How to make a 'bolt action' BB launcher out of a mechanical pencil

Have you ever needed a BB launcher that is durable, compact, dependable, and effective but always get stuck with bad designs? No more! This BB launcher is cheap and easy to make and easy to maintain. Will cost only about $1!!
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Step 1 Assemble Materials

You will need:

-One BIC mechanical pencil

-One 'clicky' ballpoint pen

-A small piece of plastic (like an old school ID)

-One ¼” long, 2 mm diameter metal cylinder (see picture) I get mine from pens, cap guns, and nails

-Scissors

-Razor Blade

-Fast drying super glue (optional but suggested)

Comments

[legomaster92]

is this even worth it because cutting the slit is not easy

[The Jamalam]

stop spamming, nobody cares.

[ishmal1103]

im not sure what you mean
if you mean the small trigger slit, you need that because otherwise, it won't fire
its like taking a trigger out of a gun, the slit is where the trigger goes

if you mean the bolt track, you NEED that, thats the whole unique point of this design, the bolt is where all the mechanisms are housed

[legomaster92]

ya the bolt track

[ishmal1103]

it is ESSENTIAL
just make sure you dont cut your fingers (gloves?)
and use a sharp razor blade

[legomaster92]

define lead restrictore

[ishmal1103]

its the black thing in the picture
if you take the tip off the pencil, you get the black thing with a hole in it, led coming out of said hole
look at the picture

[tylerhuntress]

is this nick

[ishmal1103]

yo whats up? how'd you know?

[Bob939]

if you use a meccano screw you dont need to cut the hole thing out

[ishmal1103]

im not sure i know what you mean, explain.
what is a meccano screw?

[Pointsman19]

Great Job and other encouraging words of encouragement

[cowscankill]

It is interesting how you almost reversed the design of regular pen guns. I would suggest using a more massive spring and maybe incorporate a slightly stronger trigger.

[ishmal1103]

I thought about this while designing it. I went more for simplicity becasue chances are, people won't be able to obtain spring much stronger than this one. The same goes for a trigger. I've been looking around and haven't found much that's stronger

[MadBricoleur]

pretty cool!!

[salomon1996]

This is realy cool! cant wait to try it out! GOOD JOB! :D

[ishmal1103]

thanks dude!

[salomon1996]

your welcome!