break barrel launcher build

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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Major Collins
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well i got a 50 mm outer barrel to sleeve nicely over 40 mm barrel
and a prototype grenade cartridge made up
i still need to do a few jobs on it such as glueing and shaping some pieces but overall the barrel is mostly done

this is the inner barrel unassembled
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this is the inner barrel assembled and note on the far left is the grenade cartridge
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muzzle end
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and breach end
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what do you guys think? and tips before i continue?
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Looks good, I like the idea!!
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Major Collins
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update: i fixed on a thing to make the grenade cartridges fit centred

and attached a small fan to the receiver end of the cannon

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still need to glue and finish the receiver end ...
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