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Spud Guns - 12.07.2008, 01:06 AM

Does anyone besides me have a spudgun? Here is some info on mine. The gun is propane powered and it has detachable barells. For now, the ignition is a bbq sparker, but I may upgrade to electric bbq ignitor or maybe even stun gun ignition. Other possible additions include a chamber fan and a 2.5" tennis ball barrell.

Tomorow I plan to make a magnetic propane cyllender holder out of some 4" pvc or sewer pipe with one end plugged off and a magnet glued to the inside.

The gun shoots a potato up in the air almost out of sight and it takes 15-25 seconds for it to come down. I once shot it straight into the ground and it made a pretty good crater. It would have been deeper, but the ground was pretty frozen.

The old meter used an air chuck/schraeder valve system to transfer the propane. That system proved unreliable. Today I attached it so it would hopefully help in reliability.
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