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[Techno-Dann]

The THUG (That Horribly Ugly Gun):



It's got a permanently mounted bike pump, feeding into a length of bicycle inner tube, which I hot-glued (and hose-clamped) over a hole in the pressure tank. The tank is 3/4 in. PVC, and is 19 inches long. With a 24 inch barrel, it'll shoot 65-70 feet level, and 75-80 feet arched. Also, with my 30 inch blowpipe barrel, it'll shoot 80-90 feet flat, and 120-130 feet arched.




The THUG is designed for loser-type use, having a fairly low ROF and (for me, anyway) very long range. It can be muzzle-loaded, or the barrel can be removed for a breech load.



As the THUG is very loud when fired, I made this muffler with Zero's instructions. It cuts the firing noise in half or so, and doesn't interfere with the firing of the gun. It's 3/4 in. PVC, is filled with kleenex, and is covered with a cardboard paper towel tube. The muffling length is about a foot.

I did the math, and the THUG cost me about $20 American to build.

[SnIpErX125]

Looks pretty cool.

[Jangadance]

Obviously, you could substitute an electric sprinkler valve for the ball valve but it would just about double the price of the homemade. The benefit being that you wouldn't need such a friggin huge barrel since the air delivery is loads faster.

[taita cakes]

Excellent work, and good to hear that Zero's silencer works. And just one thing, you're not invisible.

I think i smell a respray coming on.

[Techno-Dann]

SnIpErX125: Thanks! It's not the world's best looking gun, but it works.

Jangadance: You're completeley correct. Unfortunatley, at the moment I don't have the time or the money to get a solenoid valve, and I've already glued the gun together. Also, I kind of like the really long feel of the gun with the big barrel attached.

taita_cakes: Again, thanks. And, of course I'm not invisible in the pictures. They were taken inside. If I'd been outside, it would have been completeley different.
I jest, of course. That just happened to be the T-shirt I was wearing that day.