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multiple part barrel

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:02 pm
by grock
i was trying to make a drumstick (for dums, not chicken) gun for my percussion buddy, but he wants one that can easily fit in a backpack. i was wondering, if you use regular pvc couplers to make a barrel that can be broken down into 1 footish sections, is the joint smooth enough not to cause problems? because i figure a drumstick hitting sometthing inside the barrel at ~300 fps might be problematic.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:55 pm
by hi
on "my rather large cannon" i just used a coupler in the middle of the barrel and duct taped aluminum conduit to hold it steady. I had to dremal out the ring in the middle to make the two pipes join smoothly. use the straightest cuts for the two barrel halves..

http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/my-rath ... 10106.html

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:25 am
by grock
cool, thanks. and nice cannon btw

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:31 pm
by psycix
Threaded adapters FTW!

Just make sure the transition of the barrels is smooth on the inside (chamfer the edge)