"Gunzo the Great" Knex Semi-Automatic Rubber Band Gun

This is a Semi-Automatic Rubber Band Gun (by which I mean it SHOOTS rubber bands, since I think the ones that shoot rods hurt too much). It's designed to be as RUGGED as possible, because I was tired of stopping our RBG wars every 2 minutes because somebody's gun broke.

The spacing of the 2 gears that make up the repeater mechanism at the heart of this gun was adapted from MrRadicalEd's RBG Repeater, because it's so simple and works better than all the more complicated ones I've made or tried.

Picture 1: Complete "Gunzo The Great"
Pictures 2&3: Shows my adaptation of MrRadicalEd's 2 gears. (just a model demonstrating the size and relative positioning of the gears)

Thanks to MASTERMIND for the piece count:
6 white connectors (8-way)
38 yellow connectors (5-way)
6 green connectors (4-way)
20 red connectors (3-way)
4 light gray connectors (2-way)
2 dark gray connectors (1-way)
2 blue tabless (or tan tabbed) clip connectors

97 green rods
34 white rods
9 blue rods

7 blue spacers

Step 1: The Gun Sides

Build 2 of these. These are the Gun Sides.
Note, the Red Connector in the middle is missing in a few of the later pictures. That was a mistake. It is always supposed to be there.

Comments

[Inventor X]

This is totally my choice of weaponry in a RB war. Compact, sleek, and has a ncie look. The trigger is a light pull, and has modding capabilities. Thanks for building such a great gun! (No wonder it's called "Gunzo the Great" !) :)

[Spycrab]

I LOVE this gun. It's a big gun, which is sweet and all, but for people with only a few pieces, (like me),well, it uses a lot of pieces. It is WELL worth it, though. =D 5*, you deserve it.

[wiishadow4]

 best knex gun ever.

[123bob321]

danroy, its clear enough to "see" and make
so why complain?

[123bob321]

This is my favorite RBG. =D

[brammeke11]

This is the first Repeating rubberbandgun

[revtiedye]

Yep, that's the same one I mentioned in the description. Thanks to Mr. Radical Ed's design. I think I'm going to send him another thank you note.

[brammeke11]

Ow, sorry. didn't read that the first time

[eskimoboy]

Hey, this is really great design. You managed to make the gun strong without requiring us to clip 7 connectors onto a rod all at the same time in an internal space while doing a dance and baking a pie.

[revtiedye]

Yeah, thanks. I'm not a big pie fan, and I'm a terrible dancer, so I never got into that style of Knex Design.

[ponddust1]

you can still see what your doing

[danroy99]

blurry picture

[randomocity]

it's not that bad

[101man]

best knex rbg EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stopanator]

rev nice gun but i need a bit clearer instructions sorry but adleast this gun is still the best rbg pistol

[deaniscoolproductions]

best rbg gun ever total 5 star :D

[revtiedye]

Thanks for that encouragement! I know the gun can work well, although it apparently doesn't work for everybody. I thought maybe my instructions weren't clear enough. I'm glad you were able to use them for a successful build.

[Miles Tails Prower]

I combined this gun with knexguntutorials's shotgun. The result? Good.+

[revtiedye]

Nice Miles! Thanks for uploading the pic!

[Miles Tails Prower]

This semi auto system is useful for me!

[revtiedye]

Cool. I got the basic geometry, as I said, from Mr. Radical Ed. I built about 10 different variations of the semi-auto system, and this was the second best one. The one that functioned the absolute best has three yellow rods through the semi-auto assembly, which I found "just too wide" for the pistol, but I highly recommend it for a rifle. I made this into an awesome sniper, but I just got tired of writing instructions, and never did that one. I'll post pictures in the final step, but minimal instructions. Sorry.

[Miles Tails Prower]

You know what I am gonna do to this gun??? I'll make it shoot connectors, and it will have an removable clip.

[therandomperson]

i saw your vid maybe you were the first one...

[therandomperson]

its already been done look it up on utube

[Miles Tails Prower]

I FINISHED IT!!! IT IS SO AWESOME!!! SO VERY AWESOME!!!! MUST-BUILD FOR EVERYONE!!!

[rexdino5]

Hey I can't even put in 5 rubber bands with out jamming it You used so many pieces and i almost ran out. Try reducing what u don't need

[revtiedye]

Sorry Rex Dino, I sometimes forget that I've got a LOT of Knex. One of the benefits of having a job, and an income. :) I was building it to be strong, not piece-efficient. But the piece count is on there. As for the jamming, I've built at least 6 of these, and I've never had a problem that I would call "Jamming", but others have. Tell me exactly what you mean by jam: A. The rubber bands stick to the wheel in the gun when fired B. The rubber bands shoot really crooked C. When I pull the trigger, multiple Rubber Bands fly off at once. D. When I pull the trigger, Rubber Bands AND knex pieces fly off. E. When I pull the trigger, the wheel won't advance, and nothing happens. Finally, describe your Rubber Bands: A. as thick as a spaghetti noodle with loop the size of a large egg. B. as thick as a spaghetti noodle with loop the size of a baseball C. thickness of a fettucini (flat) noodle, with loop the size of a baseball D. Bigger than any of these E. Smaller than any of these.

[DJ Radio]

wow, someone with LESS knex than Me!

[The Creatornator]

Cool, I've got like 2900 pieces.

[Miles Tails Prower]

...

[shadowninja31]

lol

[revtiedye]

Sorry Rex, I overbuilt this gun on purpose because I wanted it to be Rugged, and not come apart when I put lots of bands on it. But you're right, this gun uses WAY TOO MANY little green rods. But thanks to Mastermind, we now have all the parts counted. How many greenies were you able to eliminate?

[Oblivitus]

Lol.

[dynno97]

Im gonna use your mech to make rifle

[Knetix]

would u care if i posted a gun that used the same mechanism-only for a rod shooting gun?

[Wafflicious]

this isnt his mech... "The spacing of the 2 gears that make up the repeater mechanism at the heart of this gun was adapted from MrRadicalEd's RBG Repeater, because it's so simple and works better than all the more complicated ones I've made or tried."

[15zhangfra]

dang it,i don't have blue spacers, nor all the piecs called for, though still cool

[josefu0]

hey mines is with less piece and fires longer.

[Oompa-Loompa]

Why do all knex rbg's jam a considerable amount?

[15zhangfra]

u should try lego rubber band guns, they hardly jam