Metalingus Rifle (now with a video!)

[potatoflinger]

@kablooie: Steel is actually relatively cheap (in the U.S.) I think the chamber cost around 15 dollars, including the fittings. The whole gun cost around 50 dollars.

[SpudUke5]

The QEV is rated to 150 PSI

I might take it to 300 psi a few times

Would you really take it past double its pressure rating?

Also, the weight isn't that big of an issue, since I'm ripped

your avatar convinces me otherwise

[potatoflinger]

your avatar convinces me otherwise

Why, it's a dog humping a pole. Also, the rating is probably for the piston in the qev, which would be the first thing in it to break, but I think it could handle more than 150 psi, just like the steel pipe (which is also rated to 150 psi.

[sjog]

Is there some cunny in that Metalingus?
Rifling looks a little fast/aggressive, to much twist .

[STHORNE]

awwww, not a cabela's catalog lol. i like the rifled barrel. i was thinking bout making a rifle myself.... any tips on how i could rifle a barrel myself as easy as possible?

[potatoflinger]

Is there some cunny in that Metalingus?
Rifling looks a little fast/aggressive, to much twist .

There might be a little more than necessary, but the picture makes it look a lot worse than it really is.
What do you mean by cunny?

[judgment_arms]

I agree with sjog, what’s the rate of twist, approximately; how many times did the dowel make a full revolution ?

[SpudUke5]

@potatoflinger

I was thinking more about the puppy but whatever. You should give us more detail on the rifling

[potatoflinger]

Alright, the rifling is approximately 3/4ths of a revolution over a 5 foot barrel, but the picture makes it look a lot more twisted than it really is. The picture was taken with a cell phone, so it was just bad quality.

[judgment_arms]

Well ifin I did my math right that’s about 1 in 80, which’ll stabilize a projectile approximately .75”dia by 1.05” long.

It’s quite a little to steep for paintballs, requiring a rate of twist of 1 in 102.

As for the picture, no matter how high of grade camera you use it’ll still come out like that because cameras take 2d pictures. But from what I can tell the rifling looks pretty nice.

[potatoflinger]

Well ifin I did my math right that’s about 1 in 80, which’ll stabilize a projectile approximately .75”dia by 1.05” long.

It’s quite a little to steep for paintballs, requiring a rate of twist of 1 in 102.

As for the picture, no matter how high of grade camera you use it’ll still come out like that because cameras take 2d pictures. But from what I can tell the rifling looks pretty nice.

Thanks, and like I said, the primary ammo is co2 cylinders.

[pnematicrookie]

ok, question...why does the ball valve have to be there? Does it have to be open or closed when shooting? help me out guys...i wanna learn lol