Explosive rounds for your BB or pellet gun!

Step 4 Now shoot it.

Just pump up the gun, cock it, then shoot it at a hard suface. Perferably thats perpendicular to you. A rock works good. Enjoy a loud pop on impact, much like that of a cap gun.WARNING: I've heard of a few complaints that this can damage your barrel, and I am now aware of it... My suggestion is to not use single-pump action pellet guns, as it can damage the barrel and firing pin over a period of usage. this may be true with all guns, but mine has worked fine over the years of doing this. This instructable is intended for use with a regular, 10-pump BB gun. using anything else is at your own risk.

Final notes: Sometimes the match will fly very strangely and go in a random direction, so be careful. (this happens often because the match is going too fast, an is obviously not very aerodynamic. use fewer pumps if this happens consistantly)

Sometimes, rather than popping like how it should, it will just light on fire and burn stuff. Dangerous, but it gives you some ideas...

If it hits, but doesn't light or pop, get closer. The closer to the target the better.

Try taping sandpaper to the end of your gun. I've had the match light in mid-air, making tracer rounds! (do this only with 1 or 2 pumps in it)

Sorry for such a long instructable. Just put a strike anywhere match in a BB gun and fire it, basically. Have fun.

Look for some of my most-likely-similar-upcoming-instructables!

Comments

[The_lucky_sniper]

I don't use my BB guns that often because I can't shoot my friends with them. Don't wanna have a BB gun war :D

[planebuilder123]

I've killed 4 mice with my smith and wesson c4505 spring loaded pistol 315 fps

[just blow stuff up]

i don't have a bb gun but i do have an airsoft gun. thanks for the idea

[sonataarctican]

an airsoft gun is a bb gun, an airsoft gun shoots plastic or metal bb's, it doesnt have to be metal bb's to be a bb gun.

[danjo62]

actually most bbs are smaller than airsofts so you usually cant use bbs in an airsoft gun

[Ianman]

Au contraire, A bb is a Ball Bearing. Ball Bearings are made of metal. An airsoft gun is not a bb gun, its a toy. You can not kill a rabbit, squirrel, mouse, etc with a airsoft gun! Unless I guess you can get close enough to bash it with the gun itself.

Thats not a bb gun, this is a bb gun...http://www.instructables.com/id/BB-Machine-GunNOT-AIRSOFT!!!!!/

[soggymushrooms]

just so u know, BB was actually the size of the rounds they used to use, the also had B and BBB, but BB was the most common so that was just adopted as the name. BB does not stand for ball bearing

[Ianman]

Believe what you will...

[Supercoke]

bb means ballistic bullet, or a small, cheap, not-so-dangerous bullet replacement for target practice.

[hungyhipo 2]

I agree with you about the not being a bb gun part but my friend killed a snake by shooting the snake in the head at a 10 foot range

[scienceguy]

MOd up ur airsoft gun. Mine fires at over 900 fps!

[9 year old 101]

What do you mean mod up?

[Huntman00]

make an ible' please

[jhonny]

not always true my airsoft gun killed a bird and mouse from about 10 feet away you just have to shoot it in the head or eye.

[teddy1998]

HAHA thats funny " An airsoft gun is not a bb gun, ITS A TOY haha. You can not kill a rabbit, squirrel, mouse, etc with a airsoft gun! Unless I guess you can get close enough to bash it with the gun itself."

[Huntman00]

ive killed some lizards withh an air soft gun... and im not talking about the gieko lizard... im talking about a 13 inch lizard(with tail)

[covey12]

my airsoft sniper shoots metal 6mm airsoft bbs at 700 fps? can i kill a rabbit with that, apparently not

[steve-o1995]

ive killed a rabbit with less so it should work u just need to be close

[(seabear)]

are you really going to go hunting with a goddam bb gun?

[grumpygrady]

yes
and for your infromation lewis and clark killed all kinds of animals with an air gun or BB gun
i will have to check but i do believe that they killed a bear with thier BB guns
theres shot 45 cal BB's
and you dont need to have the biggest gun you can hold to hunt

[boredom99]

those are called muzzle loaders

[grumpygrady]

only when powered by black powder
we are talking about air powered guns

[RANDOMUS3R]

ROFL^

[fisherman96]

with a gamo hunter pellet gun you can take down a wild boar. and with my 1377c i have hunted many animals as small as mice and as large as raccoons

[(seabear)]

ur talking about a slug gun

[pandaboy292]

no its a pellet gun. and the 1377 is awesome. u should get the shoulder stock for it. its only $30. i might get one

[sharlston]

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[oblatsky]

airsoft is for wimps

[Vulcanator]

some airsoft pellets are made of alluminum, and i did kill a bird with my airsoft rifle SO HA IN YOUR FACE lanman

[Roto]

Yea, you may have killed it, when it fell to the ground from shock. I will bet you that it did not penatrate.

[teddy1998]

thats what she said

[Huntman00]

hahahahahahahaha

[Tobita]

If the pellets are made of aluminum, I heavily doubt that they're airsoft pellets.

[Vulcanator]

they are six milimeter airsoft pellets

[teddy1998]

you do realize it says "6mm BB Pellet" on the bottle right?

[deernads88]

ya noticed that too lol

[Aklash, The hunchback]

my brother has an airsoft rifle that could quite possibly kill a squirral though i have not tested that as my mom would be annoyed if dead squirrels started showing up all over our yard

[somecreativename14]

I've killed a sparrow with a walther p22 airsoft pistol.

[Chowmix12]

 I agree with CapnTac! thats Horrid!

[kibbler]

No way. I have the same gun, and there's no way it could kill a sparrow.