my first pneumatic gun

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Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:27 am

Hi everyone!
Long time reader first time poster. Just thought I would show you all the air rifle I have been working on. Body is all brass water pipe and fittings I got from bunnings. I did have a brass sprinkler valve on it but it was very unreliable, so replaced it with a regular plastic one(un-modded). Main tank is a converted 9L lpg bottle.
Turn the yellow valve on the bottom to prime a shot. Trigger is an ordinary light switch.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:22 am

That thing looks super ghetto!! How is the performance?? You should mod the sprinkler valve, takes 5 minutes!!
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Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:08 pm

Haha yea. I fire size 2 lead ball sinkers out of it. Puts them clean through 12mm ply at 100psi from 25m.
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Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:26 pm

That thing looks super ghetto!!
.... well it is his first pnuematic .... :roll:

Nice first pnuematic, all those brass fittings must be heavy though?
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Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:04 pm

Yea, weighs roughly 8 or 9 kg. But being a carpenter I like the weight:)
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Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:20 pm

Yes his first but he said hes a carpenter!! :D
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:40 am

That's really good for a first pneumatic! Nice loading mechanism. :P
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