Fire tube for shooting

A wind gun, or a brass tube, is a weapon represented in the form of a hollow cylinder made of lightweight materials. The ammunition is set in motion under pressure, which is created by air blown by man. Darts are usually used as arrows.

History

The manufacture of such weapons has a thousand-year history. Wind tubes for shooting were invented by inhabitants of regions in which there was no wood suitable for the creation of quality bows. Primitive forms of wind guns are still used by indigenous peoples of South India, Polynesia, Brazil, Peru, and other southern countries as a means of hunting small animals. It is here that there is a wide variety of poisonous plants and amphibians (frogs, lizards), from which it is possible to extract toxic substances for impregnating darts.

The most compact and highly effective version of the wind tube is the 50-centimeter weapon of the African Aborigines. Long darts are used here, capable of hitting birds and small mammals at a distance of more than 20 meters.

A more perfect option is the wind pipe of the Indians, who inhabited the banks of the Amazon. The traditional weapon of these peoples is a 2.5-meter cylinder with a through hole. Modified version is a hollow tree trunk, where a smaller cylinder is placed. When striking the end of the last in the trunk creates an overpressure, which leads to the departure of the dart over a long distance.

Common versions of the wind tubes

Among the most famous varieties of traditional wind guns, it is worth noting:

1. Tomeang - the basis for the manufacture of a durable outer shell and internal channel is the stems of bamboo, rid of the partitions. To improve the aerodynamic parameters, the pipe is subjected to a thorough scraping of the surfaces and their polishing.
2. Pukuna is a strong lightweight weapon made from reed stems. The material is placed in the outer casing, made of halves of the trunk of a palm tree. Such a wind tube has an external strengthening winding in the form of dried insides of animals or rattan fibers.
3. Sarbakan - similar to the previous version, is executed from the trunk of a palm tree. The body is strengthened by a winding made of softened plant fibers. The formed semicircular grooves in the inner part of the article form a bed suitable for firing with darts.
4. Sumpatian - is made of a monolithic piece of iron tree, growing on the island of Borneo. The inner part of the body is drilled and polished. This kind of wind pipe has been used for centuries by the inhabitants of the islands of the Southern Hemisphere to hunt primates.

Dimensions

Professional wind guns differ from the traditional weapons of tribal nationalities in the first place an impressive length. In the case of the most powerful products, this figure sometimes reaches up to one and a half meters. If desired, a factory-made wind tube can be increased by installing additional removable knees.

Modern wind weapons can not be called compact. However, only with larger dimensions, the accuracy of the shooting increases. Compared with the traditional - wooden - wind guns, progress is noticeable in the range of darts.

Dart

Currently, several varieties of darts for shooting from wind guns are on the market. As a training tool for training skills used darts with weighting at the end. The easiest - long - options are used to perform the most targeted, sniper shooting from long distances. Thanks to a balanced weight and shape, products of this category demonstrate stable movement in space.

As for the shortest options, they are most often equipped with wide blades. Hunting with wind tubes using such darts is possible for small game. In particular, cases of slaughter with the help of this ammunition of ducks and hares were recorded.

How to make a brass tube?

If you want and the availability of necessary materials, you can independently make a fairly practical wind tube. This will require:

• Plastic or aluminum pipe with a diameter of about 2 cm;
• Nails;
• A piece of thick paper;
• insulating tape;
• scissors;
• hacksaw.

First, you need to determine the dimensions of the future weapons, cutting off the unnecessary length of a hacksaw. Then you can go directly to the preparation of ammunition. For this, it is necessary to wrap the nail with paper in such a way that the product of a cone-shaped shape is obtained. To fix the winding, use adhesive tape. It is recommended to wrap the nail with electrical tape until its thickness corresponds to the diameter of the tube.

Inserting a ready-made dart into such a homemade weapon and typing more air into the lungs, you can shoot a distance of more than 15 meters. Naturally, to blow into the tube follows with all his might. To spare yourself from finding darts in the grass, it is worthwhile to prepare a stock of nails with winding in advance.

If the efficiency of firing from a self-made wind tube leaves much to be desired, it is worth adding to the design of cork dust. The latter can be rolled from a piece of cotton or a piece of cloth. Putting the wool in the tube will increase the pressure in the barrel and, as a result, increase the starting speed of the projectile launch. In addition, such a solution will eliminate the need to accurately adjust the thickness of the darts to the diameter of the homemade weapon.

Finally

The wind tube is primarily a weapon for entertaining shooting, which allows you to have fun while competing in accuracy. At the same time, there are many professional products that can be used to hunt small game. However, for the fishing in our latitudes such weapons can not be called effective.