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I'm currently working on a co2 quick change powered sawed off shotgun. The valve is an Orbit 3/4 in. sprinkler which is going to be actuated by the manual bleed. The barrel is going to be 1 in. copper pipe, I need help making some sort of shell/ cartridge that can hold bb gun bb's and can easily be exchanged out of the barrel. I was thinking a break barrel type loading thingy, but i'm open to suggestions

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I don't think a sprinkler valve is going to be able to handle the pressure created from an 800+ PSI quick change adapter, considering that the only chamber will be a threaded elbow.

Remember: P1V1 = P2V2
P1 is the pressure in the CO2 cylinder, V1 is the volume of the CO2 cylinder, and V2 is the volume of the CO2 cylinder and the chamber. You are going to wanted P2 to equal about 100 PSI.

well i want a really, powerfull sawed off shotgun, but i dont want to make it a piston type like brian the brains cuz i dont think i have the expierience, or the "know how". Do u have any other ideas for a good handle tank?, cuz i sure dont

rmich732 wrote:I don't think a sprinkler valve is going to be able to handle the pressure created from an 800+ PSI quick change adapter, considering that the only chamber will be a threaded elbow.

Remember: P1V1 = P2V2
P1 is the pressure in the CO2 cylinder, V1 is the volume of the CO2 cylinder, and V2 is the volume of the CO2 cylinder and the chamber. You are going to wanted P2 to equal about 100 PSI.

Dead-on correct.

CO2 powerlets or 12g's can be safely used on larger chamber volumes where they'll expand to a larger volume and MUCH lower pressure.
With a chamber as small as in your diagram, that sprinkler will be subjected to several hundred PSI and it WILL (not might, not probably, WILL) fail.
You need way more chamber space to use 12g CO2s.
Never push a sprinkler valve past its rated water pressure (usually about 125-150psi).

Peace,
Pete Zaria.

For a break-barrel design you could buy a proper break-barrel shotgun stock, and then mount your gun to the shotgun stock. Then just use a break-barrel like goathunters and you should be fine.