Bring out the little boy in your father with unique gift of Spud gun!

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At some point or the other in our life, most of us feel the sad nostalgia of moving on from childhood. We secretly wish if we could re-live the sense of childhood fun, carelessness, and joy once again in our adulthood. If you wish to bring out the little, mischievous boy hidden in your father and want him to amuse himself like children, gift him a spud gun on his birthday!

A Spud Gun is a device that is designed to launch a potato a few hundred yards. Depending on the make and model of the spud gun, you can launch a potato 200-300 yards or even farther.

There are two different types of Spudguns-Pneumatic and Combustion. Pneumatic Spudguns are powered by air pressure where as Combustion Spudguns are powered by flammable propellants.

Spud guns are also referred to as potato cannons, spud cannons, spudzooka, spud launchers, and potato guns.

Potato Guns are legal in most parts of the world. You must however check with your local authorities to find out if they are legal in your area before you buy one to gift to your father.

Just get a state of the art spud gun, some potatoes, and go to an open field. If you don’t want to shoot potatoes, you may take some vegetables or fruits as well. Potato cannon would become a favourite toy of your father and your whole family.

Using spud guns is quite easy. You can look for safety tips online or buy a good book on how to use spud guns. If handled carefully, this outdoor sport promises unlimited fun and excitement.

Your father would be thrilled receiving this unique gift from you. Buy a spud gun or potato fun plans and make his birthday all the more special.

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Learn to load the potato gun in 5 easy steps

Spud gun or potato canon as it is popularly called is highly addictive sport. Just fire out few potatoes out of a blaster once and you would want to do it over and over again. This outdoor sport promises lot of fun and amusement.

If you have never tried this before, learn how to load the potato cannon in 5 easy steps. Following safety precautions is paramount to prevent any accident and injury from this amusing, but dangerous sport.

1. Never ever load your potato cannon if you don’t intend to use it immediately. A loaded spud gun is very dangerous. The trigger can be pressed accidentally, causing immense loss of life, livestock, and assets. Identify a target first and then load your spud gun.

2. Now get a potato and fix it down the barrel of the spud gun. You can use a broom or a pole to wedge the potato down the barrel. Make sure that the potato fits in tightly in the barrel. If the edges of the potato are trimmed off when you put it in, you can rest assured that it is fixed properly.

3. Ideally you must load the potato cannon with potatoes but you can use other things as well. Just make sure that the thing you choose for loading your potato cannon is smaller than the bore of the gun.

4. Before you load your spud gun, stuff a wet rag down the barrel. It would form a tight seal and would ensure that pressure doesn’t escape around the object-keeping the object in place.

5. Once loaded, shoot your spud gun in right temperature. It shouldn’t be too hot or too cold as PVC pipe can get brittle and may break down, causing safety hazards.

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Troubleshooting your spud gun

Potato gun has become one of the most cherished outdoor sports nowadays. A lot of youngsters and even those who are middle aged indulge in this cool sport over the weekends. As well as promising lot of fun, spud gun allows one to put their skill and endurance to test.

If you and your friends have planned to for spud gun this weekend, make sure your potato gun is all set ready. To avoid the disappointment as well as embarrassment in front of others due to a non-performing potato gun, check out the following things before you leave home.

Check all the connections. If any wire is loose, the spark may not travel through the wires and this may prevent your spud gun to work.

Do remember to clean your spud gun after every shot. Every time you fire, a lot of hairspray is left in the chamber of the gun. If it is allowed to remain there, it would harden and would prevent your gun from making the spark. Further, if you do not clean your gun, the cap may also get stuck.

Do not wait for too long to fire. After you spray the hairspray in the chamber, fire the spud gun immediately otherwise the fumes will condense-leaving a sticky glob like thing in the gun chamber.

Check the seal around the projectile. It must fit tightly in the barrel otherwise the spud gun would not work.

In case your potato gun doesn’t work, you know how to troubleshoot it. Fix the things and get ready for a fun-filled potato gun shooting experience next time.

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Potato Cannon- Chemistry makes it

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Potato cannons are really fun, can be made easily by following some construction guidelines. But what happens in background, when a potato gun fires. The firing mechanism use Charles and Avogadro Law. Here we can see chemistry in full action. For more information, read here:

Source: http://blog.thinkwell.com/2010/11/chemistry-in-action-the-potato-cannon.html 

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Boost your Knowledge about Spud Gun

Do you know what is Spud Gun? How it works and its types? Let us tell you everything about potato cannons so that you can enjoy it in much better way. Spud guns are often home made, mostly with PVC pipes. The potato inserted in pipe and then propelled out using firing mechanism. Read here for more information. 

 Source: http://en.netlog.com/kaitlynsimms/blog/blogid=11807904

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Create a potato gun with ease

Potato guns are easy to make. It requires little training to create a spud gun. Here we are telling about material you required to build a potato gun. A diagram is also here to make you understand about the design of gun. Just follow the instruction about construction & enjoy shooting.
Source: http://www.jawish.org/blog/archives/191-Make-a-spud-gun!.html

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Safety tips for using potato gun

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A potato gun, also called a spud gun, a spud zooka, potato launcher or spud launcher, is a wonderful device that is enjoying a lot of popularity these days. More and more people are buying potato guns to enjoy the fun and adventure that they promise. However, these guns are quite serious than what may be deciphered from their names. Improper handling and usage can result in serious injuries or even death in some unfortunate events.

Here are some safety tips and precautions that you must follow before using the potato guns –

Never point your loaded spud gun at any animal or vehicle or building as it can prove as dangerous as a conventional firearm.

You must avoid looking down the barrel or the chamber of the spud gun, especially when the gun is fully loaded.

Do not put away loaded spud guns as they can be pressed accidentally-resulting in a serious mishap.

Shoot spud guns in open spaces where potatoes would hit the ground and not any person or animal or building.

It is not safe to use the potato gun in extreme cold weather or hot weather conditions. In extremely cold weather, the PVC pipe of the gun becomes fragile and tends to break down easily. In hot weather, the solvent that binds the spud gun together softens and causes the gun to fall apart. A mild temperature is ideal and safe for enjoying potato gun.

Spud guns that are made using non pressure rated PV pipes are more likely to explode and hence prove dangerous. Use only pressure rated PVC pipes for safe potato gun experience.

Whether you are making your own potato gun or you are buying one, make sure that the gun is made using good quality solvent, has proper chamber to barrel size ration, and makes use of hairspray as a propellant as acetylene, hydrogen and other high powered fuels are dangerous.

Keep the safety precautions in mind and have a great potato gun experience!

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