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Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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With out rifling will the pellet just tumble in midair?
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By virtue of its shuttlecock shape and forward centre of gravity, a medium weight airgun pellet doesn't need rifling to be stable.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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find yourself a thread in .223 barrel instead of trying to make your own.
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find yourself a thread in .223 barrel i ... your own.

Since spudguns work at much lower pressures than 0.223 rifles, I think it's a better (and probably cheaper) idea to look at barrels and projectiles made for either airguns or black powder rifles.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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