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Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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today I took the cannon to 550psi.


and all I have to say...
HOLY SHIT.
At 100 psi it would barely put holes in 1/2" plywood.
At 550 it went through 4 pieces and a piece of drywall.
The recoil was intense.
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frankrede wrote:today I took the cannon to 550psi.


and all I have to say...
HOLY crap.
At 100 psi it would barely put holes in 1/2" plywood.
At 550 it went through 4 pieces and a piece of drywall.
The recoil was intense.
Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Looks like that QEV is a pretty tough customer.
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Holy crap what did you use to get to 550 psi? got a hpa tank or something?

Were you still using that blowgun to pilot because if so, thats impressive. I have had one leak at over 200.
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frankrede wrote:today I took the cannon to 550psi.
These sort of statements without a video are unacceptable! :cry:
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
frankrede wrote:today I took the cannon to 550psi.
These sort of statements without a video are unacceptable! :cry:
A VIDEO WILL COME!
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BUMP: A VIDEO IS COMING!
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Here is the video guys
[youtube][/youtube]
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Um... I'm just seeing failed HTML tags.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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You can use the Youtube or GVIDEO button to directly embed a video, otherwise it needs to just be a link to the video.
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There fixed
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I love the cannon. Is that just a galvanized steel pipe nipple for the chamber? I have a couple of those around and I am curious as to what kind of pressures they can take.
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The shot was nice but waiting all that time to download just to see 10 seconds of shooting and the rest just that song???? Come on Frank, what did we do to you?
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jrrdw wrote:The shot was nice but waiting all that time to download just to see 10 seconds of shooting and the rest just that song???? Come on Frank, what did we do to you?
For your listening pleasure of course;)
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