Just Some Bob, on Feb 4 2009, 11:21 AM, said:
Just some BOB? I bet your name is Kevin LOLPineapple, on Feb 4 2009, 10:07 AM, said:
Thanks for asking, it does indeed look weird since that 3/4" PVC stock is epoxied together.
Actually, I epoxied a 1/2" PVC endcap to the 3/4" coupler which acts as a stock attachment. No air goes into the shoulder stock, and it can be fired without the stock attached (the simple U-design is one I remember from an amateur radio magazine on how they made a launcher to throw antenna wire over trees when setting up a remote outdoor radio station).
Is that unusually angled joint just done with a miter cut and epoxy?
So, you're a ham, too? I shouldn't be surprised. cq, de wa6rgarork, on Feb 4 2009, 10:20 AM, said:
I like the alternative ammo angle here. I've actually been thinking a lot lately about how the "micros only" trend may be handicapping designs; a 4B is almost hazardous shooting micros, but as a mega cannon, who knows? Only one way to find out... I'm probably going to be trying some megas at the Sotheast Tuneup War, in my SNAP, to see if they fight the wind as well as was claimed back in the olden days. And non-micro usage might be a great way to handicap homemade air guns down to a safe power level.
I don't think the difference between micros and megas is quite enough to "denature" the BBBB, but it certainly is a concept worthy of exploration. I've been keeping a few classic blasters in mega form, just because it seemed a shame to alter them, such as the SSU (Switch Shots Ultra) which has come back to me, since my client completed what he wanted it for.