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I don't know if its been done before but I would like to see everyones first gun ever built by them. Post 3 or so pics and a small description.

Heres my first.
A 3" by 1" chamber made of DWV pvc
A 2" by 2 1/2" barrel made of SCH 80 PVC
Electronic BBQ ignition (my friend thought you didn't have to wire it back to the ignitor, it took us a week to figure that out)
ABS end cap and ABS reducer
Glued together with only the cheapest epoxy and hot glue

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PneuJose
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:18 pm

my first gun was a ball valve pneumatic,2X25'' chamber and a 1'' valve and barrel..no pics sorry
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:26 pm

coke bottle, 2 90s, and a ball valve to the barrel.
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:29 pm

this is my first gun. pneumatic 2 inch barel 8 1/2 foot long made of cellulare core ABS. has not blown up yet :) but it has shot an apple about 700 feet Image
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:34 pm

Looking at that makes my hecka scared.
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:35 pm

super spuder wrote:this is my first gun. pneumatic 2 inch barel 8 1/2 foot long made of cellulare core ABS. has not blown up yet :) but it has shot an apple about 700 feet Image
Dumbass.
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super spuder
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:36 pm

what id dumb about that. just cause i used cellular core
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WOW!! wrote:
super spuder wrote:this is my first gun. pneumatic 2 inch barel 8 1/2 foot long made of cellulare core ABS. has not blown up yet :) but it has shot an apple about 700 feet Image
Dumbass.
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:38 pm

I here natural selection calling this guy. If the cannon blows up, think we should sign him up for the darwin awards?
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:40 pm

That cannon will not blow, so long as he keeps the pressure below 50psi.
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super spuder
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:41 pm

what is your guys problem. cellular core is stronger than you think. or is it that you dont believe the 700 feet? ps.i have had it up to 100psi
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:44 pm

Killjoy wrote:I here natural selection calling this guy. If the cannon blows up, think we should sign him up for the darwin awards?
The whole theory of EVILution is retarded.

One word: GOD.
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super spuder wrote:i have had it up to 100psi
Would you like to be buried or cremated?

...Or cryopreserved, in hopes of a time when damage done to vital organs by ABS shrapnel can be repaired?
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super spuder
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:50 pm

it aint gona break. the pipe is 1/4 of an inch thick
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Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:50 pm

Stop flaming.
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