Trip mines

I've done exactly what solarisjock was talking about, just use old AEG/LPEG/pistol springs, 1.5inch PVC pipe, a few nails to act as a stopper for the spring, 2 screws in the top as a stopper for the PVC end cap I used as the washer that held the bb's for launching, and make a nail as the trigger, just tied off to a string on a tree across the path. These aren't the strongest, but you can also use the crappiest bb's ever with no issues, because you're just giving the target a little shower of bb's. Simply lube the nail that acts as the trigger up a bit to help ease it out of the hole (that sounds bad) where it keeps the end cap compressed. to load these I jst used a piece of .5 inch CPVC pipe about 8 inches long to compress the end cap and springs, then placed the nail in the (for lack of a better term) trigger hole, then tied the whole thing off between 2 trees. I had the trip mine itself screwed on to a tree using 90 degree mounting brackets and had the string set using those screws that look like question marks (eyelets or something like that) so that when the trap was trigger, the string would be pulled in such a manner that the trap's muzzle would be pointed right where the string owuld be tripped. Kinda hard to explain, actually.

Here's a short video. I don't have the trap anymore though, someone removed it from the tree I had it set to sometime in the last 2 months. Not the greatest video, but you'll get the gist.

I've made a few different homemade DIY mines. One of the first ones I made(about a year back) was the PVC pipe and AEG spring one some people mentioned. I liked these since they were cheap, fast and easy to make, however they didn't preform as well as I wanted in terms of projecting bbs, but they do work great as a sound mine if you put those popper things in them.

Another type of mine I've made more recently resembles a claymore. It is trip activated and can shoot about 300 bbs 30+ ft. These took a bit more time and materials to make, but they work really well imo. I have three of them and use them currently in my skirmishes.
Maybe these pictures can give you some ideas...







I think your best bet right now if your limited with money and resources is to make the PVC pipe mines and just play around with them to get them working as sound mines. It shouldn't take much and they should work pretty well for what you need.

Hope this helps you with some inspiration on creating your mines. Once you get your idea going, be sure to keep us updated!

Made with a single rat trap, ducttape and some fishing wire.

Time to complete one:
about 15 minutes.

Costs:
about 10 bucks.

Joy of mass-mining a high-traffic area:
Priceless :shot:

I looked into this and, well, poop.
No trip wire devices where we play. :shrug:

But guns with Pink furniture are OK.



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