Poly Pipe Gun!! My First Gun!!

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Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:21 am

hmmm... is this safe, i am not familiar with this poly pipe... but either way, nice gun, have fun with it, and be safe
trying to decide on a new project, probably something small.
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its safe... its aussie made :D

nice gun man, great for a first.
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:13 am

that looks pretty cool
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:20 am

ooo, poly gun, nice

um u might want to make a barrel support to take pressure off the elbows
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:56 am

Nice gun, however you restricted flow alot with all those reducers after the ball valve.
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If it walks like a dog, sratches like a dog, and barks like a dog, than its probobly a...-TURTLE, it's a TURTLE!!! Cant you see?!!!
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:33 am

Nice gun! Hope to see more guns from you in the future!
Looks fun though! Good job!
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:28 pm

Wooooooo poly pipe, nice gun i thought it was rated to 300? oh well its not like your goning to take it that high right? lol nice effort.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:05 am

If you ever got the chance to pump it up to 300 psi (helium), you would need a longer barrel to harness all that air, or you wouldn't shoot any faster than you are shooting now. Is poly short for polycarbonate?
BTW nice cannon!
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:09 am

Polyethylene = poly :)
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Hey man thats a great looking cannon! It turned out really really well. You will have to get some damage pics. All the best and good luck in the future.

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a added a breach loader to it
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:16 am

cool, do you have a pic of it so we can see?
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