New hybrid cannon

sw5amped · Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:27 pm

Excellent!!! Im going to whip up a new barrel also. I was using rigid pvc 1" but I'm thinking something beefier!!! Any suggestions

Hey guys i was also thinking of going for a1" emt barrel. Any suggestions on what material to use for ammo

noname · Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:57 pm

I've used PVC as a barrel for a hybrid before with no issues other than the PVC getting burnt on the inside. In hindsight, I would use a metal pipe sleeved over the PVC for the first foot or so of barrel which is exposed to the highest pressures.
My ammo strategy is to build the the barrel to whatever ammo I plan on shooting. For the golf ball gun I'm working on right now, I'm just going to bring a golf ball to the scrap yard and see if they have a metal pipe that fits golf balls well. Then it's just a matter of attaching the pipe to the union.

mobile chernobyl · Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:26 pm

Sch10 aluminum or stainless 1.5in piping works great for the golf balls. Given that youre going to be attaching it to a union - I'd go the stainless route as you can weld or thread it

sw5amped · Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:02 pm

Im looking the sound of the stainless. Well I'm out of work now and heading to the bank and then to the supply house. Keep an eye out for my next pot. It should be sometime tonight and have a video of some damage . Thanks again guys!!!!!

sw5amped · Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:36 am

Well i got some filming done. Only was able to test it at 3x mix cuz my steel Union isn't modified yet. I did get a beefed up 400psi pvc union that i wrapped up in tape just in case.

sw5amped · Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:38 am

So guys i went out last night to introuduce a golfball to an old street sign and this is what happened!!!! Only 3x mix but my barrel was an old pvc barrel that was a 1.5 slit down the middle and heated to fit a golfball then sleeved with a 2" piece. It didn't stand a chance. I did get it on film but it's very dark. It's on YouTube.

noname · Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:26 pm

Hopefully no one was injured in the rupture. I hate to say it, but that's PVC for you.

Time to get some metal!

jackssmirkingrevenge · Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:45 pm

Whoops! Hope you're ok.

sw5amped · Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:49 pm

Yea I'm straight!! Holy s__t though. I have a new saying.... always respect the hybrid!!! Thanks for the post man!

jackssmirkingrevenge · Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:26 pm

Must have been quite a brown trouser moment... where's the link to the youtube video by the way?

sw5amped · Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:43 am

actually it happened so fast I did not know what to think. I shot it handheld and I'm so lucky I didn't lose an eye or something. I have no idea what happened to the golf ball either I couldn't find it. unfortunately I was standing right next to my girlfriends mothers Cadillac SRX and left a few nasty marks.

sw5amped · Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:22 am

Guys!!!! I need some help. I cant load any more than 70lbs of propane into my meter. Was wondering if i should make it larger to accept more fuel. Or is there something els I'm missing

sagthegreat · Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:57 am

sw5amped wrote:Guys!!!! I need some help. I cant load any more than 70lbs of propane into my meter. Was wondering if i should make it larger to accept more fuel. Or is there something els I'm missing

70 LBS OF PROPANE... holy balls are you making a freaking howitzer

sw5amped · Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:12 pm

Well at normal combustion the gun requires 29lbs of propane. Then At a 3x mix i need to load 90lbs of gas. But my meter stops accepting fuel after 70. Also it is very cold where i am. I'm trying to fix this prob.

ramses · Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:06 pm

He means PSI.

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