Mechanical Pencil Gun #3

[a more powerful version of http://www.instructables.com/id/E46CF748H5EQZJIW1W/]

make a small pea shooter like gun for free or cheap with a Bic mechanical pencil and a strong rubber band.

a well made pea shooter can shoot bb's quite a ways. my best is around 20 ft with a sting.

and don't be stupid and hit someone in the eye with this. its small but powerful. don't blame me if you do something stupid with it. (thats my disclaimer.)

i'm also currently working on a larger version of this with a steel tube and bungie cords. i might post that later if it works out.

Step 1 Get the stuff

Thinks you'll need:
1 Bic mechanical pencil,
1 strong rubber band,
1 pair of scissors

Comments

[billiebob]

hey like every other time i shoot it a piece brakes off the pencil i figured out that if you cut a piece off a ear plug and put a hole in it then stick it on the bolt it works for a while but in the end it still brakes anyadvice to make it stop breaking?

[mega man 4bm]

I made a mag and and trigger. I cut myself when i made it =(

[absolute zero]

carry a dart with ya, take the pencil led holder out put the dart in and BLOW MAN BLOW!!!

[johndoe5595]

Nice name, is it based on Soundgarden's song or do you just have fun with black wholes?

[hilowns]

made mine wiht one of the bigger bands, so powerful, it breakes a lil bit of the pencil each time i shoot, but very nice instructable. :D, feels bout like being bit by a mosquito

[X_D_3_M_1]

ur right elephant bic pencils fricken unreliable. yay for dr grip pencils they pwn

[nightninja87]

plz dont shoot toothpicks trust me they go straight through the skin

[black hole fun]

thanks for the tip. i take it you know this from experience... sounds painful.

[mondaymonkey]

Hey, I did this kinda stuff in six grade. Exept we used geometry compass lead instead of bb's. You know those real thick things of graphite they use in special compasses? Works great until you hit someone.

[ninja kitty]

ill try this hope it works do those giant rubberbands work?

[helpful_hintter1020]

no a pea shooter is like a spit ball gun

[black hole fun]

ok spit ball gun. we called it a pea shooter at my school.

[snipeyouout]

this isn't a pea shooter a pea shooter is the top of soda bottle with a balloon on the end

[yellow elephant]

sweet man. this is awesome. i made the first one and was good. gonna make this one now. best thing for those terrible pencils.

[thingygoboom]

been done but still i like the idea. Right now im doing some expirements with a rifled bore... crazy yeah