If you go with that spring loaded ball detent idea, you'll more than likely run into a problem with the spring floating. At the high rates of fire these guns are capable of, after the first few "controlled shots" the spring won't have enough time to recover fully and the design will collapse from th...

Barrel material came in today, time to get back to work

I guess I'll make the nozzle adjustable. Since mine gun is a 1-off, I can spend the time to machine a proper converging nozzle unlike the straffer which seems to have only a small conduit creating a large pressure drop, making it less efficient. I wish I saw the details to that design sooner, but I ...

This being my first post on this forum, I've been browsing around and noticed the two most prominent BBMG designs used are Vortex and Cloud. The cloud style seemed to use a great concept of suspending the ammo or media in the air, ready to exit through the barrel. The Vortex seems to have excellent ...