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the next new knex gun ideas?

i was just wondering, what type of new knex gun would you have to make to be a 'Knex god'. i mean there doesn't seem to be any more things we can do other than model guns or maybe a Rocket propelled grenade (which would be hard). can someone help for ideas of a mech - not a model of a gun, something that we dont have anyform of.

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Dec 18, 2009. 5:54 PMOblivitus says:
Go to my Knex Concepts instructable. All of the answers are there.
Feb 19, 2011. 2:05 AMlukewilliams010 says:
i have made an mg42 n mg3
Mar 25, 2010. 1:49 PMcupcake43 says:
how about a knex bazooka :)
May 6, 2009. 11:38 PMFred the Penguin says:
ive got a rocket propelled grenade but it is still being tested it fire out the barrel of tube type gun
Oct 4, 2009. 7:27 PMKnexFreek says:
mine
May 7, 2009. 9:53 PMFred the Penguin says:
look up ironman63's minigun sorry if its the wrong name an easy way to build a minigun is to have the rotating barrels pull a chain
May 8, 2009. 12:28 AMFred the Penguin says:
smaller pull area fires bullets through the barrel
Apr 13, 2009. 10:05 PMknexsniper1 says:
i think that a good idea would be a working semi auto gun, or a full auto that doesn't require a motor.
Oct 4, 2009. 7:26 PMKnexFreek says:
like mine!!!
Apr 15, 2009. 7:51 AMMillawi Legend says:
my full auto dosent use a motor.
Apr 17, 2009. 5:39 PMknexsniper1 says:
where is it?
Apr 26, 2009. 1:30 AMMillawi Legend says:
sorry for late reply, but it is one of my forum topics.
May 13, 2009. 5:54 PMknexsniper1 says:
i saw it. its good, but the only thing i wasn't too fond of was the fact that it doesnlt look to much like a gun, or that it shoots rubberbands. other than that, great idea!
May 14, 2009. 9:33 AMMillawi Legend says:
ive made a new version its blue rod thickness. still fires rb's but it looks like a gun.
May 16, 2009. 12:34 PMknexsniper1 says:
sweet! can you post it? i think that i may be able to mod it to shoot bullets not rubberbands.
May 2, 2009. 7:02 PMOblivitus says:
You could make a mounted machine gun powered by barbell weights, I tried that before, it is possible, but very very hard to do.
May 4, 2009. 9:10 AMOblivitus says:
I made a modified version of extreme builders machine gun mech and tried powering it by using barbell weights to repeatedly cock the gun as they fell with gravity by attaching them to a spinning rod that pulls the ram back, the design needs to be very sturdy to hold up the weight though.
May 5, 2009. 7:00 AMOblivitus says:
That's not really a problem, stability of the gun and its mechanisms so that it can uphold the weight is the only major difficulty, it would work the same as extreme builders machine gun (plus a trigger) only with weights.
Apr 14, 2009. 7:05 PMknexsniper1 says:
i have a couple ideas, but i want to test them out first. not everyone has a motor, i have one, but it is missing one important gear. but trust me, there are ways to do that, and it would be powerful to. with a motor, it is restricted because the ram can only be as powerful as the motor is able to pull back. but i have some ideas.
Jun 22, 2009. 10:05 PMKillerPanda says:
Hmmmmm... Something along the lines of a pump-action crossbow with a magazine with gray rod bolts with red connectors on the end that is powerful and reliable. The mechanism could be something like the pump pivots the arms back and thus getting the rubber band hooked on the trigger, then pushes them back into place. It would be difficult in knex, but the result would be quite awesome.
Oct 4, 2009. 7:26 PMKnexFreek says:
i made a repeating crossbow its on my slideshow called some of my new guns ignore the other one
Mar 1, 2009. 1:43 AMCrazyCHRIS!! says:
We need Powerfull full auto's, (M249)
Oct 4, 2009. 7:24 PMKnexFreek says:
i have one
Aug 21, 2009. 7:28 AMThe Jamalam says:
Perfect duck's cyclone, per chance?
May 2, 2009. 7:08 PMOblivitus says:
Which is SOOOO much harder than it sounds!
Jun 21, 2009. 12:34 AMFred the Penguin says:
I've built a true bolt action sniper does that count?
Jun 27, 2009. 12:39 PMDJ Radio says:
give me a pic, so I can destroy it with my AR-4 v3!
Aug 6, 2009. 10:44 PMFred the Penguin says:
your pic
Aug 6, 2009. 10:58 PMDJ Radio says:
Looks like a boxier version of the AR-4 v3 to me.
Aug 6, 2009. 11:07 PMFred the Penguin says:
not as boxy as you think. i have a forum topic with better pics
Jun 28, 2009. 9:31 PMFred the Penguin says:
it has more power than a killerk pistol with the same amount of bands. by the way what sort of bolt action is the ar-4 v3 my sniper uses a dual pin bolt
Jul 9, 2009. 8:39 PMknexsuperbuilderfreak says:
hrey wow i made one
Jul 9, 2009. 8:39 PMknexsuperbuilderfreak says:
hey*
Jun 21, 2009. 1:27 AMFred the Penguin says:
....it doesnt twist but you pull the bolt back which pulls the pin back then push it foward loading the bullet into the firing chamber
Jun 22, 2009. 9:56 PMFred the Penguin says:
meh its true enough for me. ps im planning on making it the sniper in project firestorm
