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Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:05 am

a few of my m8s have been making .22 zip guns they aint bad but i dont wanna make one of them instead i want to make a spring powered bb gun ive tried for a lil bit but they just dont have enouf power. i made a cannon outta a n old fire exthingusher(how eva its spelt) it shoots bits of thick wire but it gets annoying having to always refill it every 6 shots. so if anyone has any good ideas about a spring loaded bb please let me no.

also aint some slug guns powered by a spring with a bit on the end which causes preasure?
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:09 am

To build a powerful spring gun you need a well engineered piston and trigger mechanism that is far beyond the abilities of your average garage workshop. Stick to pneumatics, they are much easier to build and the practical power potential is far beyond that of springers.
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:38 am

Take A Look at Jacks very own Pen Gun if you want to build something like a "zip gun".

Otherwise go the hole hog and make a pneumatic rifle, Surprisingly destructive, more-so than a Zip-Gun, alot more :twisted: .

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Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:49 am

Redcoat wrote:Take A Look at Jacks very own Pen Gun if you want to build something like a "zip gun".

Otherwise go the hole hog and make a pneumatic rifle, Surprisingly destructive, more-so than a Zip-Gun, alot more :twisted: .

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bugmenot wrote:a few of my m8s have been making .22 zip guns they aint bad but i dont wanna make one of them.


He don't want a zipgun :P

You will be better suited to follow JSR's advice and just make a pneumatic air rifle, a lot easier and still very powerful.
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:55 am

To put things into perspective, let's take one of the most powerful spring rifles on the market - the Diana/RWS 350 Magnum. In spite of its massive contruction and the huge effort required to cock it, the maximum power it produces is below 25 ft/lbs. A simple pneumatic with a 3/4" barrel, a modded sprinkler valve at 100 psi will easily give you double that.
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:20 am

Ha ha ha.. hehehehehe .
The authors name is Tom GAYLORD!
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Now back to the 350
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:29 am

ohk yer ill giv that ago is there anyway of making them like portable so u dont need a pump near and i was considering making a combustible cannon but instead of oranges and tennis balls i was thinkin of making it shoot marbles how many people have done that and do they work well?
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:50 am

A combustion marble cannon would be pretty powerful if you made it long enough, though you'd still have to fill it for every shot.

If you won't want to use a pump you could buy a paintball CO2 tank and regulator but that sounds like it would be a little beyond your budget.
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:36 am

A marble firing combustion wouldn't be too hard. I've still got a mini I made that fires marble up to 200 fps with a 16" barrel and propane.

You might want to mess around with evbec to figure out what dimensions you want.
A marble weights .17 oz and has a diameter of .625 inches(?).

On an unrelated note, what the hell did your friends find that fits .22 cartridges? Please tell me they're not doing the whole "car antenna" thing :roll:
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:24 am

nar they drilled out a bolt i think or a bit of solid metal then they took out the lead bits at the end and filled it full of melted road plastic waited for it to dry then shoot my mate 2wice lol they drew a bird on him first time they missed second time they got it lol he was pissin out blood.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:26 am

how likley is a combustible cannon going to combust and fuck up my hands?

i drew up pics last night of a air rifle i mite make that first before anything else tho.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:32 am

shoot my mate 2wice lol they drew a bird on him first time they missed second time they got it lol he was pissin out blood.
I think you need to make better choices of friends :roll:
how likley is a combustible cannon going to combust and fork up my hands?
If built well, extremely unlikely.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:35 am

lol it was funny as any who what materials do you suggest i use
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Rules wrote:# Discussion of shooting anything at any person and/or animal is prohibited, and may result in a permanent banning of your account.

1. The exception to this rule is for proper use of legal airsoft and/or paintball markers.
Yeah it ain't so funny when you get banned, keep this topic legit if you don't want it to get locked.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:22 am

ive seen shit loads of people saying what theve shot and not in the legal ways
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