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Which type of spud gun is the best in your opinion?

Combustion spud guns
5
14%
Pneumatic spud guns
27
77%
Electromagnetic spud guns
3
9%
 
Total votes: 35
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Mon May 26, 2008 10:37 am

Cast your votes.
Explain why.
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Mon May 26, 2008 10:44 am

They are all the best on one hand.
If your going for power, hybrid is your thing. For usability, pneumatic is good in your backyard, and in the woods where no compressor is available, combustion does the job.
Electromagnetic ones are not really that powerfull unless youve got yourself one hell of a big fat capacitor array.

Id vote for pneumatics, since they are the most versatile in my opinion, and secondly, combustions are not legal in my country.
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Mon May 26, 2008 11:14 am

I also voted pneumatic. in combustions and hybrids you have to figure out so much stuff just to get it to shoot, and a hybrid usually costs more. for a pnuematic you just pump it up and fire.
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Mon May 26, 2008 11:17 am

pneumatics since they are relatively simple in use while still quite powerful when compared to other types of guns (well I know it's simplification to some extent)
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Mon May 26, 2008 11:21 am

Pneumatics. That suit every experience range, from simple easy ball valves to high powered complicated piston valves. They are always reliable unlike simple combustions, and slightly less dangerous and complicated than hybrids. I wouldn't really know where to start with an EM cannon!
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Mon May 26, 2008 11:24 am

I also agree with the rest in saying pneumatics.
Much more reliable from my personal experience
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Mon May 26, 2008 11:53 am

Well I said Pneumatic, same as everyone else.
Even after I made my hybrid I went back to pneumatics, the are just cheaper to make and so much easier to use.
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Mon May 26, 2008 1:23 pm

Hybrid, satisfying muzzle flash. But a bit fiddly.
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Mon May 26, 2008 1:26 pm

Combustion, I like fire.:twisted: Other than being a pyro, I have no good explanation for you... :violent3:
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Mon May 26, 2008 1:59 pm

hybrids because i are in to those in this times.
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:01 pm

Pneumatics, because I can! :P
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:06 pm

There's already ~20 topics exactly like this one. :roll:
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:38 pm

MrCrowley wrote:There's already ~20 topics exactly like this one. :roll:
That was exactly the thought I had when I saw this topic.
But it was a long time ago since I've seen such a topic, so I think this one can be allowed right? And hey, 20 or 21, whats the difference xD
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Mon May 26, 2008 2:48 pm

im all alone on this one.... electromagnetic all the way. Im more electrically inclined, plus, with the constant chance of dying or being severly burned, it has to be fun 8)

On top of that, electromagnetic can propel objects to insane speeds, close to the speed of light (partical accelerators). Only 5 KJ in a railgun takes it right past the speed of sound. Im a pyro too, but dense plasma beats fire anyday.
Psy, it doesnt have to be that big....


On the downside, there dangerous, and require lots of maintanece.
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Mon May 26, 2008 3:10 pm

pneumatics, cause i'm into paintball bigtime and all we are allowed to use are pneumatic launchers.
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