The Red Bullet

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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NL_bjorn
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Hello everybody,

Such as some of you already know my first spudgun have been
confiscated deer the police force. a couple months ago I decided to build
a new one. Now it is time to show him here.

properties:

Chamber:
ID: 3"
length: 10"

Barrel:
ID: 1,5"
length: 20"

Ignition:
BBQ

Barrel detachable? Yes
Grip? Yes

An here the pictures:

Without Barrel:
Image

With Barrel:
Image

Barrel:
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Great! It's a nice clean and simple combustion. A video would be nice.

Cool Gun.

Happy SPuddin'
Poo.
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Hey nice cannon you got there, i've given up on my combustion cant find anywhere to get a sparker, they sell them at this BBQ galore place for like 25 bucks, why dont i just go buy a freaking Sprinkler valve for 20 bucks an make a pneumatic :P Any way got ne damge pics, or vids? Thats a nice and clean gun you gt there, good work.

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Plumbing stores like Reeses have hot water sparkers for 10 bucks.
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thanks for the responses :)
I Gonna try to upload a video from a shot without ammo. I have made one with my mobile. I didn't got any damge pics or a video from shooting with ammo but I make soon.
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I don't like it. But that's just because of my anti-combustion bias :?
Objectively, it's a very well made cannon and my only criticism is that you left the handle unpainted.
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It looks nice!
Finally another non-USA cannon that uses european (or dutch) fittings!
I thought I was the only one with those kind of fittings :)

Paint the handle and the barrel :)
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The fitting is home made, It was a capsule. have drill a big hole in it and and it permanently melted. The painted PVC was grey, olmost everything is grey here. I have taken blank for the rest because I that beautiful find. We do not have here also of that beautiful funnel pieces :( Only ugly with the breach for the barrel to the upper part.
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you made that screw-on barrel yourself from a screw-on cap?
might be a good idea, coz they dont sell many unions here in holland :)
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Meanwhile I've modifeded the gun a little bit. The barrel was broken so I had to replace it with anotherone. I chose a smaller one, so it became more like a handheld. Here's the new picture:
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windshrike wrote:I don't like it. But that's just because of my anti-combustion bias .
you would rather tote around a pump or compressor? :snorting:

a small tank of propane is easier to carry and use.
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So is a small tank of CO2 or HPA.
Till the day I'm dieing, I'll keep them spuddies flying, 'cause I can!

Spudfiles steam group, join!
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mrbadexample wrote:
windshrike wrote:I don't like it. But that's just because of my anti-combustion bias .
you would rather tote around a pump or compressor? :snorting:

a small tank of propane is easier to carry and use.
A small tank of propane is heavier than a pump...
Pneumatics are stronger, but simple combustions are more portable(Simple combustions only need deoderant or something.)
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It's Great, looks very clean, good job!
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Thursto wrote:Hey nice cannon you got there, i've given up on my combustion cant find anywhere to get a sparker, they sell them at this BBQ galore place for like 25 bucks, why dont i just go buy a freaking Sprinkler valve for 20 bucks an make a pneumatic :P Any way got ne damge pics, or vids? Thats a nice and clean gun you gt there, good work.

Thursto.
home depot has weber 3613's for $10 with wires and spark "cage" (i use a couple machine screws)

they have them cheap on e-bay, $1.99 for qty of 1-5 and you get a better price on larger qtys (6-10 drops them to $1.59) shipping for 1st is $5, only $0.50 for each extra...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3DWatching

i got a sprinkler valve last week on ebay for $12.50 with shipping. you just gotta shop around.
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