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Completed Sniper Rifle
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:41 pm
by koolaidman
Hey, im finally finished with this gun. It works quite well and is very ergonomic. Most of it is pretty self explanitory. The schrader valve setup is all threaded- no epoxy! The stock was designed w/ safety in mind so its mostly 2 layered with both pipe and slip over it. The valve is a 1" watermaster piloted by a .25"ball valve. I like the scope, its slightly impractical, but i still do use it and it does help, it's also easily removable. The barrel is 3/4" cpvc that slides through 1" and is pressed into the neoprene washer behind it when sealed- making it breech loading (not fully my design tho.) I do get some pretty good shots out this gun. Its good with baby carrots, paintballs, or small tabasco bottles. I can also easily remove the barrel and scope and put on either a marble rifle or a 1.5" potato/ ping pong ball one. It also has a foldable bipod, and lense caps for the scope. The only improvement id like to make is to give it a .25" qev in place of the 90 deg elbow. Id still keep the ball valve, but, this would just give me a bit more oomph and much more consistent shots. ask questions if you like.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:44 pm
by hi
nice job. does the scope have cross hairs?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:45 pm
by Sergeant Dotson
Wow, that is a beaut.... if you had like a black paintjob, that would be one badass sniper. 8)
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:18 pm
by OuchProgramme
hi wrote:nice job. does the scope have cross hairs?
koolaidman wrote: im planning on putting on a bipod,putting crosshairs on plexiglass lenses for the scope, .
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:24 pm
by TwitchTheAussie
Pretty sweet sniper dude. Me likey.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:57 am
by psycix
Nice nice nice!
Keep use updated when you made the improvements
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:35 am
by koolaidman
its finally complete, new pics!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:53 am
by JDP12
wow very nice, i like it
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:58 am
by tmacd995
Thats a very nice looking sniper there. Excellent idea to layer the stock for a little extra protection. The scope also looks really, really nice.
-Thomas
The orange safety tip might also stop a copper from shooting you dead or getting curious too
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:32 pm
by Brian the brain
how very..:
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:15 pm
by Spuddin
dude that is one sweet rifle, great work! what kind of bullets do u shoot out of it?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:00 pm
by TwitchTheAussie
Looks hotter now. Good job dude.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:53 pm
by Blitz
Brian the brain wrote:how very..:
How very Steyr AUG?
koolaidman, that's one of the cleanest guns I've seen in a while. Very nice work man!
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:50 am
by koolaidman
wait... ive got a question. sorry, i dont feel like starting up another thread. I was planning to order a .25 qev to pilot the sprinkler. However, im not sure if itd work, ive never touched a qev before. conventionally, one pilots a qev from the same port that it is filled. will the qev seal if it is filled from the sprinkler and piloted by the ball valve. If you cant follow what im describing... will it be possible for me to incorporate a qev into this setup?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:19 pm
by clide
Depends on the specific QEV, some can take filling from the "out" port (which would connect to the sprinkler), but most of the QEVs I have seen cannot be filled from that port. You could either modify the QEV (cut an equalization hole and add a spring) or you could rework your plumbing so that you can fill from behind the QEV.
Very nice work on the gun.