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[atomatron]

My RainBow; the pink and black



I used 1/2" ID polycarbonate for the plungertube (not advised as it costs 8 times more than PVC and there aren't any PVC fittings that really fit). I used a [k25], a magical 3/4" to 1/2" reducing coupler thing for the front and a 1/2" OD washer sandwich.



The handle is similar to PACs



Closeup of the trigger setup





SUPA DRAW

It's output is 13.2 ^3 in



Stock




Speed holes

[Daniel Beaver]

My RainBow. It has a non-retarded handle. And SlapFire! (I did a crappy job of making the catch on this one, so I can fire the gun by slapping it)

[Hells Soldier]

Well this is my first post on the forum.
Now I couldn't decide whether to put this under modifications or homemades so bare with me.




I basically replaced the spring power of the 3b with SNAP-7 Mircobow arms. I got the idea from Ice Nine's coupling bow conversion.
Now i know it isn't the prettiest but it works. Sadly the gun is only getting about 60feet average, but I think thats because there was a terrible headwind when I was range testing and I have crap CDTS.
I plan on make some real darts and giving it a better range test.



Now on the bowarms I found that the 1/2" to 3/4" CPVC couplers would crack from the strain of the bowarms, so after replacing both couplers on either side I hammered on about a 1/4" piece of 3/4" PVC over each coupler end and I have yet to have troube with cracking or breaking. I don't know if anyone else had the same problem as me, but it is a viable reinforcement for that part of the tee.

[Norther of Heaven]

I got around to making more homemades. And I guess i seem to be following a trend of bows 'n such. le sigh.




Used some of that very small but very tough flex pvc for the plunger rod because the priming (tube?) kept bending the vinyl tubing i had there instead. Put some of the vinyl inside and boom, no worries about it bending and not priming.




This piece is called a wye/tee combination. Its a great handle. I hate seeing snaps and other such homemades with wooden handles amongst all the PVC. It looks unnatural to me.


When primed the plunger rod is visible from the stock tee.

And while I was at it..

The bow "head" i made interchangeable, so i decided to experiment a little on this design. I call it the Y-Bow.


I didn't quite get the arms exactly the way I wanted them, so i just bolted dem bitches down so they wouldn't come flying off by accident when primed.


Have to leave the thread kinda loose, its a tough prime when its more than just taut.


The arms curve beautifully.


Still needs some tweaking, but I think this design has potential. Maybe mechanically, maybe just cosmetically.

[cheerios]

OMG Pacbows!
Mr. Mcnumbers pacbow on the left and the ghetto Pacbow mad by me on the right.
If your going to buy a homemade gun buy a PAC from ryan.

Edited by cheerios, 13 October 2010 - 04:25 PM.

[TxNerfer]

These things are awesome:



100's with slugs and really far with slingshots.

Edited by TxNerfer, 13 October 2010 - 05:00 PM.

[atomatron]

This is... BOW


it's about 4.5" tall, the barrel on it is 20". The cross section is identical to those on PACs and it can be taken apart down to the cross assembly.


Cutting this slot was a real pain, at the back there is a catch which can work but I found it sort of a pain and I have since made it so that it doesn't work.
It has an 11" draw and puts out 16 in^3.


I reamed out a 1/2"PVC coupler and attached it to the string for easier pulling, then there's a 1/2" to 1 1/4" bushing, a 1 1/4" coupler and the plunger tube of 1 1/4" PVC.


SNAP style seal on the nylon rod that is the plunger rod

[rork]

It's super classy! It's bigger than a tree!

Edited by rork, 15 October 2010 - 01:06 AM.

[angelfalcon]

That Y-Bow is beautiful Norther.

[HappyBurnination]

I made a bow.



These things are awesome. Everyone should make one.



Basic HAMP.

[TxNerfer]

My SNAP pistola made to Rork's specs. Super akward to prime. Gets 80's with slugs and a 1.5"-2" stroke and an 8" barrel.

Edited by TxNerfer, 23 October 2010 - 08:19 PM.

[Darksircam]

Renatus. Inspired by Fome's pump-action SNAP.
I still need to attach a stock. Ran out of glue.

Also, yay for PVC handles!
Gah. Impatience got the better of me, and I accidentally touched the handle before the screw cooled. Not fun.

Lubed with pure petroleum jelly because my silicone lube seems to eat away at the rubber... it turns black.

Edited by Darksircam, 25 October 2010 - 02:39 AM.

[KaneTheMediocre]

Made my PAC more dry-fireable than it already was. Now makes far less noise firing than the click of the catch notch setting.



