Paintball gun

[kd4gij]

Has anyone converted an old paintball gun to shoot something else? I picked one up for 2 bucks at a yard sale.

 

[Defens]

Marshmallows or peanuts at chipmunks?

 

[Tozguy]

Might be able to make a nifty actuator for the half-nuts when threading to a shoulder.

 

[rgray]

You can chill or even freeze the paint balls if you want more impact out of them.

 

[magicniner]

You can buy a variety of "Paint Balls" including solid rubber and ones with a wax shell and a chalk filling, you wouldn't shoot them at people as they'd do significant damage ;-)

 

[JPigg55]

They have some that shoot arrows now.
I'd guess some ingenious hobby machinist bow hunter was the first.

 

[magicniner]

You can also get paintball shells that you fill with the substance of your choice, a fine powder with a very high reading on the Scoville scale is popular for a potentially non-lethal means of addressing home invasion, if they breathe it in it might still do for them though

 

[Silverbullet]

Make your own sixty cal lead balls and try it. Try your skills of a moderator building.

 

[magicniner]

With just 800 psi to work with from CO2 even steel balls require "Artillery Sights", lead would be useful for shooting ground targets from the roof of a tall building, but not much else