The Hypercannon,

Pretty cool piece of engineering with a small magnet that holds each ball in place in the firing tube for the plunger to fire it.

Top loaded and the plunger allows the next ball to drop half way into the firing position By use of a stepped down Shaft,

As soon as its withdrawn enough to clear the next ball gets placed on the magnet ready to fire.. About 4 a second..

Looks like its had a hard life but still works ok.

Had a Modified bolt in it that had worn down So it wouldn't even strike the ball,

And the original plunger was sitting in the bottom of the cab in two pieces..

Welded it up short term to use and Test, will make another on the lathe..But has to be quite light,

And the plunger was actually made in two parts with the front half that strikes the ball non Magnetic Im guessing stainless

Tig welded Crack in the alloy retainer that holds the shooter tube..

Mounted to Playfield using needle roller and Torrington bearings on a steel plate, Staunch