Shotgun style grenade launcher from SPUD COMMANDER

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:59 pm

Here is an interesting design we came up with. Its a cross between a shotgun look and grenade launcher. I added a homemade stock to the rear and sprayed the barrel black as well. We call it "The B*tch"!

Here is the demo video:

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Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:54 pm

Looks great. What are the operating/build details?
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i would like an internal diagram, also it doesnt look very powerful if we can easly see the spud
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:26 pm

Power is in the propellant. We are still testing. Ranges of distance and power very each time we fire it from spray times. Not very powerful? I think putting a hole in 1/2" plywood at 30 ft isn't too bad. For combustion and using hairspray. The internal is pretty basic butI can accomidate you with one. Thanks for looking!
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:17 pm

dart guy wrote:i would like an internal diagram, also it doesnt look very powerful if we can easly see the spud
What is that supposed to mean?
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stop hating me cuz im special.
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Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:11 pm

dart guy wrote:i would like an internal diagram, also it doesnt look very powerful if we can easly see the spud
I'm with GunFreak on this one, what the hell do you mean? Did you see the video? That port isn't open to the atmosphere when fired, it's closed off.

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This one goes great with the 50cal cannon! I love how they look, it's almost like giant cartoon guns :D
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Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:33 pm

dart guy wrote:stop hating me cuz im special.
Just a suggestion .....but maybe you should post less and build something....anything! You might learn something and cease to ask so many pointless questions.
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im workin on it but ive had some magor leaks
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dart guy wrote:i would like an internal diagram, also it doesnt look very powerful if we can easly see the spud
I'm with GunFreak on this one, what the hell do you mean? Did you see the video? That port isn't open to the atmosphere when fired, it's closed off.

SPUD COMMANDER,
This one goes great with the 50cal cannon! I love how they look, it's almost like giant cartoon guns :D
thanks!

I spent alot of time looking at other spud cannons and wanted to take it a step further. The word "gun" in spud gun is taken seriously. I think that
the styles make them more interesting to fire. We have more in the works, so I will post the new guns as they get done. We are just about finished with the "Magnum", so a video and post will be put on this weekend. I appreciate everyones responses! Spud on my fellow spud brethren!
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Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:22 pm

i mean you can see the spud comming out, also i want to know how it works because it seems interesting.
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