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hey guys, iv been shopping some parts for my new project it was supposed to shoot marbles until i found this valve (see picture). as you see it has pretty small holes for air to go trough and im not sure it can hold ~230psi.

so the questions are: u think it will have enough air flow for a 1cm inside diameter pipe and u think it can hold the pressure?

Hard to say when there are NO pictures.

Edit: Oh there it is.
Do want to use it as the main valve?

It should hold 230 psi but as to flow, I think 10mm is pushing the limit for decent power unless you have a very long barrel.

@ mrr sorry with the pic had to cut it down but now its there.

@jack ye i might get a smaller barrel or just stick to my plans and fire marbles with other valve

@ MRR again yes i wanna use it as main valve

Edited by jrrdw.

Have a look here for an idea of performance with a similar valve and a 6mm barrel at 110 psi

wow thts pretty cool, can u shoot darts and stuff with it?
still considering replacing with another valve

You can shoot whatever fits in the barrel

Have a look at this project, it uses a similar blowgun as the main valve for a high pressure pistol type launcher.

i dont think such small pipes are avalible in sweden

oh and i wanted to make it more rifle like with long range so well see if i keep the valve or replace

Edited by jrrdw.

I agree with jsr that these kind of valves have bad flow and are more suited for small calibers.

My first tries in this hobby involved a "mouth" blowgun, some needle darts and a shop compressor. The results were definitely superior to lung power. For a little plinking they are good enough.

If you mod your blowgun for better flow and use high pressures (200-300 psi with a shock pump) in a rifle sized package, performance should be pretty decent with a 10mm barrel. If you want extremely good power though you should consider forking out for a Quick Exhaust Valve.

ok iv been looking around now and that small pipes are not avalible in sweden so i gotta stick to plans and get a small ball valve and make a spring powered trigger for it

thx very much for all great help and answers =) ill post sketch of it soon, and thx again for all help

Edited by jrrdw.

I have used a blowgun to shoot .31 cal. (aprox 8mm) pellets as the main valve, and it was decently powerful, but nothing to scream about. It went through only one side of a pop can filled with water at 200 psi.

ok it would have been pretty cool with such small air gun but as i said above i cant get the pipe of 6mm in swe :/ are such small good for long range target shooting btw?

What do you mean by "long range target shooting", how big is the target and at what range?

A small forum etiquette side note, there is no need to double post. If you have something more to add to your last post simply edit it instead of posting again.

like 15-20 meters or so

yes sorry forgot bout that