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Here is my new copper rifle. It is a coaxial style gun with a 1/2" barrell in a 1" chamber. it uses a 1/2" ball valve as a fill valve and also a pilot valve for the piston. The piston is made out of a solid piece of epoxy putty with a rubber gasket on one end. it is VERY effective from what I've seen. I've only taken it to 80 psi so far. I'm waiting to get comfortable with it before i really push it. My solder job isn't the greatest looking but I'm confident it is plenty strong enough. I used the solder the same way you would use pvc cement. I put it on the pipe and then slid the fitting over it while it was liquid. Then i soldered it the "normal" way around the outside.

How for can it shoot

I dont know how far, but It makes nice holes in particle board like its nothing.

Nice little copper gun,i would trust it to 200psi.So when will we see some damage pics?

thanks rna.
I didn't have alot of time for testing today. I'll get some pics of what it does during the week.

Did you use flux for soldering?

markfh11q wrote:Did you use flux for soldering?

Not to sound like a jerk, but of course i did. Was I not supoosed to for some reason i dont know of???

i like the 45 elbow on there, gives it that vintage pirate musket type of grip. very nice

Not to sound like a jerk, but of course i did. Was I not supoosed to for some reason i dont know of???

No, you're supposed to. I was just seeing because the way you described soldering was kind of funny.

Without flux it's almost impossible to get solder to stick, so that's pretty much a given.
In the future it would be a good idea to do the soldering the proper way, it will be prettier and is easier to do.
That said, nice gun. I run my copper guns at 300 psi routinely, so it has a lot of potential. What ammo do you use?

I found marbles at a craft store that fit the 1/2 copper perfectly.

How long did soldering take? I'm a newbie with copper guns...

i only had 3 joints to solder so it took bout 20-30 minutes. Most of the time I was trying to get the 1/2" pipe centered so that the piston would work right.