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urgle the danish cow
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Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:43 pm

i havent made a mini in a very long time and i want to get into pen guns so i thought id start with a prototype.

main tube 1/2 inch copper.
caliber 6mm
piston machined nylon
valve schrader
pressure 250psi

it works pretty well and sends bbs flying rather nicely. i used jsr's method of using a drill bit to keep the barrel centered while the epoxy cured. i hope to make a few brass pen guns with lighter machined nylon pistons
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piston
piston
with spring and in valve
with spring and in valve
nail head for trigger
nail head for trigger
before epoxy and trigger mechanism<br />note that the little &amp;quot;tail&amp;quot; on the back of the piston was cut off and the back was hollowed out with a drill
before epoxy and trigger mechanism
note that the little &quot;tail&quot; on the back of the piston was cut off and the back was hollowed out with a drill
gun
gun
gun with pump
gun with pump
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Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:02 pm

Made use of my trigger idea, I see ;)

Looks good for a concept, I'm sure you can do a lot better.
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:29 am

Not a bad effort, did you put any rubber seals on the piston or is it just nylon against metal?
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:04 am

Nice effort :) though it looks like you could trim that excess epoxy off and the copper itself is begging to be polished. Does the nylon seal leak at all?
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:46 pm

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Not a bad effort, did you put any rubber seals on the piston or is it just nylon against metal?
its just the nylon and is leak free as i smoothed out the back of the barrel for a perfect fit.
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pneumaticcannons wrote:Nice effort :) though it looks like you could trim that excess epoxy off and the copper itself is begging to be polished. Does the nylon seal leak at all?
yeah i would do that but its just a protoype for smaller penguns. btw what is the best way to polish the copper?
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:43 pm

You can use fine grit sandpaper...
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