BCDF

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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this is my second gun. well actually it can be counted as my first because my other gun didnt work to well, it had a pvc ball valve that leaked. so i count this as my first pneumatic powered gun.

it has a 2" chamber that shrinks to 3/4" that leads to a 1" modded sprinkler(my first mod, yay!) and then to a 1/2" barrel. the only reason i have 3/4" pipe in there is because i couldn't find all the right parts to have it as 1". it has interchangeble barrel and chamber capabilities, almost all the parts are threaded but i teflon taped them so they shouldn't leak. if you actually read this please put a star(*) at the beginning of your response. i want to see who actually reads these things.

please tell me what you think!

i almost forgot: BCDF stands for Beta Carotene Deployement Facilitator(beta carotene is an ingredient fond in carrots and this gun was made for launching carrots)

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just the valve
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Thats cool. Have you ran it through GGDT? I think the chamber is a bit big.
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Heheheh nice. But you should have made it to shoot olives so it could be called BOOBS: Big Over-under Olive Blasting Spudgun. lol
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Nice gun. I like the quick connect on the valve. You should get some good speeds off of that since the 1" valve(which actually isn't 1" but a bit smaller from what I hear) you have is bigger than your barrel. How far/fast can you shoot that sucker?
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Nice gun but that reducer is dvw so I wouldn't take it too high
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Make a video of it. Shoot some cd's. Damn it I keep telling people to shoot cd's but they never do :(
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Why do you have a union right before the valve? And clip those solenoid wires, it'll make it a lot cleaner. Try to find a bushing and not a DWV reducer, reducers aren't pressure rated.
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The union is probably so he can still take the valve off and use the it for other things.
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Never thought of that one. Probably should have before I made my paintball sniper rifle. :?
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thanks for all the feedback! yes, the union is so i can take off the valve. i could also take the valve out and use it as a burst disk cannon! it would be the first sprinkler/burst disc multi-valved cannon!

i have to use dwv because its the only stuff i can find around here, but i only shoot it at about 80 psi so i should(SHOULD)be safe.

its also winter and living in minnesota and shooting cannons(especially pneumatic cannons) probably isnt too safe, but i will try to get a vid.
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No you don't have to use dvw you can buy fittings online at mcmaster for pretty cheap. I wouldn't take it to 80 psi but whatever you want.
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DWV isn't pressure rated but it can hold pressure. 80 psi is fine, just don't go for anything over that for more power.
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Great gun and clean construction. I have a gun not unlike it, they're great fun :)
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yes, they are. i get to go to my grandpa's today and he has some land so i will shoot it then, and hopefully i will be able to make a paper mache(sp?) pinata soon and get a vid of me shooting it. it will be pretty cool
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Hha yeh that would be awesome! But the lollies inside would be no more :cry:
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