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andremat
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:39 pm
Hello everybody, that's my first post. I come from the french spudgun forum (so, sorry for my poor english) and I have already built some spudguns and pneumatics rifles including a semi auto BBs rifle which has been introduced few months ago on this forum.
Here is my last creation :
The M245 Pump action shotgun
Caracteristics :
Cannon: copper / gauge 12mm ; lenght 550mm
Chamber: Approximativley 25ml
Home made quick exhaust valve 3/4'
tubular magazine
pressure used : 12 bars
Air tank : 1 liter
Ammo : 12mm steel ball
Pictures
Inisde the wood :
The rod links the sliding part to the valve which fills the chamber for each shot.

Movie:
(the magazine was empty for the last shots of this vid)
sorry for the quality.
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andremat on Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:48 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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n-strike
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:41 pm
That looks pretty, eh...funky.
What a waste of 300 spud bux.
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:55 pm
I haven't watched the video yet, but I will. Looks good so far. Your english is pretty good, I,m glad to see the French spudsite members sharing their cannons with us Spudfile members.
Welcome to Spudfiles.
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iisthemuffin
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:10 pm
Wow. I really like this! Its true to the name indeed. I watched the video and it operates just as a shotgun should.
Amazing work.
Poop.
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:21 pm
That is F*cking Awsome. You should make a wooden frame to hold the pump, barrel, and mag, then paint it black, and you could make it look like a real shotgun!
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Antonio
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:30 pm
Looks nicely integrated maan! Awesome
After seeing the vid:
Damn its really impressive. It even looks pretty efficient. Do you have more figures? How does the loading port work?
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:32 pm
thats very interesting. you load and fill with only 1 pump. i think you should refine the design and use co2, that way its portable.
"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:40 pm
Very nicely done! The video was good to watch. Here in America we call that a riot gun because of the pistol grip. Thanks for sharing your cannon.
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:53 pm
Thanks for the commentaries.
To the several suggestions :
-Yes, I thought to put a wood piece to operate the system.
You mean like this one :

I think it could really improve its style.
I'll think about it...
-For the loading system, here is more picture and vids to understand how it works :

A spring pushes the balls on the left which go to the barrel with the inclined plane.
(the magazine is located on more on the left in normal use)
http://www.dailymotion.com/andremat/video/x6c9r3_vid013
A zoom on the valve which fills the chamber for every action on the pump system.
http://www.dailymotion.com/andremat/video/x6c9sh_vid039
For the grip, I was inspired by the SPAS-12 :

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SpudFarm
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Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:20 pm
great job!
4/5 because of the wood

if you have got some kind of plastic for the grip it would have got top score
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Nice gun, im almost finished on my prototype shotgun, with pump action bottom ejection system, just need to work out how to make the mag work.
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Héhé, beau travail !
Tu vas avoir du succès sur Spudfile !
hehe, good job!
You'll have success on Spudfiles now!
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Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:05 am
Very impressive, especially the way you combined the ammunition reloading motion with chamber filling. Shame that it (understandably) seems a little low on power, given the construction I think you can afford to up the pressure though, it could proabably take unregulated CO<sub>2</sub>

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Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:14 pm
I like how simplistic everything works...
Really.. a ballbalve on a stick would never have come to my mind...
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