jmorris Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Doesn’t really fit anywhere so I thought I would show off the lowest cost projectile launcher I have reloaded for. I had a little time to play today waiting on a delivery, so I put together my 217.49mm X 3785.41 cm3, hauled it and a few hundred feet of air hose out of the garage to the “range“ and went through a few rounds. Using 40 gallons of air pressure launching a 16 lb (112,000 grain) bowling ball. I didn’t have time to chronograph the load I used but even if it were only moving 1.5 FPS it would beat IDPA/USPSA “major” power factor making 168. If it were moving at a modest 50 FPS it would be making 5,600 PF. The unique triple hollow point design makes it less than ideal for rabbit, squirrel and other small game due to unnecessary meat damage, maybe I’ll find an old foreign car or something. You’ll have to click on the photos to play the videos. 120 psi 40 psi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justforfun Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 WOW That this is just begging to be shot at something. How far did the bowling ball travel with 120psi, I didn't see it land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 That video is not very good but if you watch it again you can see it land 6 seconds after launching, almost perfectly lined up with the top right corner of the gate. At that angle it only goes around 90 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Now you just need to make it a repeater. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 That video is not very good but if you watch it again you can see it land 6 seconds after launching, almost perfectly lined up with the top right corner of the gate. At that angle it only goes around 90 yards. Have you tried it at a lower angle yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I like the ladder as angle adjustment. Very high tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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