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centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 02:33 AM

Video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olcgxW3njEQ

Pics:

Fullsize pics:

http://chicane.myftp.org/pics/sniper/sniper.html

PB2K · May 7, 2007, 03:30 AM

you'll shoot your eye out kid

kick52 · May 7, 2007, 06:19 AM

oh god, i want one.

how much are those things?

Peter · May 7, 2007, 07:09 AM

how practical

IceEnclosure · May 7, 2007, 07:11 AM

can you really snipe anything with it? I'm not so sure of a skittle's ability to hold it's trajectory over any sort of distance.

design219 · May 7, 2007, 07:24 AM

Be proud. Be VERY proud.

You've changed it a bit since this pic.

centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

can you really snipe anything with it? I'm not so sure of a skittle's ability to hold it's trajectory over any sort of distance.

That's why I wasn't using skittles.

Jawbone54 · May 7, 2007, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

That's why I wasn't using skittles.

The barrel seems pretty tiny for a spud. Maybe a french fry.

Laminar · May 7, 2007, 11:29 AM

Steak fries?

RAILhead · May 7, 2007, 11:54 AM

New Potatoes, maybe?

IceEnclosure · May 7, 2007, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

That's why I wasn't using skittles.

I thought it was funny to say skittles. But so yea, I've messed with some big dog spud guns that shot friggin' potatoes a country goddang mile. Yours shoots starburst.

Joking about the starburst!

sek929 · May 7, 2007, 12:57 PM

Pretty cool, but no match for the 5' long, 2.5" barrel, and 4" combustion chamber of my former spud gun. It got taken away by the cops but it could easily launch a whole spud 300+ yards.

I am impressed by the use of compressed air, really the way to go. Mine was archaic in the use of starting fluid (ether) for the propellant.

Dakarʒ · May 7, 2007, 01:20 PM

I seem to remember using deodorant for propellant on my friend's in highschool.

Made an awesome sound when it hit a stop sign, though.

Laminar · May 7, 2007, 01:36 PM

I know some people that put a hole in their barn with one...parents weren't too thrilled about that one.

Dakarʒ · May 7, 2007, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

I know some people that put a hole in their barn with one...parents weren't too thrilled about that one.

That's when you use the spud gun on them.

Jawbone54 · May 7, 2007, 01:54 PM

My brother's friends hit a pedestrian with a spud gun one night. They said they hit him in the leg from about 100 feet away, and he took off "running" without ever looking at what hit him. The jerks could've killed him if they'd accidentally hit him in the head.

Dakarʒ · May 7, 2007, 01:59 PM

Then he'd be Mr. Potato Head.

Laminar · May 7, 2007, 02:27 PM

design219 · May 7, 2007, 02:50 PM

Better!

CMYKid · May 7, 2007, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

My brother's friends hit a pedestrian with a spud gun one night. They said they hit him in the leg from about 100 feet away, and he took off "running" without ever looking at what hit him. The jerks could've killed him if they'd accidentally hit him in the head.

Hey, if he was able to run away then it couldnt have hurt him too very much now could it?

You should really look at shooting caulking tubes from your spud gun. Right through an oil drum if you get it all set up correctly...or a deer I suppose.

Sherman Homan · May 7, 2007, 04:06 PM

Hours of fun:

slpdLoad · May 7, 2007, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Pretty cool, but no match for the 5' long, 2.5" barrel, and 4" combustion chamber of my former spud gun. It got taken away by the cops but it could easily launch a whole spud 300+ yards.

I am impressed by the use of compressed air, really the way to go. Mine was archaic in the use of starting fluid (ether) for the propellant.

A friend and I built one a few years ago with similiar dimensions and distances. We shot it off in an old abandoned field, so no cops. We sprayed hairspray into the combustion chamber and then used a long lighter built into the end of a screw-on PVC cap to fire it. So much fun. I'll never look at cans of hairspray quite the same way again.

We tried a compressed air one but our lack of a powered compressor yeilded poor results.

Sherman Homan · May 7, 2007, 04:54 PM

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Sort of makes a nice, big whump sound with propane.

sek929 · May 7, 2007, 05:00 PM

Hairspray is a dirty fuel, to much gunk doesn't get burnt off.

Ether (carburettor starting fluid) is the way to go. The only hard part is putting the right mixture in, you barely need to spray any ether in the chamber and WHAM! We also used the grill lighter technique, but connected to a spark plug screwed directly into the combustion chamber.

Once the gun kicked back and smacked me in the hip, I had a huuuge bruise the next day. Sometimes it wouldn't fire until the third or fourth click on the grill lighter.....it made for interesting firings

sek929 · May 7, 2007, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by CMYKid

Hey, if he was able to run away then it couldnt have hurt him too very much now could it?

You should really look at shooting caulking tubes from your spud gun. Right through an oil drum if you get it all set up correctly...or a deer I suppose.

hehe, our gun needed the tubes to be wrapped with a few layers of duct tape first but yielded some really awesome flights.

Of course proper lubrication is a necessity so your spud gun doesn't turn into a pipe bomb. Keep plenty of Vaseline and/or silicon spray handy at all times.

Another nifty 'invention' I came up with was to belt sand the tip of the gun to a razor-sharp end. Then all you need is a spud that is bigger than the tube and it cuts itself the perfect size for the barrel.

