.40 Mega Dart Gun??????

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brad2008

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ive had this for a while so i figured I'd dig it up.........its in excellent shape and bad ass!!!!... i cant find any information about them online....they just vanished it seems....ive looked all over the net and cant find anything, i read an old post where some guy said they got shut down after some kid killed his sister by accident buts thats all the info i can find

any ideas?????

best part is you can use cut down framing nails as darts, just slide a plastic stabilizer base onto them and your all set.....i just put new bands on mine

penetration test .....over an inch into old school plywood
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framing nail dart on the left
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Dunno what it's worth but it's BAD ASS! My mother would never allow this into her house.
 
What's this thing chrono at?
 
holy crap that thing is awesome. I have never seen a blow gun pistol or anything similar to that.
 
I'd offer to buy it if I had money to burn!
 
i have this posted on a bunch of forums and KNOWBODY has any info on it......nothing on the net either, something has to be out there
 
I remember the ads for these from the ASG days....
Mid to late 80's i would say.
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Ok, I've been lookin at this thing since you posted it and I gotta ask, how exactly does it work? I get some idea from the blueprints Beth Ann posted, but still kinda in dark on this one.
Anyway cool "toy"! :cool::thumbup:
 
Looks like a simple spring-air device... Like a BB gun. The "spring" is the rubber tubing.

When you fire it, the piston slams home, compressing air....

I was just looking at a series of YouTube videos on home-made air guns firing similar darts at impressive power levels.
This was a pneumatic device with a 2-liter soda bottle as the air chamber and a quick-release valve "trigger" working through a bolt action made of PVC tubing and aluminum.
Fun project.
 
redplague said:
Ok, I've been lookin at this thing since you posted it and I gotta ask, how exactly does it work? I get some idea from the blueprints Beth Ann posted, but still kinda in dark on this one.
Anyway cool "toy"! :cool::thumbup:
Click to expand...

See the 3 tubes? The bottom one is the piston and the middle one is the air chamber an the top one is the barrel ....... pull back the T-handle and release the trigger the piston slams forward then air goes up into the middle chamber then up behind the dart in the barrel............800 fps, pretty lethal
 
I think any value would be in the novelty. They didn't seem to last very long; I'm betting it's because of the complexity of the design and the potential for malfunction given the purpose and utility. Blow guns are simple and effective; why make them more complicated? You get much more muzzle velocity; but what are you shooting at? If you need the extra power, go up in weaponry, not in complexity of weapon you already have.

Don't get me wrong: I'd love to have one; but it would be a toy more than anything else. The real value of that would be at a collector level. As such, you should price it much higher than you think at first, since you don't have a lot of information to get you started. It's biggest competitor would be pistol/carbine crossbows, but you must take into account that this is a unique model that has been discontinued.

I'd clean it up really well, take some "boudoir" photos, then put it on one of the auction sites for a pretty stiff reserve price. If you sell it, you make more than you expected. If not, at least you'll see what the market will bear.

Good luck!
 
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