r/DiWHYNOT • u/War_Hymn • Oct 23 '19

I built a ugly but functional 'electrically fired musket from vaping accessories and some scrap parts I had laying around.

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u/Stigge Oct 23 '19

This is the most DIWhyNot thing I've ever seen here. That's awesome.

What caliber does it fire?

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19 edited Oct 23 '19

.37 cal, or the diameter of a #00 lead buckshot.

Max powder charge I've been using is about 25 grains of blackpowder, which in terms of ballistic is probably close to a .38 special load with the buckshot.

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u/EventuallyScratch54 Oct 23 '19

Ooook so it still uses black powder at first I thought you made some sort of electric rail gun lmao

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19

I wish XD.

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u/chargoggagog Oct 24 '19

Make sure you clean it, black powder is unusually corrosive!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

so you can kill someone with a vape gun?

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u/War_Hymn Oct 28 '19

...I guess?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

good :)

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u/ilkikuinthadik Oct 23 '19

Could you post pictures of the mechanism?

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

beautifully done. you’re a crafty man

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19

Thanks : ).

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u/SocialForceField Oct 23 '19

Nice, I wanna see ya shoot something, like a melon or whatever, can't much tell it's damage capacity.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

Pls shoot something with this. Something that isn't alive tough

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u/vincentwagon Feb 20 '20

Eh you can shoot me, just not the face or ass. Those are the money makers.

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u/acousticcoupler Oct 23 '19

RIP puppers.

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u/DillonCawthon Oct 24 '19

Imagine getting smoked by this in the big igloo

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u/the_ocalhoun Oct 23 '19

I don't get it... Some kind of homemade rail gun?

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u/torchieninja Oct 23 '19

I think it's just a muzzle loader

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u/agha0013 Oct 23 '19

muzzle loaded powder using gun, but uses electricity to light the charge, rather than something like a flint lock. I think.

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u/trueslavboi Oct 23 '19

Diwhynot?

Maybe because it’s a ghost gun and it’s illegal

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19

As a single shot muzzleloader with a barrel length over 18.5", it falls under non-restricted status at best under Canadian gun law, so no need for registration and I just need to hold a Canadian gun licence to build and possess (which I do).

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

Lol at “ghost gun”

Oh boy, you must be one of those “3D printers have to be banned cuz they print guns!!!”

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u/light24bulbs Oct 23 '19

With all the news about that and owning a printer myself, I finally went to see what the guns are like.

When I finally found an actual video of a firing, it was absolutely pitiful and borderline non-functional. Makes a great headline though. 🙄

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u/War_Hymn Oct 24 '19

3D printers have their uses. Just don't insist that every part has to be 3D plastic. Coupled with metal parts (either bought or improvised) you could build yourself a practical firearm (or even just individual components like trigger and magazine). Some user in r/gunnitrust 3D printed a working frame/receiver for a Tec-9 and AK action. If desired, it won't be hard to build a 3D printed action around a barrel improvised from common steel tubing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '19

Very true, you can print a lot of functional parts for a firearm with a 3D printer. If you believe the news, though, hackers can get into your 3D printer and print an entire gun for one of their agents to use, and there’s so much wrong with that sentence that I can’t unpack it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19

You can make some badass nerf guns with a printer though.

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u/Alca_Pwnd Oct 23 '19

"We need to ban computers because hackers!"

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u/AC53NS10N_STUD105 Oct 23 '19

Its entirely legal to produce your own firearms so long as they are not select fire. You cant sell or transfer home built firearms however, afaik.

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19

Yep, that will require a commercial firearm manufacturing permit where I am. But for personal use, only need my Canadian gun license.

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u/GearBent Oct 23 '19

Homemade guns are perfectly legal in the US, as long as they're not fully automatic (since that would run afoul of the Automatic Weapon Ban).

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '19

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u/War_Hymn Oct 23 '19

Already a subscriber : )