharpen the tips of the nails. if you use a TP wad they will go through a 2x4. they fit in 1/2 pvc