More accurate batteries
- willarddaniels
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Oh. Gee, my bad.us sniper wrote:Each ofthe batteries I can use over again, not just the rechargeable. I am not using them for appliances, I am shooting them.
In that case, get batteries that are either red or have like little flames on them. I bet they go even faster and straighter. Maybe you could paint the ones you already have that way... ooooh! paint em like a rocket and put a cone on the top - rockets are really fast and that is what NASA does.
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- willarddaniels
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Alright, you've got me. This is hard to say, as I try to keep it a secret; it is quite embarrassing. So, please. Be gentle.us sniper wrote:What is wrong with you?
I am suffering from satiritis. It can be contagious, but only to those who understand the symptoms. It has gotten me into trouble before and when I break out, it becomes steadily worse. I do hope none have been offended by this small feverish episode. I truly hope that others, like frankrede, can understand my true plight and help me through this fit. Really, humor is the best remedy for all ailments, and this is by no means one of those times. However, seriousness is almost always very counterproductive in calming the effects of the dreaded satiritis.
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*looks at willards avatar*
Hes obviously been at the coffee again....
....with sugar
Shove a fluffy tail or shaped paper or cardboard tail on the end to keep the tail pointed backwards.
Hes obviously been at the coffee again....
....with sugar
Shove a fluffy tail or shaped paper or cardboard tail on the end to keep the tail pointed backwards.
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Making the front end heavier might also help. Longer barrels are always nice for improved accuracy. Also, depending what you shoot at, it might not matter if it flips through the air. I've used batteries a lot and it seems that at closer ranges (like 30-60 feet) they fly straight more than half the time (at least for me).
- spudthug
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wait can u rifle a half inch barrell...ok anyway if u havent figured it out yet willard was obviously joking...if u dont get that then must i ask what is wrong with you??...but anyway why is this in pneumatic cannon showcase and not in ammo suggestions or whatever??
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)
Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
You can rifle a .5 inch barrel as long as you can find a dowl rod that will let use use screws to rifle the barrel. I could tell that Willard was joking. This is in the right forum. It says ammo discussion when you look to the left.
I have serious doubts about the effectiveness of home rifled barrels...
For one thing making scratches in the barrel doesn't make things spin very well (if at all). A hard object like a battery won't even notice them.
Making raised spiral ridges however will make justabout anything spin but that needs serious machining.
For one thing making scratches in the barrel doesn't make things spin very well (if at all). A hard object like a battery won't even notice them.
Making raised spiral ridges however will make justabout anything spin but that needs serious machining.
- joannaardway
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Batteries are about as accurate as a blind walrus trying to hit an ant at half a mile with a musket.
If that hasn't made it clear - they're useless for accuracy. Find something else.
I did manage to rifle a few - ages back, but they took a huge amount of effort, and after one shot they were either impossible to find, or totally wrecked and therefore useless.
It's not worth the huge effort for just one shot.
If that hasn't made it clear - they're useless for accuracy. Find something else.
I did manage to rifle a few - ages back, but they took a huge amount of effort, and after one shot they were either impossible to find, or totally wrecked and therefore useless.
It's not worth the huge effort for just one shot.
Novacastrian: How about use whatever the heck you can get your hands on?
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...I'm sorry, but that made my year.
frankrede: Well then I guess it won't matter when you decide to drink bleach because your out of kool-aid.
...I'm sorry, but that made my year.
- zeigs spud
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that keeps it's range strait but there is too much surface area to get the batterie into a spin, i sugest a nose cone, rounded not conned.BC Pneumatics wrote:Attaching some sort of tail would help. Other than that, a different projectile is the answer.
and for sure i sugest a rifled barrel since tail fins are most likely out becuase the projectile would leave at an ange and most force would go around the projectile.
dont use batteries! they are only good at short distances! use marbles! they are bloody cheap and sometimes they make a cool whistleing noise! and im pretty sure it would be easy as to mod your gun to suit marbles, just buy a new barrel its like aus$2 for a meter length of PVC!
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i have never tried batteries before what happens when they land? do they crack and spew out acid or are they able to be shot again?