CMYKid · May 7, 2007, 05:11 PM

yeah, the ones you buy from spudgun.com or whatever the actual site is are milled like that. works pretty well, just tamp it down and perfecto-fit right away.

centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure

I thought it was funny to say skittles. But so yea, I've messed with some big dog spud guns that shot friggin' potatoes a country goddang mile. Yours shoots starburst.

Joking about the starburst!

Yep. And you know what? Everybody has seen those spudguns. They're easy to make, ugly, and already normal. There's nothing special about them.

Now how many spudguns have you seen that would get you shot by the police, have a laser sight, a scope, a flashlight, a bolt action loading system, and look that realistic?

Probably not so many. Hence my reasoning for not building 'just another white PVC spudgun that shoots a big chunk of potato". That would be EASY, and require no originality, no challenge, and it would accomplish nothing new because it wouldn't push the envelope.

centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Pretty cool, but no match for a boring spudgun that's been built 591,381,390 times by 893,819,923 people

See my response to ice. You built something generic.

Laminar · May 7, 2007, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Now how many spudguns have you seen that would get you shot by the police

A key feature in any successful project.

G4ME · 05:54 PM

spud guns are so last decade

Golf Ball Guns!!!!!

show me a residential house that can stand up to one of those

Laminar · May 7, 2007, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by G4ME

Golf Ball Guns!!!!!

show me a residential house that can stand up to one of those?

Golf ball guns are so last year.

Bullet Guns!

Show me anything that can stand up to one of those?

centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Sherman Homan

Hours of fun:

And a really boring design, and ugly, and nothing new whatsoever. Next.

strictlyplaid · May 7, 2007, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

And a really boring design, and ugly, and nothing new whatsoever. Next.

Why you gotta hate, playa?

Here's a slightly larger variant of the old spud gun: The 2nd Amendment

design219 · May 7, 2007, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Bullet Guns!

Waiting for lasers. Sorry.

Sherman Homan · May 7, 2007, 06:29 PM

Because you can't do this with compressed air:

YouTube - Air Cannon (Potato Gun) Fireball

Mrjinglesusa · May 7, 2007, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Now how many spudguns have you seen that would get you shot by the police, have a laser sight, a scope, a flashlight, a bolt action loading system, and look that realistic?

What a great use of your time.

centerchannel68 · May 7, 2007, 08:07 PM

I took the spudgun to the next level. I didn't build a normal spudgun. That is cool. Having a boring plain jane spudgun is not as cool. It is a deadly weapon made entirely of PVC. That's sweet.

Dakarʒ · May 7, 2007, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by design219

Waiting for lasers. Sorry.

Waiting for Sharks with lasers, sorry.

G4ME · May 7, 2007, 09:03 PM

better then smoking pot

design219 · May 7, 2007, 09:12 PM

better then be careful.

slpdLoad · May 7, 2007, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

I took the spudgun to the next level. I didn't build a normal spudgun. That is cool. Having a boring plain jane spudgun is not as cool. It is a deadly weapon made entirely of PVC. That's sweet.

Yep. You win.

design219 · May 7, 2007, 09:54 PM

That will bounce right off him.

Mrjinglesusa · May 7, 2007, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

I took the spudgun to the next level. I didn't build a normal spudgun. That is cool. Having a boring plain jane spudgun is not as cool. It is a deadly weapon made entirely of PVC. That's sweet.

See, that's just it. You didn't build a spudgun at all. You built something that can shoot anything but a spud.

Seriously, screwdrivers?

slpdLoad · May 7, 2007, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by design219

That will bounce right off him.

Oh I know. I enjoyed it nonetheless.

design219 · May 7, 2007, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa

You didn't build a spudgun at all. You built something that can shoot anything but a spud.

It's for shooting AT potatos. See above photo.

centerchannel68 · May 8, 2007, 12:06 AM

You guys are just stuck in hte mindset of what already exists. I can shoot a potato with this if I wanted to smash the barrel into it, and then shove the potato chunk down the barrel civil war style...but that is SOOOOO yesterday. This thing uses ammo. IT's bolt action, more like a real weapon. I could build a 'normal' spudgun in under 1 hour. There's a reason I didn't. Think about it.

design219 · May 8, 2007, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

'splanin'

Dude, you did build a real weapon.

IceEnclosure · May 8, 2007, 01:13 AM

Had you called it a jawdroppergun instead, or spudgun-like shooting device maybe all this spudgun comparison wouldn't be a happenin'.

spudsout.

Cipher13 · 05:33 AM

I remember making my first spudgun after using a mates... really went all-out with it.

I wasn't happy with the range I was getting from hairspray and the like, so re-inforced the combustion chamber and ended up using propane with a remote firing mechanism.

That thing was an absolute monster.

But that thing you've linked above is uber hot.

sek929 · May 8, 2007, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

See my response to ice. You built something generic.

When did I try to say anything otherwise?

Seriously Rob, CALM THE HELL DOWN. Your gun is cool, other people talked about potato cannons and I added my 2 cents. This isn't a situation where you can justify being a prick YET AGAIN.

You built a paintball gun, good job! I can go out and buy something very similar to what you built.

You did a good job, but ruined it (as usual) by being a f**kin snob about how unique your ideas are.

OTOH, how far does it shoot? I bet it doesn't come close to the 900+ feet my generic gun could do without breaking a sweat. A laser sight too? Wow, that's a REAL original idea, UR SO KEWL!!!