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Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:14 am

is a ball values any good if they are. wat aboot this website 1http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/-1863?submit=View+Options
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:27 am

Ball valves aren't very good. They open too slowly to work well.

Sure, they'll lob your ammo, but at a mere fraction of the speed that a faster opening valve will.
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:38 am

wat are the best valves plz give me a web site that sell them in uk :?:
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:19 pm

if you want to buy a valve then just go with a sprinkler and modify it to be pneumatically actuated. Or you could buy a ball valve and a pneumatic ram to open the ball valve quickly.
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:51 pm

The best valve is a home made valve. Make a piston valve. Best there is.
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:28 pm

how do u make a piston valve cus i am all new to this stuff i am used to makein robots and stuff like that but this stuff is so realy hard:? tell how maybe so me pics and stuff :D
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Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:38 pm

i think i well go with a ball valve to start off as i am makin ma first air gun think :!: as ma pal told me they are the easyest to set up :wink:
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:44 am

there's a video on bcvids on how to make a barrel sealing piston valve. I don't know where though. If someone knows the link, post it for our good pall ness.
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thanx alot i try to make 1 soon :!:
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:59 am

ma pal is usein some change 1 that his dad give to him its like got a buttin to open it instead o a handle thing so wat kind o valve is it tell me plz :?: and its realy fast to open his dad said :!:

but ma 1 i am goin to use a ball valve cus i fround 1 in ma shed and i well only use it for ma first gun the next 1 that i make well be alooooot better :twisted:
i hope lol
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:13 am

Sounds like an electronic ball valve.
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is fast or slow like a ball valve :?:
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:47 am

Fast! er than a lever controlled. Steal it from your friend. lol.
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:53 am

i have tryed to but he shot mee with his bb gun in the *** lol but i think his dads got 2 so i well see if i can get 1
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