I saw one long ago, from europe, it was a pump up rifle, with a small cyl on the side to fill with liquid ether. You could give it a shot of either, and it would explode on compression from the firing of the rifle, this was long before chrony's, and i have no idea how fast it was. I suspect they are a bit rare. But I would certainly buy one now if they were not.
Ever see a diesel Pellet rifle?
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There was an article on pyramidair about that gun. I think that if you do a google search on it you will find it.
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sweet ........
every diesel junkie should a couple of these .
did some googling .....
the gun your looking for is a
"Weihrauch Barakuda EL54 ether-injection "
ht tp://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2006/05/weihrauch-barakuda-el54-ether.html
every diesel junkie should a couple of these .
did some googling .....
the gun your looking for is a
"Weihrauch Barakuda EL54 ether-injection "
ht tp://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2006/05/weihrauch-barakuda-el54-ether.html
This guy seems unsure it is a good idea, I copied this from the blog listabe above...
Forced dieseling is NOT SAFE!
This is for CF-X guy and anyone else who wonders what can be done with a dieseling airgun. It's all been done before, and the facts are well known. Dieseling destroys spring-piston airguns. They aren't made to take the pounding of the repeated explosions. The EL54 lasted because people couldn't get the ether ampules. Yes, there are ways around that, and they have been tried - and they destroy guns, too. Shooters have been injured when their guns blew apart or pieces flew off at high velocity. This is not a road to go down. If you do, a lot is known about what will happen, and none of it is pleasant
Forced dieseling is NOT SAFE!
This is for CF-X guy and anyone else who wonders what can be done with a dieseling airgun. It's all been done before, and the facts are well known. Dieseling destroys spring-piston airguns. They aren't made to take the pounding of the repeated explosions. The EL54 lasted because people couldn't get the ether ampules. Yes, there are ways around that, and they have been tried - and they destroy guns, too. Shooters have been injured when their guns blew apart or pieces flew off at high velocity. This is not a road to go down. If you do, a lot is known about what will happen, and none of it is pleasant
I've never heard of a HW-35 Barakuda flying apart, but they DO break internal parts.
My cousin had one, and had no end of problems with it.
It used a standard leather piston seal in the cylinder, and the leather would get burned up relatively quickly (not sure if that is 20 shots or 200, but far sooner than a regular airgun would)
Also, the spring guide was poorly designed, andit would break off the little tabs. I had a machinist at work make a much more stury designed spring guide after I bought it off my cousin.
Unfortunately, he lost the mounting screws after he took off the ether injector in frustration, so I have an airgun and a pile of parts.
BTW, there is another airgun that uses the compressed air to ignite a "caseless ammo" round. That is the Daisy VL system. It works much better. Only problem is ammo hasn't been made in about 40 years.
My cousin had one, and had no end of problems with it.
It used a standard leather piston seal in the cylinder, and the leather would get burned up relatively quickly (not sure if that is 20 shots or 200, but far sooner than a regular airgun would)
Also, the spring guide was poorly designed, andit would break off the little tabs. I had a machinist at work make a much more stury designed spring guide after I bought it off my cousin.
Unfortunately, he lost the mounting screws after he took off the ether injector in frustration, so I have an airgun and a pile of parts.
BTW, there is another airgun that uses the compressed air to ignite a "caseless ammo" round. That is the Daisy VL system. It works much better. Only problem is ammo hasn't been made in about 40 years.
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I would rework the piston to take VITON O-Rings. I've used them as piston rings for model engines. You could also try lubing the leather one with ANTI-SEIZE as the aluminum an graphite should help with heat dissipation and the anti-seize is good for 1200* if I recall.
