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hey i was woundering if anyone could give me some ideas on things to shoot ive shot socks, bolts, engine pistons, anything else yall can think of??

Potatoes wo rk pretty good (just kidding) I found some cat balls ( cat toys) that fit right in the barrel perfectly at the dollar store. there about 4 for a dollar. They are light and float down slowly so the neighborhood kids catch them. Plastic medicine cups .the clear ones , a little larger than nyquil cups fit in the end of the barrel and make a tight seall. I have aslo shot some of those short fat candles but they get kind of expensive.

I wrote this ammo list to help noobs find new ammos http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtop ... 7&lighter=

ping pong balls

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Speaking of the ammo list, might it be better if we subdevided it into the varius projectile diameters - a list for 1", 1.24", and so on?
Anyway, I ran around the house with my ammo gauge to find a suitable projectile:
Tea candles (the short, wide things with a metal casing), the larger spools of thread (without thread), mini axe cans, certain small plastic bottles (no, not only Rx - pool chems too), 25 ml elmyer flasks (lol).
Bah, I'm done looking.

yeah salad tosser pingpong balls are good, you can fill em with pennies to give them some weight, or fill em with paint to make a mess

you can also fill ping pong balls with flour it makes a good effect when it hits

fill one ping pong ball with glue then put one behind it filled with crap that will stick to the glue. will make for cool target practice.

1.5" pvc? golf balls are the way to go man, the dimples make them aerodynamic and fly somewhat straight. If an old dude can drive one 300 yards with a club a proper spud gun should launch one out of sight (500 yards maybe?)

I've heard somewhere (can't quite recall where) that placing a railroad spike into a potato and just launching that makes for one hell of a shot...

I intened to try this soon, so if anyone here sees any glaring problems with this type of ammunition, warn me, eh?

If you try the railroad spike idea, make sure you have it seated in the center of the potato, and the spike isn't touching the barrel at all. I don't think its likely, but if the railroad spike got a bit sideways and caught inside the barrel, that could be a problem. Having said that, I launch spuds with big nails through them into trees all the time. If you get the angle right, they'll stick in trees.

Milk jug caps make perfect sabots for 1.5" barrels.

Take a cardboard paper towel tube. Fold a paper towel lengthwise until its about 2" tall and then wrap it around the base of the tube (for wadding) and put some tape on it to keep it there. Then, tape the bottom of the tube shut, and fill it with anything you have handy. Rocks, flower, jello, your little sister's barbie dolls, etc... and launch.

I'm going to try making slugs out of plaster of paris. I'll just pour the plaster into a 4-6" long piece of barrel-size pipe and let it dry overnight. Should be a cheap, effective projectile. Using a mold like that you can make slugs out of ice, jello, etc...

Peace,
Pete Zaria.

Golf balls don't fit in Sch40. They fit in SDR 21 1.5" Pipe, sleeved inside of Sch80 2"pipe.

In my experience with plaster in pipes, it tends to get stuck. Like serious have-to-chip-it-out-with-chisle stuck.

...of course, that may have just been a symptom of my impaitence - I'v heard that plaster swells, then shrinks, and I only waited a little while for it to cure.

boilingleadbath wrote:In my experience with plaster in pipes, it tends to get stuck. Like serious have-to-chip-it-out-with-chisle stuck.

...of course, that may have just been a symptom of my impaitence - I'v heard that plaster swells, then shrinks, and I only waited a little while for it to cure.

Line the inside of the pipe with foil or clingwrap. Problem solved

Peace,
Pete Zaria.