burst-disc breech loader

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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This is my combustion launcher. It's small, portable, and powerful!!!

costed less than $20 to build.
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What are you makeing the disc out of?
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I use either one layer of regular copier paper or two layers of aluminum foil.
the busrt disc works as a seal to prevent the fuel from leaking past the potato. this results in 250-300 yards per shot on my gun.
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Cool, i've been trying to get members to make ice ammo, give that a try.
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I have used ice ammo,it flys eraticly but its still cool :P
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I prolly get 50-100 yards more with my easter egg ice slugs (check those out in the ammo discussion)
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