Jul 27, 2009. 4:20 PMFred the Penguin says:
it uses a few very new very clever ideas enough said
Jul 26, 2009. 4:44 PMdynno97 says:
Im waiting for someone to make rubber bands go through carboard.
Jul 27, 2009. 11:43 AMdynno97 says:
It could be possible... in time... just have to keep trying
Mar 29, 2009. 8:54 AMDJ Radio says:
It seems to me that in order to be a knex god, you have to make something really big and uses a lot of parts (like the Knexsayer or the IAC cannon)
May 27, 2009. 4:22 PMalfpwns says:
Xbox, PS3 or PC?
Jun 22, 2009. 9:59 PMKillerPanda says:
I don't intend to sound stalker-ish, but it says on his profile what his PSN thingamabob is, so he has a PS3. So do I! YAY! They are so awesome!
May 2, 2009. 7:07 PMOblivitus says:
Booo, come back to instructables.... starts chanting: one of us...one of us...one of us...one of us...one of us...one of us...one of us... lol.
May 4, 2009. 8:54 AMOblivitus says:
I have no idea what you are talking about, but spill it!
May 3, 2009. 9:00 AMknexsniper1 says:
Hey Barrax, i think that i MAY have an idea, but im not sure. you want to collaberate on it? if it works, then it will shoot pretty far and powerfully.
Apr 12, 2009. 2:26 AMhardcoremaniac says:
i friend of me maybe can buildt a mg42 , mg34 . i shall ask him about if he wants to buildt he is pretty good in knex
May 2, 2009. 7:05 PMOblivitus says:
Louis the XIV has a nice full auto mechanism (he calls it a semi auto), it would be very hard to implement it in a gun with a semi or full auto trigger however.
Apr 13, 2009. 6:05 AMhardcoremaniac says:
ok now i know what u mean.
Apr 13, 2009. 3:06 AMhardcoremaniac says:
oh you mean full auto. thats awesome but difficult to build. maybe you can build a bb gun mechanisem inside of it.
Apr 3, 2009. 9:16 AMstale56 says:
i have about 3 failed attempts at a slide action gun with a hopper, its based off of a block trigger gun, it just has a slide, but thats what i've been working on...
Apr 3, 2009. 8:01 PMstale56 says:
i got so close to finishing the slide action gun (it was gonna have a block though...) SO CLOSE! but now im gonna work on a gun that has a true trigger body, with a slide that fits over the top thingy, and i just got a huge idea as i type this. i love you.
Apr 7, 2009. 4:13 PMstale56 says:
;)
Apr 4, 2009. 2:10 PMknexsniper1 says:
i think an amazing idea would be a rapid fire gun, that doesn't require a motor, i have a pretty good irea of how to make it, and it actually looks like a gun, not triangles like most of the machine guns here. no offence to anyone, but it's sort of true.
Feb 20, 2009. 5:03 PMWafflicious says:
I'm almost done with my rocket propelled frag grenade!
Feb 20, 2009. 5:04 PMWafflicious says:
that can also be a crossbow
Feb 21, 2009. 8:02 AMWafflicious says:
Yup it's a crossbow that can shoot a frag granaid
Mar 2, 2009. 2:52 PMWafflicious says:
I know its just that if it didn't have the bow the bullet gets stuck.
Jan 28, 2009. 2:56 PMI_am_Canadian says:
Meh, We are still waiting for powerful semi auto mechs...
Jan 31, 2009. 3:46 PMstale56 says:
i made a semi auto, didnt post yet, but its an RBG
Jan 31, 2009. 6:20 PMI_am_Canadian says:
True semi?
Jan 31, 2009. 7:19 PMstale56 says:
u pull the trigger, an rb comes out, u pull the trigger again, and another rb comes out, and it holds about 12 rb's, i posted a forum thing, so check out my account, i modded the gun shown a tid-bit, i made it thicker, and have a stock. but yes, true semi, but a LONG reloading time...
Feb 1, 2009. 9:53 AMI_am_Canadian says:
Fake semi then, because you need to reload. But still coolio.
Feb 6, 2009. 7:19 AMI_am_Canadian says:
Its a matter of opinion. You need to reload the power scorce.
Feb 20, 2009. 8:30 PMrazzlekunai says:
Well, with rbgs, the rubberband is both the power source and bullet. Kinda hard to tell.
Feb 21, 2009. 6:12 AMI_am_Canadian says:
Yeah, because real ammunition are the power source and the bullet too...
Feb 28, 2009. 4:02 PMrazzlekunai says:
Point.
Feb 28, 2009. 12:32 AMThe Jamalam says:
ooooh owned
Feb 1, 2009. 12:03 PMstale56 says:
u ever see rocket power wen u were younger? cuz in an episode of it (the 1 were the "shoobies" take the kids' "lingo") the dad ses that wen he was young he made up a word that was so cool that it never caught on "coolaroonay".
May 2, 2009. 7:09 PMOblivitus says:
Yes, I saw that episode years ago, but what does that have to do with anything?
May 9, 2009. 1:44 PMstale56 says:
nothing really, just remebered it... good memories...
Feb 28, 2009. 12:33 AMThe Jamalam says:
good. But coolio is widely used.
Jan 29, 2009. 11:58 AMThe Jamalam says:
ahem mine shoots 30 ft
Jan 29, 2009. 1:10 PMI_am_Canadian says:
Ahem I mean real semi auto.
Jan 29, 2009. 12:50 PMyerjoking says:
Mines shoots 15 ish. =/

Sling or true semi auto?
Oct 4, 2009. 7:29 PMKnexFreek says:
no everything you make sucks none of yer guns get 2ft
Oct 5, 2009. 7:57 AMyerjoking says:
Good for you, people have seen it though.
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