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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery » Big new toy Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Big new toy   Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:04 pm rickyjr1954 Member Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Indiana Hey guys I was surfing the net on friday and came across a site that said, Home made 400 yard gulf ball air gun. And that was all it took. I had to see this thing to beleave it. so I bought the parts and went to work this weekend. It was hard to beleave this thing shoots a gulf ball over 400 yards and hard too. It was a blast building it, and a blast to shoot also. FUN FUN FUN. So as you can see, It had so much power behind it. I made three different barrels for it. Enjoy guys. The cost for all parts was about $32.00. _________________ SAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN : Richard   Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:12 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I'm sorry. That does not register as an Airgun. It's an air-cannon. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:23 pm Peska Member Joined: 05 Dec 2007 Posts: 61 Location: Guam USA Hey Ricky, how about a link to the site with the plans? I'd love to spend an afternoon on a project like that....heh heh.. _________________ God gave us the gift of life. It is the most precious gift ever. To be unarmed is to be helpless to protect that gift; that is outright irresponsible. Ted Nugent   Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:10 pm Rogerflat Silver Status Member Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 2051 It shoots billiards balls too. Man, those could really do some damage. _________________ I done been assisted by the trees and rivers. Never needed any minister to figure my divinity.   Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:10 pm Jaxom Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 927 Yeah! No fair teasing us! Give us a link!!! <evil>   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:38 pm cw Banned Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 1771 Yeah, I second that. A link would be great. And some video. Golf Ball Gun Link   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:48 pm kanyon Silver Status Member Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 1582 Location: New Zealand GTA airgun forum has a link to the plans. Under "Shop"...Post headed "Try building one of these" A bigger one for softball "baseball" batting practice Last edited by kanyon on Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:54 am; edited 1 time in total   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:22 pm rickyjr1954 Member Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Indiana Here you go guys but be carefull these things can be very dangerous guys. http://www.instructables.com/id/GolfballAntennaNerf-Cannon---Build-One-That-Shoo/ _________________ SAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN : Richard Re: Big new toy   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:55 pm MrCrowley New Member Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: NZ rickyjr1954 wrote: It was hard to beleave this thing shoots a gulf ball over 400 yards and hard too. That's because it's not shooting 400yards. I'm the builder of the original cannon: http://www.instructables.com/id/GolfballAntennaNerf-Cannon---Build-One-That-Shoo/ And that will only shoot 450 yards at about 120PSI. With your valve (1" modded sprinkler), the most distance you'll get at 120PSI is about 300yards. How do I know this? Well first i'm very experienced in this cannons and second, i've made one similar to that of yours: http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtopic,p,136108.html#136108 I made that one just for fun. This is another golfball gun of mine: http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtopic,p,100616.html#100616 The piston wasn't as well made as my second golfball gun (the VAL) so distance is about 400yards. A 1" sprinkler valve may open faster then a 2" piston valve, but only marginally and the flow in a 2" piston valve compared to that of a 1" sprinkler valve, is far bigger. Nice cannon nonetheless, but when I say the cannon shoots 400yards, I mean the cannon with the 2" piston valve and 5' barrel. You should come and have a look at www.spudfiles.com it's a great site and that's where I first learnt how to build spudguns.   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:34 pm j.m. Member Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 43 Location: Raleigh, NC (Also at my pc) But with a rifled barrel, I believe it could be given some thought as to whether or not it is a gun: http://www.spudtech.com/detail.asp?id=32 _________________ If the world didn't suck, we'd all just fall off.   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:40 pm MrCrowley New Member Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: NZ j.m. wrote: But with a rifled barrel, I believe it could be given some thought as to whether or not it is a gun: http://www.spudtech.com/detail.asp?id=32 It's a gun in the sense it shoots something. But it's not a firearm. A rifled barrel would be cool nonetheless, but would have little effect on the golfball. A hop-up would be more effective. maybe your right   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:16 pm rickyjr1954 Member Joined: 05 Jun 2008 Posts: 61 Location: Indiana ok 300 yards Ill take that but it dame sure looked like 400 yards but its bad a$$ anyway for a gulf ball. Thanks for the info bro. _________________ SAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN : Richard   Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:21 pm MrCrowley New Member Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: NZ No problem, btw I used Google Earth to measure it by referencing it with landmarks on a golfcourse next to my house. You can always build a golfball cannon that shoots 450yards if you're up to it, join Spudfiles We also have a section for BBMG's with rates of fire around 70bb's a second maybe more, i'm not sure. At a velocity of over 300fps sometimes too. We also have a few members who makes single shot air rifles and semi-auto air rifles, so you never know you guys might find something you like there.   Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:42 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands How about attaching a weight or tail the golf ball. That would increase stability, right? _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:58 pm MrCrowley New Member Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Location: NZ But also drag. Hop-up would be the best solution without losing much velocity. The golfballs go pretty straight as it is, but when you fire them long distances they'll start to curve back and forth. If you're going for distance shot you shouldn't need the golfball to go exactly straight anyway. 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