hunting with ballvalve airgun

[josephlys]

can i hunt with a ball valve airgun, what can i take with it? at 70 psi is it safe? how accurate is a ball valve airgun?  ???is it more accurate than a blowgun/ slingshot? What will 70psi and a 3inch nail dart do. Got tons of questions, im new sorry.   

[Pellethuntr]

First what state ru from that helps

[theairgunman]

Like pellethuntr said, check you local regs on airgun hunting, or hunt on private land. A ball valve airgun can be very accurate if it is spring operated. One with a manually thrown valve is pretty weak and inaccurate to boot. A well built one using good ammo can be as accurate as a blowgun or slingshot, perhaps better than the slingshot and on par with the blowgun. 70 psi and a 3 inch dart with a proper stabilizing tail can do quite a bit of damage, like going through a 2x4.  Dont worry about having tons of questions, we all do, that is how we learn.

[Pellethuntr]

I can put three shots in a single hole at 30 yrds...

[josephlys]

Thanks everyone for such helpful info. i'll start building my own soon. Should i start with PVC or steel.If i use steel can i fit it together with PVC cement or should i use epoxy.
Are those strong enough to hold the steel/copper gun together afraid itll pop apart.

[josephlys]

will a 3'' nail dart launched at 70 psi kill a racoon size animal humanely. How much weaker is a hand operated ball valve airgun compared to a spring operated one.

[Pellethuntr]

Well first off iron or steel is generally threaded together and u would use pipe tape to make it airtight...a hand operated ballvalve is way less powerfull and not to menchin not accurate

[theairgunman]

You'll definitely want to have a trigger actuated ball valve to hunt with. The power difference is tremendous, you'll definitely need every bit of power possible to take out a coon with a nail dart. Steel is pretty easy to work with, check out the black iron pipe or galvanized steel pipe commonly used for gas lines. You can even use them with a sprinkler valve, if you use a orbit sprinkler valve, you can use the manual lever as a trigger. That is probably the easiest way to build a fairly powerful airgun.

[Euro Diesel]

Iwouldnt go hunting with a gun that takes 70 psi it will make the prey only very angry