TDS-960 Pnuematic dart sniper

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Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:03 pm

Hello everyone, i finally have finished my TDS-960 (terminator dart sniper-960). This is way more powerful than i expected it to be at 100 psi and only half of the barrel!! Right now i am limitted to basement shooting but this weekend i am going to my dads and i will make some pimp ass vids. I need some ideas on what to shoot. Ands yes i need stronger darts...after the go about halfway through a peice of wood it creates alot of kinetic energy and causes the darts to bend..

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1. 3/4 Detrol QEV (Valve)
2. 72" 2 peice terminator blowgun (barrel)
3. Modified high flow blowgun (pilot)
4. 3"x11" fire extinguisher (chamber)


i do not know the speed (fps) of the darts because i do not know how much they weigh...

as i said i am limmitted to my basement for now and i can only use half of my barrel...
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the yellow dart that went through
the yellow dart that went through
these darts act wierd...
these darts act wierd...
inside the coffee can
inside the coffee can
below the nail is part of a dart...it went through both sides of the coffee can and then into and peirced through particle board
below the nail is part of a dart...it went through both sides of the coffee can and then into and peirced through particle board
inside the aluminum the dart went through
inside the aluminum the dart went through
dart into an aluminum thing..
dart into an aluminum thing..
lookiung up toward the barrel
lookiung up toward the barrel
gun with both barrels attached
gun with both barrels attached
valve setup and a bag of dissasembled wire hunting darts
valve setup and a bag of dissasembled wire hunting darts
the gun without barrels attached
the gun without barrels attached
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Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:19 pm

wow, very nice. you need some stronger darts.
Is that your hybrid chamber behind the gun?
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:25 pm

yea before i put the tees on today
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:46 pm

Dude! That's scary! Looks like something from a horror movie! I take it you're using target darts? About how accurate is it? Great job!

Edit: Oh yeah, got any theory as to why the darts to that bendy thing?
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:52 pm

In that image 1063, is the dart what left that big dent there too? If so then that thing is crazy powerful. I wanna see you shoot a watermelon with it. Can you take the wire out of those darts and replace it with something else? if so you could use drywall nails or soemthing like that.
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:32 pm

yes paaiyan it made that dent to.
Can you take the wire out of those darts and replace it with something else?
yea i was thinking about that..or ill just make some home made darts from nails...
About how accurate is it?
really accurate....

Oh yeah, got any theory as to why the darts to that bendy thing?

they are thin as hell
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:53 pm

if you want to save your smll .40 caliber darts, what i do is only pump it to like 35 psi 25-30 yds in a basement go 5-10 psi and go to mytargets.com and print some targets!
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:03 pm

spudthug wrote:yes paaiyan it made that dent to.
Can you take the wire out of those darts and replace it with something else?
yea i was thinking about that..or ill just make some home made darts from nails...
About how accurate is it?
really accurate....

Oh yeah, got any theory as to why the darts to that bendy thing?

they are thin as hell
Well, the initial kinetic energy allows the dart to pierce through the material, whatever it may be, but after a certain point, there will no longer be enough kinetic energy for it to continue on its' path through the target. When it comes to that point, the kinetic enery of the back end tries to push the dart forward futilely, this causes the dart to bend.
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:04 pm

Very cool gun
I was thinking it might be cool to make a smaller/more portable copper or steel gun, but how do you get long sections of pipe for the barrel or chamber to be threaded? I don't have welding materials, so that isn't an option, and soldering? thats cheep but not strong enough I think...
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:05 pm

If it's a .40 caliber blowgun (Mine is) then you can use thumbtacks. They don't provide a perfect seal, but you can probably modd them to better fit the barrel. I don't mod mine, and they still work in my blowgun with only a slightly shorter range.
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Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:58 pm

Looks great mate. Keep up the good work!

Regards,

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Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:33 am

to attach fittings just jb weld...or if your in austrialia use araldite (sp?)

thanks for the comments guys!!
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:14 am

So its finally here... good..wait, great work. It looks much better than I anticipated it to be, and its performance looks outstanding.
Well done on a job well done!
Imagine it somehow semi-auto.....
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:14 pm

to make this semi auto would be hard.....fully auto would be easy though. except for getting the darts to load..maybe a spring fed banana clip? to make it fully auto just hook up a 100 psi pop off valve and get a regulator and either a big tank or a c02 tank. just set the reg to 110 psi and keep it flowing. someone made a semi auto marble rifle..i cant remember whop but he is still around
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