spud gun suicide (kinda. I guess I could call it that)

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Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:02 pm

I was out shooting yesterday, for distance, when I had an idea. I slapped on the 4" diameter barrel (I was using the swat gun), and jammed this old combustion i found down the barrel. It is 3" in diameter, the barrel is 2' in diameter. the chamber is 1 1/2 feet long, the barrel is 2 1/2 feet long. I shot it. KA-KUNK! it went 600 yards! so I decided to shoot it at a car hood. but first I slipped an empty blue propane tank from a torch into the back of the combustion, and screwed the cap back on. I connected the air compressor, and watched the needle on the gauge. at 40 psi, I flipped up the toggle cover, and flipped off the safety. I then pressed the button on the center of the controller. KA-KUNK! the combustion flew through the air so fast I couldn't see it. with an instantaneous KA-BAM! the car hood fell down. the propane tank, once a cylinder, was as flat as a hamburger bun looked at from the side. the combustion gun was in a ton of pieces, none of which were bigger than a potato chip. the car hood was caved in 1 1/2 - 2 feet, with a 4-5 inch wide tear/ hole in the center. all the paint within 3 feet of the dent was knocked off. then we shot a concrete filled Gatorade bottle through 3-4 inches of fiberboard (particle board). we shot other stuff, too, but right now I'm tired of typing because I'm lazy today.

oh yeah, I also am going to shoot some new ammo I made today. but on Thursday, Ill be gone most of tomorrow evening . It's a foot long section of 2" PVC, with two end caps, filled with colored water and lithium grease. I m going to shoot it at a tree. it should be fun :twisted: .
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Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:04 pm

Cool. Shooting spudguns from spudguns. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:24 pm

yeah. oh, btw, nice hybrid :D . I want to shoot one (a potato gun) at 90 or 100 psi with that thing. It would be devastating. each 2-3 psi makes a huge difference with this thing, because the chamber volume is so big.
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Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:10 pm

I did that with the original Blue Flame in my 12" diameter 5-Gallon Bucket Launcher.
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Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:22 pm

I want to launch buckets just to say I did it, how much damage would a tennis ball do with between 350 to 400 ft/lbs, 'cause unless my GGDT numbers are wrong this is what my next gun will produce.
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:40 pm

sgort87 wrote:I did that with the original Blue Flame in my 12" diameter 5-Gallon Bucket Launcher.
was it an combustion? is there a thread showing this gun? sounds cool, I'm curious. how long was it? how fast did it shoot?
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Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:49 pm

Yeah, there is a thread on spudtech somewhere about it... I'll find it later... maybe

I don't think it is spudgun suicide... maybe spudgun cannabolism? Ok, that doesn't make sense :P
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Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:06 am

that's what I posted it as on spudshot. was it pneumatic? combustion seems more likely.

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Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:35 am

interesting projectiles can be made from caulking gun cartriges. they can be had filled with an amazing assortment of splattering goo.(henry's roof patch is particularly nasty)
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:59 pm

yes, I know. those are fun. usually they just go through the plywood, though.
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:05 pm

this gives me a devious idea... a rocket launcher....LAUNCHER!!!!! :twisted:

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