Mad Caddy

Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:45 pm

<div align="center">MAD CADDY

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I decided to give this gun a little more flare than the typical boring white launchers I usually make. It's weight is balanced surprisingly well, the barrel is 2" sleeved PVC and the chamber is 3" pipe completely encased by the three fittings. The cannons inline style lends itself to ease of handling and the blowgun is in a really ideal location for firing.

The golf ball sights are just for added decoration along with the muzzle break holes I did in a spiral pattern of alternating sizes drilled into a 2" coupler. Don't ask why, I was just feeling creative that day I guess. And yes, that blue thing is a water hazard along with sand traps, a putting green, tee-off box . . . . if you haven't figured it out the top of the barrel has a "fairway" painted on it hahaha

The chamber turned out to be too large at first, I couldn't get 100psi out of a 12gram so I ended up cutting it down a couple inches and realized that with the added 3" coupler all three fittings were a perfect fit! That was just a design fluke but I really enjoy the idea of having a double thick chamber and it also really balances out the barrel.

I finally got my 12gram quick change adapter in (no more Schrader), it looks too cool mounted parallel to the chamber. Solid aluminum, very nice! (got it at http://www.paintball-online.com)

Looking down the barrel, you can see the sleeve better, that's the seam on the upper right hand side. No gap! I got lucky the first time I cut it. I used a table saw.

The valve. Nothing special, just a 1" valve with a blowgun. I didn't paint it because I use the same valve for a couple different cannons. I'm cheap!

The newest accessory for the Mad Caddy, the Co2 carrier. It's nothing special, just two strips of elastic I sewed together. Makes it look pretty bad-ass I think.

***UPDATE***
I just got back from the local fairgrounds where I tested the Mad Caddy. If you recall, the last time I tested it the fitting had a pinhole leak and was only firing at about 80psi. The gun only shot about 250 yards. Well today I smashed that distance with the newly tweaked Mad Caddy. After the leak was fixed I squeezed in 90psi per 12gram cartridge. At any rate, I launched 4 or 5 golf balls and had two that stayed on the short grass. Ok, ok, ok, ready for the distance? 346 yards! Not bad for a little guy!

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Cole · Tue May 31, 2005 6:59 pm

350 yards, really? that is pretty amazing considering how simple it is. I saw a gun just like that one and it could only shoot 300-400 feet. What is the length of the chamber?

iamthewalrus · Tue May 31, 2005 7:03 pm

its not a combustion thats y theres a blowgun and co2's straped to it, and thats prolly why it shoots farther, phumatics shoot farther then combustions most of the time.

Cole · Tue May 31, 2005 7:33 pm

I know its not a combustion lol. Im not that stupid. I was just saying this gun http://www.air-power.net/ looks almost identical and he says that that one can only shoot 300-400 feet and he sets his to almost twice the psi.

Cole · Tue May 31, 2005 7:36 pm

The link wont work, its the zooka on page 8 of pnuematics.

iamthewalrus · Tue May 31, 2005 7:53 pm

o sry, u said "what is the length of the combustion camber",

Cole · Tue May 31, 2005 8:28 pm

Lol maybe i am stupid, I didnt mean to put combustion chamber. Anyways is there something special about the mad caddy that makes it go so far?

iamthewalrus · Tue May 31, 2005 8:42 pm

i have no idea, it seems to be exactly like the "zooka" except with a bigger chamber and a possibly longer barrel

Cole · Tue May 31, 2005 10:37 pm

Hmmmm that is weird that they are so much alike yet one goes 3 times further.

spudshot · Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:56 am

its probably just a typo, they'd both go about the same with their sizes

Cole · Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:23 am

A typo on whos part?

spudshot · Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:08 am

probably the one that says feet, i've gotten way over 350 feet with my combustion

BIG_SAUCE · Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:56 pm

where do you get your co2 cartriges? i want to adapt this design for paintball but i need somewhat rapid firing ability. i want to use a 20oz co2 tank but i her i need a regulator or something

iamthewalrus · Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:02 pm

any walmart with hold a 20oz and 12g, just look around in your local department stores like walmart target and kmart, do u have thoughs in baton rouge??

spudshot · Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:31 am

ok, you set off a safety alarm with me with the paintball thing, using these guns in paintball is VERY dangerous, they shoot over 300fps and can severly injure people, anything over 300fps isnt allowed, and it can break goggles, or even break ribs. they're fine to use as an indirect fire weapon like a mortar since gravity will rain down the pb's on people instead of 100psi doing that