Here are my plans for a homemade .50 cal semi auto paintball gun. It will be powered by a large air compressor (100+ psi) or a large air tank. (like 6" PVC with caps, made to hold pressure etc).
Will probably be piloted using a hi-flow, modified blow gun.
.50 cal semi auto pball, progress pics added
- inonickname
- First Sergeant 4
- Posts: 2606
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:27 am
- Attachments
-
- Complete assembly.
- Paintball assembly.PNG (6.08 KiB) Viewed 2083 times
-
- Silencer with baffles. May just skip this part.
- Paintball Silencer.PNG (1.52 KiB) Viewed 2083 times
-
- Just a simple magazine, might add a springfeed.
- Paintball magazine.PNG (1.6 KiB) Viewed 2083 times
-
- The valve. Air pressure enters through the back, and pushes down the piston. This exposes the holes, the air then travels into the 3/4" chamber, and into the 1/2" barrel.
- Paintball valve.PNG (2.95 KiB) Viewed 2083 times
Last edited by inonickname on Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
- Cosmic Muffin
- Specialist 2
- Posts: 275
- Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:30 pm
- Location: arse end of nowhere
looks like a pretty good design.
but will this system be powerful enough to launch a paintball at an effective velocity?
but will this system be powerful enough to launch a paintball at an effective velocity?
-
- Corporal 3
- Posts: 734
- Joined: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:20 pm
- Location: Texas
I'd avoid the suppressor. Legal deathtrap. No matter WHAT you have heard, you HAVE to have it registered or you will be in deep honkey.
Completed projects:
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
- inonickname
- First Sergeant 4
- Posts: 2606
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:27 am
I know suppressors/silencers are grey zones as far as everything goes, but they aren't very effective anyway. As I don't want to get a CO2 setup it'll be limited by what air source I'm using, so the silencer probably won't be very effective.SEAKING9006 wrote:I'd avoid the suppressor. Legal deathtrap. No matter WHAT you have heard, you HAVE to have it registered or you will be in deep honkey.
Thanks for the input guys will probably give the silencer a miss.
EDIT: progress pics.
Valve casing and piston.
Valve closed.
Valve opened.
Inside, valve open.
EDIT #2: Looks like progress is halted for today. We have a friendly family of european wasps moving in to make a home in the shed. And they're agro..
- Hailfire753
- Specialist 3
- Posts: 348
- Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:50 pm
- Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
Err, I'm not quite sure how it works...
But I didn't really want to devote the mental effort after midterms...
But I didn't really want to devote the mental effort after midterms...
UPDATED MARCH '08
field-legal paintball semi
field-legal paintball semi
-
- Corporal 3
- Posts: 734
- Joined: Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:20 pm
- Location: Texas
Try Using either a bug bomb as a grenade, or Putting on every coat you have and wrap your head in mosquito netting and use some raid.
Of course, I've also heard a combination of flying gasoline plus an open flame to be an effective insecticide....
Of course, I've also heard a combination of flying gasoline plus an open flame to be an effective insecticide....
Completed projects:
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)