Blowgun and Ammo

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Of all the things I have ever made, this is one of my favorites. Its an extremely simple and effective design and suprisingly powerful.
I include directions to make 3 different types of ammo for it. Regular pointy ammo, exploding ammo, and high voltage ammo. My favorite is probably the high voltage ammo, it packs quite a dangerous punch.
As always this project is dangerous, and I think it goes without saying "dont shoot at people, unless its self-defence, then certainly by all means go ahead and shoot at people."

Step 1 The gun

Not really much to make.
Just a simple 5/8" wide 4' long piece of copper or brass tubing. When you buy it make sure there are no kinks or bends in it or else it looses its accuracy.

You can vary the length of the tube to suite your needs / lung capacity. A longer tube will have a greater accuracy and will add speed to the projectile, but you will need the lung capacity to be able to forcefully blow a projectile from it, and a longer pipe is harder to carry around. I settled on 4' because it felt like a good length.
I also spray painted it black for looks.

If you want to be able to carry it over your shoulder you can attatch a shoulder strap. I used an old guitar strap and taped it to each end, but dont put it all the way to the end on the side you are going to blow from.

Comments

[furboo]

Instead of using tape and yarn I used paper cones and sellotape, even simpler.

[kharn]

alternitavley you could use thin wire and tightly wrap it around the nail to hold the yarn on but other wise goos

[xduke]

I think the reason he uses yarn is for stabilization of dart while it is in flight.

[rschwarz1]

I think he means to use the wire instead of the tape. A thin woven thread would also work in place of the yarn to get a more refined "professional" look.

[3500]

my shaft is similar but its 3' long and made of lead. its heavy but resistant to anything.

[MCzone]

are you dead
you just said that your gun is made of lead

[Huntman00]

thats what she said

[sneature]

dude?!? lead poisoning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BabyBruschetta]

maybe some sand paper a couple millimeters away from the match head would work?

[5456]

try lining the end of your barrel with sand paprer and the match will come out on fire

[bears0]

it would only work with strike anywhere matches because other matches have stuff on the striker that makes it ignite, the strike anywhere has 2 chemicals and the strike on box has 1 and the other on the striker, when they mix it ignites, you could use strike on box now that i think about that but if you used strike on box you would need the striker

[Xavierxf]

I have decided to use 5 foot electrical conduit. It works perfectly. Got 10 feet at once though so i cut it in half and i have 2.

[Xavierxf]

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[LordSnipe]

just a suggestion... I came up with a similar design over the weekend, and I found that while adding to dificulty of construction, using thin wire or single strands of electrical wire will bind the string to the darts much better than tape ever can
Regards - Snipe

[Captain Dyson]

could you just get a capasator and charge it with a battery some how? if u can then how would you do it?

[djzadjza]

just touch the capacitor leads to a battery of your choice...

[Lemon]

That works in theory, but he'd need a 330v battery. lol

[5456]

those work nicely

[5456]

try using milllitary grade 1'' long fletchetes
 

[stephenniall]

When i was going to build some lathe tools i put a Long bolt in my Drill (grinded of the bolthead) turned my drill and grinded the front with a sanding piece So it was very sharp
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It makes great ammo

[Rajan da pie]

you say about lung capacity how tall are you cos i'm twelve and if you're 21(thats a guess) 4 ft is not going to be good for me so how tall are you Plz reply i spent a long time at writing that i always get b's in my school report

[Kryptonite]

4 feet will be fine for you, I'm 14 and 9 days and I use a 2 metre long pipe.

[Lord Of Mystra]

i hear ya. im 12 as well and im using 5' copper pipe

[Rajan da pie]

thank u and i got a good report lol last time it was rubbish and i had to revise over the hols but it was good this time so i was free!

[popomaster]

i know this comment is 1 year old, but at this point, you should try a 6 ft pipe. even better. im using a 20 ft. one attatched to an airgun XD

[bowmaster]

I am using a 6ft aluminum pipe. It works insanely well.

[Thundertydus]

yeah, i just use a gun, you know, 17. calibre lever action.

[bowmaster]

Do you mean .177? Because 17. caliber means the bullet is 17 inches across which is a HUGE cannon.

[Kryptonite]

Ha ha, I want one of them, but isn't it bolt action, not lever action? I'm confused.

[bowmaster]

Lever action is like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_action
Bolt action is like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolt_action

[Kryptonite]

Ahh I see, never seen lever action before so thanks for the explanation.

[bowmaster]

Your welcome.

[popomaster]

I made stun darts out of a paper cone and a rock. I shot i at my brother, and he shot back, so now we have matching bruises :D

[dudeoftheninjas]

OMG THIS IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!1

[sev17]

awesome! my freind and i might add instrutable on stuff you can add to make it look cooler lol

[homeboy312]

dude I just used an old fishing rod

[cowscankill]

sweet. I have a spare capacitor... and i might try a new exploding dart idea.

[Thundertydus]

Oh Christ

[FunkNattidelic]

THANK YOU TETRENITRATE FOR SAYING THAT PARTY SNAPS ARE GRAVEL TREATED WITH SILVER FULMINATE!!!!! I hate when people say it is gunpowder or some other powder explosive.

[Gibson_SG_95]

THREE PEOPLE AGREE ON THIS ONE!!! YAY!!!