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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:47 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Hydra wrote:Usually UK standards are the same for Australia. So what jackssmirkingrevenge said was that you cant have more than 12ft/lb or something. (wtf is 12ft/lb)
As far as I know any airgun in Australia needs to have a police license, while in the UK the law is different - any airgun having a muzzle energy of less than 12 ft/lbs (for example 0.177 calibre firing an 8 grain pellet at around 800 feet per second, or 0.22 calibre firing a 16 grain pellet at around 550 feet per second) can be owned by anyone over 18 without a license. Anything capable of going over this energy limit however is considered legally to be a firearm and is subject to similar licensing restrictions to powder burners.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:19 pm
by Hannzy8664
Lol. If they come round i will be like yer i only pump it up to 50psi. How far do you think that it would shoot? would it be powerful?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:23 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Hannzy8664 wrote:Lol. If they come round i will be like yer i only pump it up to 50psi. How far do you think that it would shoot? would it be powerful?
With a long enough barrel and big enough chamber, 50 psi will put a marble through half an inch of ply easily.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:00 am
by Hannzy8664
Far out .. i thought 50 was like piss week lol. the chamber i am planning to use will be made out of about a 2 inch round PVC pipe. and the barrel will be about...... 19 inch what do you think about that?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:50 pm
by Hannzy8664
Thanks guys for helping me. But one more thing, what is the right pipe to use for the barrel of my marble shooter?