This should work on most pump action blasters, and probably a few others. It's nice to use the tensile rather than compressive strength of the material to take the load, because tensile strength is vastly greater for most materials.

edit: Note the glare is not another string. 2 knots, 3 holes, and 2 1" ends of string sticking out of the T. The loose string could be eliminated with relatively minor design changes.

Edited by KaneTheMediocre, 01 November 2010 - 09:00 PM.

[rork]

999th post. Gee, I wonder if I'll be posting something awesome soon...

[Darksircam]

LAMP, guys.

Actually just a manual SNAP. Uses the Superlative Plunger Head.

About 14 inches long. This was the only 1 1/4" PVC I had. Nevertheless, it fulfills its main objective: To make mass-producible homemade raiders. O-rings would make this more mass-producible.

It's not uncomfortable at all, though that's only because I am a short Asian kid. One hand on the front bushing, one hand on the handle. Or you reverse the PVC elbow and hold it that way.

Edited by Darksircam, 06 November 2010 - 08:21 PM.

[TxNerfer]

Pump action SNAPbow. Clears 100' with slugs with a bad seal. The bow arms are identical to those of a PAC.


I used 1/2 pvc encaps to keep the bow string from slipping out of the v-notches. They fit very tightly over 3/4" cpvc.

In building this, I discovered two things:

1. Pre-eminent plunger heads suck...the catching is too rough.

2. PACbow arms don't work for regular bows. They have to be used on something with a trigger.

EDIT:

For when I need a missle shot in a pinch-



Tomorrow I'm gonna see what a 4B at face destroying pressures will do to a squirrel with slingshots

Edited by TxNerfer, 10 November 2010 - 08:27 PM.

[b1g13en]

Foam SLUGS!

[Kid Flash]

My first snap, yet to have a trigger. Also, the t on the end just broke off, so I bolted it on the other side. It's a 1/2 inch long screw, so it only goes through one side. Is this ok, or should I get a longer screw? I think my problem was before it was too close to the end of the cpvc.

[Y-Brik]

Little discovery- 45 degree PVC bell curves in the conduit section work great on choppers- it's made to funnel wires around a curve and works just as well with darts. I lopped about an inch off the male end (insert jokes here) of mine to keep a low profile, and used a little etape on clip and bell curve to keep everything snug.
Now, to an actual homemade- I got an ObsoleteBow awhile ago and have been making small adjustments to it.


The PVC foregrip is based around a 3/4"x1/2" PVC tee. Also, if you're building one of these (Why? There are RainBows now!), use 5/8" long screws on all nylon rod connections, and use lockwashers.

There's a new (to my knowledge) spring spacer- my long-winded description is on my flickr post. Spring now hits full compression, and the thing shoots hard.

[Merzlin]

Worked on two L+Ls over the past two weeks. For my first homemades, I do like them.

Weigh: 11.2 oz.
Draw: 3.625" of draw



And both of them together


If you want the materials list for the black one

85705K32
8585K43
4880K314
92510A700 
91780A131
93505A111
90309A154
8576K15

If there's a picture issue, I'm sorry. I view them being small, I'll be right on it.

Edited by Merzlin, 14 November 2010 - 12:10 AM.

[KaneTheMediocre]

This is a hoppered HAMP I made as an experiment to see if I could make a HAMP shoot as far as a +bow, without having to slam the plunger super-hard. I'm pretty sure I succeeded. It's as long as a nitefinder, longshot, magstrike clip, and 2 longshot clips.



And, to test out the check skirt,

I made this AAbow

Edited by KaneTheMediocre, 14 November 2010 - 10:53 PM.

[Darksircam]

Another SNAPistol, following rork's advice. 3.5" of plunger draw, homemade plunger handle, and oversized handle. Glorious hopper clip capability!
Dollar PVC breech. Deceptively good airseal.
Edit: Heh. Only PVC can be used to make a breech like this, when the breech is opened it's really not sturdy where the slot is cut out.

Edited by Darksircam, 04 December 2010 - 09:55 PM.

[TxNerfer]

My latest SNAP:



It's got a nice wooden handle, trigger, and spring rest, as well as 6" of draw. With that, it's outshooting any +bow out there.

[jakejagan]

What happens when you have a bunch of old t-shirts that you don't wear anymore?

I turn them into dart pouches of course!





Might be selling these soon. PM with any any questions etc.

Edited by jakejagan, 12 December 2010 - 03:16 PM.

[Hipponater]

Two 2-11s, two more in the works. They're pretty fun blasters. Everyone at the last Columbus war seemed to love 'em.


Three pumpbows in progress, they'll be fully assembled in the next day or two.


Pumpbow and 2-11 wooden handles and shoulder stocks! Very comfortable and awesome, if I do say so myself