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Re: Using a Plunger System to Launch Balls
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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
It appears that you are considering being able to "shoot from anywhere" - perhaps you might want to optimize the shot from one or two spots (distances) only. Otherwise this becomes a serious technical challenge - the mechanism must be built very precisely to have that capability.
A double CAM with two separate draw distances is one possibility for a two-distance shooter, though you'd have to time the breech load properly.
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