So… high end pellet guns sell for up to $5,000.
I have an idea that I think would produce a pellet gun of such superior accuracy and consistency that it should be eagerly sought after by pellet gun enthusiasts and could easily sell for $3,000 or more.
I don’t think it’s a difficult engineering challenge either. It’s just something that nobody seems to have put together all the elements of.
If I had a machine shop, I could build a prototype in a week or so.
What’s the best way to see if this could be a money making idea?
Yeah, I know the answer is “PATENT IT!” I am looking into that now.
Assuming I do pursue a patent, what’s the best way to build a prototype?
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis sounds like a perfect idea for a Kickstarter project.
Hmm… maybe so. Something to think about.
The big question I am trying to solve right now is just how airtight a piston seal is, and how hard it is to get it tight enough to hold gas at 3,000 psi…
What, no plutonium?
Heh… Plutonium pellets would be pretty good pellets. Plutonium is softer and heavier than lead.
Too bad it’s one of the most poisonous substances in the universe.
I’m afraid that my idea, as brilliant as it is, may be much more difficult than I thought it would be. Apparently it is a significant engineering challenge to deliver compressed air at a consistent pressure without some serious equipment.
OK, so the more I look at this, the worse it is looking. I thought there might be a simple mechanical way to adjust the volume of an airtight container to maintain overall pressure as your air is used up.
But that’s not proving to be the case. The general approach to “solving” this problem appears to be to pump a whole lot more pressure than you need, then use a regulator valve to keep the outgoing pressure constant until the internal pressure drops below that level, and then refill the tank.
I find it interesting that this technology is widespread in paintball guns, which operate at around 800 psi from a 3,000 psi tank. But I don’t see any tanks which operate at 3,000 psi from a 5,000 psi tank.
I suspect that the pressures involved are just getting too high and the cost of the regulators is just too much.
Sigh… I was hoping for a simple solution, but my initial attempts at one seem to have been somewhat…. naive.
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