Blowgun and Ammo

Step 5 Firing

Use a pencil to push the projectile into the blowgun.

For pointy ammo: Not much to it, just raise the gun to your mouth, aim it at the target, and give a strong steady blow until the ammo leaves the barrel.

For the explody ammo: Needs an extremely powerful blow to get it to ignite the matches, also needs a pretty solid target. I am currently working on a system that uses those "party-snaps" to ignite a powder, they seem to have a closer sensitivity to what would be the ideal for this project. They are simply tiny rocks coated with silver fulminate, Ill update if I can get a working dart made using them.

For the zappy ammo: Charge the capacitor just before you insert it in the tube. You can charge it by touching the leads to the 2 fingers on a tazer glove, or the charging contacts from a disposable camera. It is a good idea to wear rubber gloves when handling the capacitor to prevent getting shocked. Insert the capacitor into the tube and give a good strong blow. When the it hits the target, as long as it is not an insulator, all the voltage will be dumped into it.

Comments

[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

[dudeoftheninjas]

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

[jasperk]

LOLS ZAPPY AMMO AWSOME IT HURTS HARD

[picklepie159]

you are insane. that is the best, most craziest way you could kill someone. exploding ammo! nice job!

[Kirin696]

does the copper tubing come in smaller sizes for small objects or would smaller tubing holes cause a risk of bending or breaking? pls send me a message on this if you can!

[backlash]

could NI3 w/e its called be used? that stuff seems sensitive enough to use as long as you could come up with a way to store it. and not for it to blow up when you blow on the dart. what do you think?

[Tetranitrate]

Too sensitive. It would go off while the dart is in the tube, and either send the dart back into your mouth, or a shock wave of toxic iodine gas. Not a good idea.

[instructa-fan]

only you would know you freakin' pyro!

[backlash]

ok, next idea. flash powder roughly 10mg or so and flint out of those snap thingys. it would give a nice bang but be less sensative than the NI3.