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Dilyan Ganev Senior Member Offline Hard rocks... Posts: 276 Balkans, Bulgaria, Burgas Gender:	Blowgun Apr 14^th, 2011 at 5:05pm Two or three years ago i made one(about 1.3 meters/ approx 3 ft. diameter of the tubes was about 20 mm ) out of pvc tubes and i was shooting a cones of paper(my record was about 20 m/21 yards in hight and about 30 meters in length). Any ideas how to improve the whole blowgun(different materials for the gun itself, and the ammos)?
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Dilyan Ganev Senior Member Offline Hard rocks... Posts: 276 Balkans, Bulgaria, Burgas Gender:	Re: Blowgun Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 3:42am Thanks :)
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Reply #3 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 4:25am

Also, look up 'cherokee blowgun' on the web. They made very powerful non-poisoned blowgun darts fletched with thistle fluff spirally bound onto a wooden shaft.

I have made cherokee style darts with tufts of cotton wool pulled out and bound onto bamboo BBQ skewers with thread. These work very well from a 2m x 15mm copper water pipe.

Great how-to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxxIA1zWbZM

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Re: Blowgun
Reply #4 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 12:03pm

Before I got into slinging (a long while ago), I made a few 1/2 PVC blowguns. I followed instructions from Dave Canterbury's survival videos on YouTube. Worked alright, but finding a fast, easy, and cheap source of fletching for the darts was a pain. I tried cotton, tape, tissue, plastic, wire nuts, and multiple other methods before giving up. Availablity of ammo was also one of the reasons I started slinging

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Reply #5 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 8:17pm

Back in School, my friends and I made darts out of mounting pins and scotch tape. The blowgun was just two or three soda straws taped together. We wrapped the scotch tape around the back end of the pin to expand away from the pin in a cone. then we cut the cone off at a place where the remaining diameter was only slightly smaller than the interior of the straw. At close range, we could imbed the pin dart in wood so hard it was difficult to remove.

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Re: Blowgun
Reply #6 - Apr 20^th, 2011 at 5:11pm

you can make a mouthpiece out of a pvc adapter, it probably makes for a tighter seal, although traditional ones don't have any mouthpiece, so it might not matter.

i've heard of broad head darts with heads like #11 exacto blades scraping and ruining the inside of the pipe, not sure about it though. i've used old credit cards/gift cards as target heads quite successfully.

i've tried sticking fletchings right in front of the cone of the blowpipe, which stabilizes it somewhat mroe than just a cone.

i think your pipe bore should be no less than .5 inches/1 cm. cheap online ones with only .22 are barely thicker than straw.

if you use cones soaking them in elmers glue or super glue greatly enhances their durability, making it somewhat like plastic.

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Reply #7 - Apr 20^th, 2011 at 5:45pm

the best blowgun I have made was with 1/2" electrical conduit. only costs a couple of bucks but makes a more rigid blowgun that improves the aim. I like 4 or 5 feet my self. also I make a cap instead of a cone with duck tape by whittling Wink

a stick to just smaller than the bore of the gun. then tape sticky side up followed by tape sticky side down. one advantage is that you can use bamboo skewers, and fire 5 or 6 at a time. makes a pattern the size of a softball at 30 ft. You can also use the cap with just one skewer and it works fine. use a bright colored duck tape though so you can find the cap and reuse it.

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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: Blowgun Reply #8 - Apr 21^st, 2011 at 9:24am If you are interested in blowguns, this website has great how to´s on blowguns, ammo and all the gear related to it. They are sport oriented, not hunting (german law). http://www.blasrohr-sport.de/
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Re: Blowgun
Reply #10 - May 5^th, 2011 at 7:47pm

half inch electrical conduit would allow a longer, more rigid blowpipe certainly. Also 1/2 inch copper pipe would work better. As of yet I've only fooled with pvc and lack of rigidity is in issue. I have found that if you look through the barrel you can see the bend, and rotate the pipe to minimize the bend prior to using it.

For fletching so fare I've just used paper cones covered with packing tape.
For the shaft I've just used a bamboo skewer with no broadhead.

Even a 4 foot pipe is decently powerful. I taped a piece of old boot leather to a box and penetrated the cardboard and leather.

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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: Blowgun Reply #11 - May 6^th, 2011 at 2:04am perpetualstudent wrote on May 5^th, 2011 at 7:47pm: half inch electrical conduit would allow a longer, more rigid blowpipe certainly. Also 1/2 inch copper pipe would work better. And aluminum tops both.
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Aussie Past Moderator Offline Joined Nov. 1, 2006 Luke 14:14 Posts: 3265 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Blowgun Reply #12 - May 6^th, 2011 at 3:33am Quote: perpetualstudent wrote on May 5^th, 2011 at 7:47pm: half inch electrical conduit would allow a longer, more rigid blowpipe certainly. Also 1/2 inch copper pipe would work better. And aluminum tops both. Why is that? Is it because of the light weight or does it have some other qualities as well?
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Reply #13 - May 7^th, 2011 at 1:39pm

Aussie wrote on May 6^th, 2011 at 3:33am:

Why is that? Is it because of the light weight or does it have some other qualities as well?

yeah, The light weight in combination with its rigidness (choose an adequately thick wall diameter). It means even a pretty long blowgun sags very little under its own weight. Be carefull though , some aluminium pipes have a weld on the inside, better quality ones don´t.

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Galvanicfish Senior Member Offline Just not right. Posts: 291 Central Ohio Gender:	Re: Blowgun Reply #14 - May 12^th, 2011 at 11:06am Cold Steel special projects makes a blowgun I've been pondering buying. Anyone here have one? Here's a link if anyone's curious.
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