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09-06-2009, 06:32 AM
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man, me and a friend just built a potato gun a little while back, and man. its the most fun ive had in a while. we have been getting shots out to 200 yards, or around 400 feet. its awsome. and we have accuracy to a tee now, we can hit a stopsign (one i bought, not one on a pole) out to 150 yards almost everytime. and we can take 3-4 shots per minute with a 2 man setup and reload team. its wicked, i love it, and i hope you guys have some experiance with them as well, cause they really are amazing little toys
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09-06-2009, 11:00 AM
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09-06-2009, 11:03 AM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | I nearly blew my hand off a bit back when the screw cap on my friends potato gun flew out the back way. |
09-06-2009, 11:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Haha, lots of fun. Built them as a kid, and am quite lucky I'm still alive to tell about it. Those things can pack a wallop!
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09-06-2009, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | 200 yards is 600 feet, other than that, potato guns are fun.
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09-06-2009, 11:18 AM
|  | I hate. | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: The state of denial. | | | Potato guns are so awesome, they destroy mathematical conversions!
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09-06-2009, 12:40 PM
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09-06-2009, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | | ive built one. entirely too much fun. just watch that back cap. we had vaseline on the threads of ours so it wouldnt get stuck.. sometimes it got cross threaded because someone put it on too fast. had it fly off a few times. looking back, i feel i could do it better, and take care of the thing so it lasts longer.
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09-06-2009, 03:27 PM
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09-06-2009, 04:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Florida | | | +1 I still have one and break it out every now and then and entertain the kids. +1 on being careful of the cap. Also I would recommend wrapping some duct tape around the combustion part also because I had one blow apart on me and cut me once. What are you using for propellant? Hair Spray? Works the best. Aqua net.
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09-06-2009, 05:43 PM
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09-06-2009, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Anaheim, Ca. | | My brother had one of these.... I think he finally wore it out after a few thousand satisfying rounds of pure, mindless, juvenile fun.. He still talks about that gun with very little prompting from anyone.. ha ha...  ...  |
09-06-2009, 07:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, TX | | | I love mine. I dropped on the way back to the garage last time and the main tank broke off. Simple glue job.
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09-06-2009, 08:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | we tried to make one using propane.
needless to say, plastic pipe and fire do not mix.
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09-06-2009, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | My propane one worked great. Still does actually. For a while, I had stun gun ignition and it was awesome.
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09-06-2009, 08:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Trevorus My propane one worked great. Still does actually. For a while, I had stun gun ignition and it was awesome. | I should also mention that we did it incorrectly......it's really hard to explain what went wrong, but one second it was fine and the next it was spouting a jet of fire.
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09-06-2009, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California | | | I have a standard combustion type one(aerosol) and I have heard that hairspray is actually a pretty crappy fuel because it gunks up the inside of the chamber where the aerosol is and can mess up the barrel too. I use Right Guard and it seems to work pretty well. It would be sweet to have a pneumatic one, I have seen one on tv hooked up to multiple air sources; they used it to fire 2x4s through walls.
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09-06-2009, 10:41 PM
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09-06-2009, 10:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | One thing to remember, USE Schedule 40 or 80 PVC. Cellular core PVC is a great way to hurt yourself.
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09-07-2009, 04:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rochelle, Illinois | | Quote:
Originally Posted by vbasscustom we have been getting shots out to 200 yards, or around 400 feet. its awsome. and we have accuracy to a tee now |
Not math accuracy.
Also, not spelling accuracy.
Just sayin', is all.
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