QEV airsoft gun

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Is it cool?

no way!
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it's alright
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it's decent
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It's awesome!
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This is my latest gun, it's a 1/4" QEV airsoft gun. The air chamber is made out of 3/4" black iron pipe, and the barrels are 5/16, and 1/4 brakeline. I made the gun so I would have something to shoot in the winter when it's too cold for pvc. Enough said, here are some pics.
Here's a video:
Edit: I put up some damage pics, but I've really only taken pictures of tomatoes that I shot, so those are the only damage pics I have.

Edit: I just put up a new video:

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The trigger/fill setup
The trigger/fill setup
The QEV
The QEV
The gun with both of the barrels
The gun with both of the barrels
Damage to a tomato
Damage to a tomato
Damage to a tomato
Damage to a tomato
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holy wow. i love the look of this gun. My only complaint is that your chamber is massive overkill. shorten the chamber or make the barrel a hell of a lot longer.
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how much power? pretty nice though
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mopherman wrote:holy wow. i love the look of this gun. My only complaint is that your chamber is massive overkill. shorten the chamber or make the barrel a hell of a lot longer.
Well, I wanted the chamber long enough to make it feel like a real rifle, but I guess I could make the barrel a bit longer (or block off the stock of the gun).
Edit: The gun shoots around 500 fps (just a guess, haven't ggdt'd that just yet)
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what pressure are you using?
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jon_89 wrote:what pressure are you using?
Usually 100 psi, because that's as high as my compressor can go, but I'm planning on putting a schrader valve on the gun soon so I can pump it up to 150 manually.
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How accurate is it?
Any damage pics?
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Zen/// wrote:How accurate is it?
Any damage pics?
It's very accurate, and I'll upload some damage pics right now.
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That would be sweet if you could use more pressure. If you used a smaller chamber, a shock pump would be a viable option.
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Ragnarok wrote:That would be sweet if you could use more pressure. If you used a smaller chamber, a shock pump would be a viable option.
Well, I don't want to take it any higher than 150 psi, since that's what the QEV is rated at.
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But still, that would be a reasonable increase.

I'm a little lax about some ratings (but I usually stay within or close to most)- I use a 145 psi QEV at 320, and it holds fine. Quite a poor example to set, but those pressures are great fun.
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Well, there are some ratings that should be followed closely (pvc) and some that can be stretched a little (compressor blowguns).
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Looks like a realy nice BB gun you have there.

Just a quick question... Did you epoxy the breakeline into the threaded ftting for your barrel? Because I have my barrel attatched realy ghetto-y on my BB gun.
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Infernal Maveric wrote:Looks like a realy nice BB gun you have there.

Just a quick question... Did you epoxy the breakeline into the threaded ftting for your barrel? Because I have my barrel attatched realy ghetto-y on my BB gun.
The brakeline has a flared end, and it came with the fitting already on it, so I just attached the threaded fitting to the QEV.
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Oh okay, thanks.
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