My first spud gun! Barret look a like

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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Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:28 am

Hello this is my first little spud gun i made about 1 year ago.

it doesn't work anymore (ignition problems).
it's a 32 MM iron barrel just a smooth bore
and i havn't fired on anything yet.

maybe get the puppie to a next level

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sorry for my bad english :P
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:01 pm

Excellent! What did you use for fueling?
Looks really nice for a first effort :)
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:17 pm

hair spray ;P

didn't know anything alse as a fuel that's not extremely dangerous
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:06 pm

You wouldn't happen to be the same person as an old user named "Rambo" would you?

Good job on the aesthetics!
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:25 pm

Propane's a good fuel choice. :) Won't gunk up your chamber's insides either.

What's the chamber diameter?
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:42 pm

mark.f wrote:You wouldn't happen to be the same person as an old user named "Rambo" would you?
Very much like Rambo's combustion indeed!
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:39 pm

Gun Freak wrote:Very much like Rambo's combustion indeed!
The avatar as well... it's curious. :p

Would be cool to see such an old member resurface.
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Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:57 pm

mark.f wrote:
Gun Freak wrote:Very much like Rambo's combustion indeed!
The avatar as well... it's curious. :p

Would be cool to see such an old member resurface.
Guys, seriously... Europe is a continent, not a country :P

Rambo had the Bulgarian flag in his avatar, while niksechtniks' sports the Dutch flag.

Also, Rambo *has* resurfaced, over a year ago!
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Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:34 am

i dont know this guy called Rambo =P

the chamber is 4 cm in diameter and 50 cm in lenght
and i took the design of a barret .50 (kinda)
took the pvc pipe that i had laying around the farm and created this


Did ''Rambo'' had the same avatar as me??
well im no him that's for sure haha
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Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:39 am

I didn't know Rambo had "resurfaced", lol. I knew the flags were different too, I just thought there were some similarities.

Enough talking about that, though, good job again on the build. Hairspray is pretty difficult to use in the first place, and with a smaller chamber it becomes nearly impossible. Butane would be a good choice.

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