Interesting page documenting a homemade air rifle (also check out the potato cannon) - "Air guns are normally small air powered rifles that shoot relatively small projectiles, primarily used for target practice. Usually, they are pumped up with an internal cylinder, activated by hinging the barrel towards the stock. My home made air guns experiments however take their lineage more from potato gun technology than target practice rifles." [via] Link.
Building a marble shooting airgun
Interesting page documenting a homemade air rifle (also check out the potato cannon) - "Air guns are normally small air powered rifles that shoot relatively small projectiles, primarily used for target practice. Usually, they are pumped up with an internal cylinder, activated by hinging the barrel towards the stock. My home made air guns experiments however take their lineage more from potato gun technology than target practice rifles." [via] Link.
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