3 inch Penumatic Cannon

Miniature guns are novelty custom, unique, and sometime downright crude! Common construction materials often include pill bottles or pens. Show us your work!
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elitesniper
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:38 pm

Well im not sure i can call this little thing a cannon :lol: but what the heck. This is my smallest pneumatic its only about 3 inches long , its a coax it has a 6mm barrel for bbs the chamber is 3/4 sch80 , it is filled with a sharader valve and exhausted with the sharader valve , its runs at about 100-170 psi. oh and the sealing face is mousepad everythings held in with epoxy ,hope you guys like :D
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the guts of the ''cannon'' compared with a chapstick
the guts of the ''cannon'' compared with a chapstick
the fill/exhaust valve
the fill/exhaust valve
the piston made of solid plastic
the piston made of solid plastic
the ''cannon'' in my hand
the ''cannon'' in my hand
the barrel held in with clear epoxy
the barrel held in with clear epoxy
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:42 pm

Nice, but show a pic of the barrel.
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:43 pm

yes sir comming right up lol
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:45 pm

Wow that thing is tiny! I bet it's fun though, and what kind of performance do you get with this "cannon"?
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:47 pm

about the performance of an airsoft springer :lol: haha but a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit better
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm

Wow I was expecting some cannon with a 3" barrel. :lol:
Nice performance, reminds me of my failed attempt at a mini coaxial.

Heres mine, except it didn't work. :x
It was designed to shoot the ball points out of a pen.

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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:02 pm

WOW thats reeaaly small :shock: lol to bad it didnt work though :(
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:06 pm

Well it kinda worked, the piston sealed but the pressure pushed the barrel out. Piston was an eraser with 1 layer of duct tape.
Tomorrow if I get bored I'll finish my other cannon, its a .177 cal barrel sealing piston gun in a tee. :D

BTW, how well does that epoxy bond PVC to PVC? Without sanding or roughening up the surface
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:12 pm

you didnt epoxy your barrel? o yeah i forgot to put its service able!
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:16 pm

No, I used clear silicon gasket maker. Bad, bad decision I made...
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:16 pm

epoxy answers all :lol:
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:21 pm

Not my 4" piston, it ripped out the washer that was epoxied in. :o
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:22 pm

Haha very nice, JSR would be proud :)
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:28 pm

i hope he will :D
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Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:13 pm

elitesniper wrote:epoxy answers all :lol:
All hail epoxy :lol:
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