black powder?

[ZapTheMad]

I wonder if you could shoot paintballs with small loads of black powder

[billybob_81067]

I wonder if you could shoot paintballs with small loads of black powder

If you had the correct sized barrel and used a very small amount of powder I'm sure you could... Tippmann's got that paintball gun that uses propane and creates a small explosion to propel the paintball, so I don't see why not!

[tropical_fishy]

If you had the correct sized barrel and used a very small amount of powder I'm sure you could... Tippmann's got that paintball gun that uses propane and creates a small explosion to propel the paintball, so I don't see why not!

This may just be me being an idiot, but if you create too much heat, won't that be an issue with melting or otherwise deforming paintballs? I can't find a description of how the Tippmann gun works, so I can't really visualize how using powder would work.

[billybob_81067]

This may just be me being an idiot, but if you create too much heat, won't that be an issue with melting or otherwise deforming paintballs? I can't find a description of how the Tippmann gun works, so I can't really visualize how using powder would work.

You might have to put some kind of wadding in behind the paintball to take the heat. Definately not practical, but theoritically possible.

This is basically all the info that I've found on the net for the Tippmann propane gun.

After connecting the propane tank, the C3 requires three or four pumps before it will begin firing. If the marker doesn't fire, the manual suggests adjusting the air/fuel mixture. Unlike C02 or compressed air, a tiny amount of propane is ignited by a spark plug creating a combustion that propels the paintball out the barrel.

[Lohman446]

If you had the correct sized barrel and used a very small amount of powder I'm sure you could... Tippmann's got that paintball gun that uses propane and creates a small explosion to propel the paintball, so I don't see why not!

The C3 uses propane to compress air, which in turn then propels the paintball.

The explosion does not directly propely the paintball - they are in two seperate "areas" of the marker. The explosion compresses air. A seperate action uses that compressed air to propel the paintball. No heat (aside from the heat of compressing the air) is applied directly from the propane "explosion" to the paintball. Hence why it is not a firearm.

[billybob_81067]

The C3 uses propane to compress air, which in turn then propels the paintball.

The explosion does not directly propely the paintball - they are in two seperate "areas" of the marker. The explosion compresses air. A seperate action uses that compressed air to propel the paintball. No heat (aside from the heat of compressing the air) is applied directly from the propane "explosion" to the paintball. Hence why it is not a firearm.

So have the blackpowder compress a piston which then compresses the air just like the C3. Just use a very tiny amount of blackpowder, or you'd have a bomb on your hands!

How does the combustion chamber on the C3 get fresh oxygen for each shot? I've been messing around with a system for injecting compressed oxygen and propane into prairie dog holes and firing it off remotely. Just a half second shot of the oxy-propane mix makes a rather large bang out in the open!

[Lenny]

Moving away from penis sizes and flaming paintballs...

If you ever want a fun gun to shoot, 1847 Berminghams are cool. I do Civil War reenactments and use this. Fun peice of work. Long as hell, too. With the bayonette on it, it's a little bit taller than I am.

Just watch the shoulder when live firing. If you're green, it might hurt.

[Recon by Fire]

Back to black powder... I want one of these...

I just bought a replica one the other week. I wanted to get a custom made working model, but the wait line was tooooolong.

[mobsterboy]

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