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ok, thanks, I feel better. I hope this gun will be good. Thanks for all your help you guys!

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:... and that was an indication of the sort of power levels they require, to put muzzle energy into perspective.

I think the more important thing to put into perspective is the tiny lethal target area that you need to hit to make do with those energies.

It takes a reasonable shooter and a good quality rifle to reliably hit that kind of area at any real range. You're highly unlikely to see that kind of accuracy from a homemade plinker.

well, I'm going to use home-made cone-shaped bullets, so I'm hoping for a pretty acurate gun, but we'll see.

Ragnarok wrote:I think the more important thing to put into perspective is the tiny lethal target area that you need to hit to make do with those energies.

... also indicated in the table

It takes a reasonable shooter and a good quality rifle to reliably hit that kind of area at any real range. You're highly unlikely to see that kind of accuracy from a homemade plinker

Indeed, in which case one would be inclined to make a simple "burst fire" multishot, with a 0.177" barrel and using the area between the barrel and the blowgun valve as a small cloud magazine.

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:... also indicated in the table.

As I know. However, you hadn't drawn attention to it. I was making sure that it was taken in and noted.

@maverik94: I don't really think so. I've only ever seen a couple of spudguns that were accurate enough that I would even consider the possibility that they might be usable (although not suitable) for hunting.

And no offence intended, but they're in something of a different league to what you're talking about.

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Anyway, I think we've been bending the rules quite enough. I'm half surprised we haven't been moderated yet.

Hey, I said I was sorry about the rodent comment, After that I didn't talk about it anymore.