(Homemade AirGun) Target Bullets

Just recently I made a Pneumatic Pvc Airgun. It works great but, I wanted more power out of it. So I thought I should make better bullets out of something reasonably cheap. This is what I came up with.
These don't shatter easily and work very well if they are shot out of an airgun. Plus these will decompose as oposed to batteries and other metal bullets which will take a hundred or so years to. So be eco friendly and make these bullets. Please rate it if you like this instructable.



Note: These are only done for eco friendly bullets.
These bullets might go through cardboard But these don't have enough weight
to do real damage. However I will soon post an Instructable on Way better bullets Who win in Weight, Accuracy, Distance, Durabiltiy and Destruction power. I'm talking about heavy weight champions.

Note: New better bullets At http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Airgun-Bullets-V2/

Note: New even better bullets at http://www.instructables.com/id/Long-Distance-Bullets

Step 1 Materials

Materials:
Hair Gel,
Pvc Piping (same size as your barrel),
Teaspoon,
Plaster of Paris,
and a bowl of water(about 3 Tablespoons)
Plus some Tape, sand paper,
Concrete ground,some tinfoil,
and a saw (possible a sharp knife)

Comments

[looking4ideas]

Gr8 Instructable. Has any one thought of using ice bullets ? I started using them but it caused my barrel to rust =( . have you thought about placing a nail or a bolt in it to give it a bit more weight ?

[cannibal_hect0r]

Hehe, put an LED throwie in a Polymorph round to make tracers. Would vaseline work better than the hair gel??? Also you could probably make a wooden stand for the pipe & have a centered hole to hold that nail or a large sewing needle.

[Mattrox]

Is polymorph expensive where your at? Because over here (New Zealand) it costs about ten dollars per two hundred grams!

[sharlston]

whats polymorph?

[FunkNattidelic]

it would be more fun ( yet more dangerous ) to use actual phosphorous to make tracers.

[Mattrox]

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[FunkNattidelic]

I think white phosphorous is highly flammable and highly toxic, but its close cousin Red Phosphorous isnt as toxic and wont combust in your barrel. they use red phosphorus in match striker strips because it reacts with alot of friction and mixes with the sulphur and white phosphorus in the match head to ignite it all.

[FunkNattidelic]

i was wrong abuot this the red phosphorous reacts with the KCL03 on the match head to ignite.

[thoraxe]

doubt the weak pvc gun would lauch it fast enough to ignite, better off just shooting matches with sandpaper in the barrel....

[Mattrox]

bullet comeing out of barrel have a ton of friction

[thoraxe]

doubt the weak pvc gun would lauch it fast enough to ignite, better off just shooting matches with sandpaper in the barrel....

[Mattrox]

have you ever seen a proper pvc gun go. If knot have a look a mr.crowleys antenna laucher

[FunkNattidelic]

than it would have to be lubed, but with something that doesnt effect the performance of the phosphorous...

[Mattrox]

Oh good idea

[FunkNattidelic]

Either way, it would still be dangerous...

[Mattrox]

tracers would be mean probably yes

[ak49er]

Tracers have phosporous on the tip that ignites from AIR FRICTION.This means that the bullet has to be going FAST (as in, faster than 1200fps,or faster than the speed of sound) so most air cannons wouldprobably not be able to use tracers....or atleast, ignite tracers.

[Mattrox]

thanks. yes i have thought of that and it would work well as long as its shot out of a pvc gun. puting a nail in would be hard because balanceing woulbd be hard good ideas mattrox

[kicker109]

if the plaster is thick enough it should stay in place... shouldent it

[Mattrox]

balaning would no be that hard im just abit laz :p

[looking4ideas]

If you used single bullet molds it wont be that hard to find the middle. Just to prove you wrong i will attempt this dangerous task =) ill post pics when i have the time

[Mattrox]

cool

[knifepyro]

how do u make those metal bullets with the tail?

[Mattrox]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Airgun-Bullets-V2/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Long-Distance-Bullets

[SystematiC PinoY]

Hey. These bullets seem pretty good there on my A-list things to do list this summer holidays.. Along with the rifle itself. Was just wondering whats the chop stick for? Is it to push the plaster of paris out of the mold?

[SystematiC PinoY]

Oh, haha I should have read the next step first before posting that comment above. So I take it that then hair gel works as a lubricant to get the plaster of paris out yeah? 

[beehard44]

you can use minola or baby oil instead of hair gel (mas mura) and you can use white portland cement (may nabibili sa hardware ng 1/2 kilo bag)

[9w2xyz]

you know.. you could add baking soda into the mixture.... and have air bubbles in it....... Load into a turkey baster and squeeze.

[JuiceWeasel]

If you really want to be ECO about this, use Clay to build the body, and add a seed inside (no heat treatment) Think of it like a "Seed Bomb"

[bio-logical]

i was toying with the idea of igniting the phospherous and decided that i was goin to make one with a capacitor and a pit of my special conductive lub in a small glass container that will break splatting the tip with the coductive stuff and connecting the capacitor tips causing current to go through and light the phosphurous soz bought bad spelling

[Legend in your Mind]

If you're going to go through the whole process of firing them then why not use ceramic mud? (I have a ceramics kiln handy by the way, but don't ask me to make your bullets) Cermics mud will take heat, but might explode of it's to thick so be careful when firing in heat... Plaster of paris in comparison is like using cotton balls as opposed to uranium tipped projectiles. Ceramics mud is cheap too.. just check in the phone book for any ceramics supply house..plus you can even have custom molds made fairly cheap. Just a suggestion. ;)

[weaponscollector94]

if you add lead or steel shot to the mix and shoot them out at a very high velocity they are like tiny frag grenades, but stay very far away from the target unless you dont wanna keep your sight city boy

[clemsonguy1125]

can you cut the bullet with a hand saw

[Mattrox]

which one?

[clemsonguy1125]

after you make the stick of plaster of paris when you cut the to size

[Mattrox]

Yes, it is actually very easy to cut.

[bowmaster]

I am going to make mold for these. It you have a mold you can put some lead shot near the front to weight it better.

[mistahmaxi]

They look like tampons.

[sharlston]

you could use filler asweel instead of plaster

[Mattrox]

Huh??