Rifle Style Cannon

[ShowNoMercy]

This is my new rifle styled cannon that I built out of parts and other odds and ends I had laying around. It is a 1 inch stock with a 1 inch sprinkler valve and has an on board 9 oz C02 tank for pressure. As of now it looks like a mess due to a leak in the t fittings, that is getting fixed tonight, and other than that I cant wait to bring it out to a paint ball game soon before it gets to cold for PVC.


I know have a .40 caliber barrel on from an old blowgun and I use it to shoot the darts with a small tail. I can get two shots from one charge of the chamber and as soon as I get some black paint I will put more pics up. As for damage, this thing can sink a 2inch nail into a chunk of wood at 50 ft.

[noob of noobs]

Looks sweet. Have fun paintballing...
I was looking at your sprinkler valve, and I don't see a solenoid or blowgun. How's it fired?

[williamfeldmann]

I like it. What kind of regulator did you use with the autofill system? Does the reg system use a shutoff valve or is it continuous?

I take it because of the leaks you don't know your range and number of shots in a tank and whatnot yet, post them when you get a chance, along with a pic of it all painted.

Is your magazine fixed or does it twist to load, like a bolt?

@noob
That is a rainbird valve, I'm pretty sure. That thingie sticking out of the middle of the cap is a manual bleed port and by twisting it allows the valve to fire. It is not as fast as a blowgun would be but also $6 cheaper than buying a blowgun and 1/8" fitting.

[ShowNoMercy]

The sprinkler is electrical and the solenoid has not been put on for that picture. The regukator was bought from swampworks a while ago and I think it puts out a constant 115 psi. However I use the know on the tank to turn it on or off, a gauge on the gun is in the process of being put on.