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K'nex RBG Sniper

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A relatively simple rubber band-powered sniper rifle. It has an attachment point for firing pretty much any ammo you can get to fit into it.

Pros: More powerful than a pistol
Looks more impressive
Shoots further
Can shoot rubber bands and ammo or just rubber bands.

Cons: Hard to hide
Barrel bends slightly
Rubber bands are stretched nearly to their breaking point, so they snap after few shots
Slow to reload
Awkward firing

12 comments

Sep 28, 2010. 1:56 PM

~KGB~ says:

i like it alot

Sep 28, 2010. 8:38 PMDilong_paradoxus (author) says:

Thanks! Is there anything in particular you like about it?

Sep 29, 2010. 1:19 PM

~KGB~ says:

no prob! the way it shoots planes not knex rods or anything like that... its a change lol!

Sep 28, 2010. 1:55 PM

DJ Radio says:

Why is the barrel and stock skeleton?

Sep 28, 2010. 8:39 PMDilong_paradoxus (author) says:

Uses less parts. It might be stronger if it was totally filled out with whites or yellows, but with the rubber bands this uses it's not really worth it.

Sep 28, 2010. 8:51 PM

DJ Radio says:

I'd splurge on making the barrel and stock stronger.

Sep 27, 2010. 8:09 AMRMConstruction says:

Why call it an RBG sniper?
It should be strengthened in the barrel, and called 'Knex Paper Plane launcher' or something to that effect. If you were to, though, make sure the band doesn't fly off with it!

Sep 27, 2010. 8:43 PMDilong_paradoxus (author) says:

Sniping was the original intended use, and better suited for shooting inside. Paper airplane launching is just an added bonus.

I'm working on how to keep the rubber band on the gun for more power, because I've already lost one attached to an airplane in a tree.

Sep 28, 2010. 8:59 AMRMConstruction says:

I lost ammo in a tree... It blew down by morning and got up there again :-p

Sep 28, 2010. 8:41 PMDilong_paradoxus (author) says:

Nice. Mine didn't blow down...I shot it up there two weeks ago, and it's still up there.