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Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:42 pm

With out rifling will the pellet just tumble in midair?
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:57 pm

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By virtue of its shuttlecock shape and forward centre of gravity, a medium weight airgun pellet doesn't need rifling to be stable.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:07 am

find yourself a thread in .223 barrel instead of trying to make your own.
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Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:30 am

find yourself a thread in .223 barrel i ... your own.

Since spudguns work at much lower pressures than 0.223 rifles, I think it's a better (and probably cheaper) idea to look at barrels and projectiles made for either airguns or black powder rifles.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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