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My first paintball gun

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:55 am
by nth_power
After viewing many sites and studying a host of fine spud guns, I decided to attempt one myself. I think it turned out nicely. First paintball gun.
Bolt action breech loading
2 reservoirs with a regulator in between
Direct compressor hook up and on board bike pump
Functional silencer
Trigger Safety

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:00 pm
by airpress
Nice gun man!!
Good work!
Is the blowgun for actating the valve?

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:55 pm
by saladtossser
damn thats good work

some explanation of the works

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:20 pm
by nth_power
Yes, that’s a modified sprinkler valve with blowgun activation. I have two air reservoirs, the big one (the main reservoir) towards the front of the gun and the smaller one (the firing reservoir) with a regulator and shutoff valve in between. This allows me to fill the main reservoir and get several shots out of the gun with just one fill. I fill the main reservoir and close the valve, cock in a paintball, fire, then open the valve to fill the small reservoir, and repeat process. At 125 psi I can get 5 good shots at a regulated 40 psi per shot.

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:44 pm
by CS
Looks like you got the whole look thing down, but how about the preformance? Hang-time? Nice gun. This gun defently needs paint though. Possibly post a pic of the loading mechanism? Looks good man, like the blowgun by the way?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:57 am
by nth_power
Here are some images of my breech loader.

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:07 am
by nth_power
I compare tested it to my cousins $200 paintball gun setup. Not only does this gun shot as far as regular paintball gun, it is actually more accurate. The longer barrel makes it far more accurate. Also, using my on board regulator, I shot a paintball at 90 psi and with out really thinking about what I was doing........shot may car and it shatered a chunk off of my gas cap. :cry:

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:52 am
by Brian the brain
I like this gun a whole lot!! Looks like one of the best in PVC so far.I do have a few suggestions however.You have a lot of room underneath the barrel to extend the primary chamber forward.
Bigger primary chamber means more shots.if you also increase the diameter of the secondary chamber you get better performance AND extra shots!!! These moderations won't affect the overall look
.About painting it: try cutting pieces of bike inner tire to sleeve( outside) most of the pipes instead.That way you get a satin black gun with a rubber coating to help prevent damage or scratches when you bump it into something.Also it makes the PVC pipes stronger.I do it on my guns and it works great.U can use different sizes of tire or cut smaller rings so it's easier to stretch around bigger diameter pipes.Build up a sleeve from smaller sections that way.
These are just suggestions.Your gun kicks ass as it is.My compliments

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:34 am
by Copperboy
Is that a bike-pump on the primary chamber? Lovin' it! :D
How many pumps does it take to fill lets say...40psi?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:31 am
by nth_power
When I was first building the gun I thought about having a bigger primary chamber but I didn’t want to make the gun any bulkier then she already was. I love the inner tube idea, I’m goona try that!!

20 full pumps will put at a little over 40 psi

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:43 pm
by K-Dawg-
wow that thing is a-m-a-z-i-n-g you've just inspired me to create a paint ball gun, i love the idea of the two chambers what size are they? is it alright with you if i build one similar to this? also did u use any kind of stopper to prevent air from going into the stock on that tee?
thanx

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:44 pm
by RandomSkater
That's beautiful, nice job!

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:10 am
by Brian the brain
Any luck on the rubber sleeving yet?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:42 pm
by Hitler_the_spud
lol that reall sounds like me except i took the windsheild out of my charger (dodge)aka know as the daytona the 5 foot fin in back but back to the comments :lol: but i shot a painball blankly at about 5 fest away and shoty out a 200 dolloar windsheild....not the smartest but but what is these days

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:41 pm
by nth_power
The only reason I have this gun is because I got on this website among others and was inspired. So, to anyone who may be inspired by my guns I definitely encourage you to try replicate or improve upon this design.

The main chamber is 10” of 2” pvc pipe and the firing chamber is 6” of 1.5” pvc pipe.

As far as plugging, I drilled out about half way into the tee that the stock goes in. I cut a little piece of pipe with one side at about a 45 degree angle and filled it with JBWeld. Glue it inside the tee with the angle creating a nice little sweep to direct the air out the barrel. It acts like a 90 degree and keeps the air from traveling around in the stock

I haven’t had time to try the tubing idea because I’ve been working on a gun that is a powerhouse. I’m done with the construction, I'm just working out some cosmetic details. It shot a golf ball over ¼ mile the other day!!!