co2 mortar

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colty-bear
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:10 pm

i had questions about this in the past then i tried it and it works beautiful.
shoots up to 400-450 yards.

the mortar/gun
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the handle
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the screw
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the sweet tiger camo and inside the pipe
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:46 pm

so do you drop a co2 cartridge down and the nail pierces the seal an it shoots I guess? please provide details.
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:48 pm

yes thats exactly what happens
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:30 pm

I'm not sure how many times i have thought about that idea but never tried it. It's great to finally see someone else build it and make it work! :D MY idea for an improvement was to make it into a gun style (add a stock) and have a trigger that fires a nail on a spring to pop the cartrige open!!! :D If you don't try this i might have to. :wink: Good job over all. I'm glad to see it work. :D
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:38 pm

OMG! i was thinking about that too make it look like a rifle :D that would be awsome :P just load it and have a spring loaded nail. yea cool :D
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:50 pm

Also because of the large extra amount of air shot out you might be able to make it semi auto by use of a piston that pushes a bolt back on the outside of the gun like most semi/full auto firearms have. :D Just for added complexity because nobody wants to have to reload between shots!!! :D Although with the cost of co2 cartriges, semi auto could get really expensive really fast. :(
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:55 pm

you could make a full auto
like you said have a spring loaded bolt with nail struck through and a mag when first cartridge comes in pull back bolt let go air forces bolt back next cartridge comes up bolt recoils and hits next cartridge and so forth. if it dosn't work test with different springs
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