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Basic Paintball Rifle

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:48 pm
by Cubman
I saw this cannon on Burntlatke, and decided I wanted something similiar:
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The chamber is made of 2" sch 40, and uses two couplings, one repair coupling, two 45* elbows, and two 3/4" male adapters. The entire chamber is double walled, so it should hold up to lots of pressure.
The barrel is 3/4" CPVC, and is 21.5" long. My C:B ratio is around 3.125:1. The barrel was 33.5" long, but I plugged the #'s into GGDT, and it said the barrel was unneccesarily long. It cut the barrel down, and now the gun seems to honk when I fire it. I'll search for a fix pretty soon.

Here is a picture from the build stage:
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Here is the completed rifle:
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:10 pm
by rna_duelers
Nice copy :wink: .Is that stock as comfortable as it looks?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:12 pm
by Cubman
It's pretty comfortable, actually. I like being able to look straight down the barrel.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:48 pm
by pyromaniac
It looks as if the scrader is sticking into you, that cant be to comfortable

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:59 pm
by Kenny_McCormic
only if he shoots left handed its on an angle not stair up

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:09 pm
by Cubman
I do shoot left-handed :wink: :D It is comfortable for me.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:09 pm
by turbohacker
Very cool
I love seeing guys build pvc paintball guns :D
I have one that is very similar (I have a small hopper and attached CO2)
and i love seeing the looks on the rich kids faces with their 1000 dollar ion's when i kick their asses :twisted:

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:19 am
by experament-u2
turbohacker wrote:i love seeing the looks on the rich kids faces with their 1000 dollar ion's when i kick their asses :twisted:
lol

its a nice gun i always wondered if a gun like this would be good

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:35 am
by flamerz14
Nice, simple..how'd u stick the blowgun tho?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:09 am
by integral
Hose clamp and a little glue maybe?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:19 am
by mega_swordman
Simple, yet effective. Always nice. Have you cansitered putting a scope on it? Just a suggestion, I thought it would look nicer that way.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:56 am
by TwitchTheAussie
Should add a sweet tactical stock and laser dot+scope. Good work mate it deserves Twitches thumbs up award for simplicity :thumbright:

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:06 am
by smiley face
try using a 1/3 ball valve instead of the blow gun to stop the honking it will let more air out quiker if you have any qwestions pm me

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:14 pm
by Cubman
Thanks for the replies, everyone.
how'd u stick the blowgun tho?

I just used one hose clamp. I had two, but the other one prevented the blowgun's lever from going all the way down.
Have you cansitered putting a scope on it?

It isn't nearly accurate enough to require a scope, but it would look cool.
try using a 1/3 ball valve

I'm using the blowgun because I don't think I could aim very accurately while twisting a ball valve. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I would eventually like to try a bolt-action barrel. Using a ramrod to load every paintball is time consuming and gets old quick.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:46 pm
by flamerz14
Yea putting a bolt-action would make it SO cool.. :twisted: or a break-off barrell like a shotgun could be done..