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Pocket Rifle (Knex Pistol)

Pocket Rifle (Knex Pistol)
Description: This is a high power knex pistol that will fit into your average front pocket. It has very good accuracy over a long range but shoots high so you need to aim low. it is approximately the same size as KILLERK's pistol but is (debatebly) more powerful and can fire any size rod (yellow rods work best) and can even fire twigs from trees, laugh out loud. The gun is very sturdy and the firing pin is difficult to remove from the back so that it is less likely to be accidentally pulled out during cocking. It is single shot, the trigger rotates clockwise to fire. It uses one cut part for the trigger (half a green rod) and duct tape on the firing rod pull. It uses firing elastics, a trigger elastic, and three elastics to keep three white rods in for extra stability.

You need a k'nex hinge to make this gun.
 
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1: Build 2 of these.
2: Attach with 8 white rods as shown.
3: Make this.
4: Attach by connecting a white rod on either end as shown.
5: Add 3 white rods as shown. Pull an elastic from one end of the rod, over the top of the barrel, to the other end of the rod. Now each elastic keeps the rods from falling out of the holes. Refer to picture 16.
6: Make this (the green rod has been cut in half).
7: This is what the fully assembled trigger will look like when it is in the gun.
8: Add the trigger. Attach elastic as shown.
9: Make this.
10: Attach as noted.
11: Hold a gray connector pointing up like this.
12: Attach as noted.
13: Make this.
14: Add duct tape as shown.
15: Insert into gun. Add firing elastics as shown.
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Sep 29, 2011. 6:31 PMmweatherl says:
Hey Oblivitus, this gun is one of the first ones i made, but i found out that using the big grey rod with good rubber bands make the rod bend, and also when it fires, the orange connector snaps out of place. What i did to fix these problems was not use the orange connector at all, and i use a smaller rod. Now i can use better rubber bands!
This gun is awesome, please post more!!!! :)
Dec 3, 2009. 4:30 PMTwister802 says:
dude what does the broken peice do??
Sep 9, 2010. 11:24 PMjasonma says:
hmm... i think this would just be a simple rifle... i thought it would fit in mah pocket :P well nice job man i love ur guns but i never have the pieces to build these fantastic guns... i see how it works tho.
Jul 21, 2011. 12:35 AMthis nick is invalid says:
same here. i haven't got enough pieces and i've built knex gun builder's pocket pistol and then said "omg. this guy is a weapon engineer.". it's very powerful, it has a true trigger and a mag(not removable). but when i put lots of rubberbands to hold teh ram, it brokes -_-.
Dec 1, 2009. 12:22 PMadvinator says:
do you use google sketchup for your 3d modeling?
 
Nov 29, 2009. 7:51 AMdudemanvango says:
could there be subsitute for the broken rod. cause i cant break it.
Nov 29, 2009. 7:40 AMdudemanvango says:
you can make a scope by switching the white rods in the 4th step with blue rods adding a y connector making a right angle down from the blue rod and adding a gray end connector.
Nov 29, 2009. 7:23 AMdudemanvango says:
for #2 are the white rods needed.
Nov 29, 2009. 7:09 AMdudemanvango says:
nice gun. it simple yet powerful. i would like some thing like this but more powerful.
Sep 23, 2009. 1:39 PMknexjay says:
same ram as z35 (best gun ever because of chamber)
May 20, 2009. 5:33 PM64runners says:
Is the green rod in step 7 supossed to be cut in half or is it just the picture???
Sep 16, 2009. 7:24 PMKnexFreek says:
wire cutters
Jun 22, 2009. 11:41 PMmettaurlover says:
i just set mine on fire. it's melty, but it cuts like butter.
Aug 31, 2009. 1:57 PMSandy44444 says:
you need a new hobby sorry. just to make a single shot gun w no real trigger yur crazy
Nov 30, 2009. 6:56 PMKnexFreek says:
hey dumbo, it is a true trigger, and he is a knex GOD have u seen his guns...
please dont write stupid comments. especially ones that call Oblivitus crazy.
YOU ARE CRAZY
Dec 1, 2009. 3:05 PMKnexFreek says:
LOL :)
Dec 1, 2009. 5:36 AMmettaurlover says:
we're ALL crazy here, JSYK.
Aug 31, 2009. 2:10 PMmettaurlover says:
no "real" trigger?!? all you do is put a white rod in the grey connector and you've got a real trigger.
Aug 10, 2009. 5:39 AMknex_mepalm says:
yeah it goes the same with hair too, my antie is hairdresser and she gets $50 US for every hair cut because she uese fire, it decreases hair splits, you know?
Jun 23, 2009. 5:40 PM64runners says:
lol awsome i wonder if..........nah nvm
Jun 29, 2009. 6:08 AM64runners says:
k il tell u CUT WITH A CHAINSAW!
Jun 23, 2009. 1:33 PMmettaurlover says:
k'nex are surprisingly flammable. they'll burn like a toxic candle.
Aug 11, 2009. 4:15 AMknex_mepalm says:
Video
invalid movie: http://www.smosh.com/videos/ultimate-shoedown
yes so is this shoe...watch the video
Aug 11, 2009. 12:22 PMmettaurlover says:
? it says its invalid...
Aug 12, 2009. 12:48 AMknex_mepalm says:
go to youtube.com and watch smosh-ultimate shoedown
May 21, 2009. 12:58 PM64runners says:
dang! that gunna be hard! thx 4 answering
May 21, 2009. 5:58 PM64runners says:
o thx :D il try that i already have a broken rod i just broke by accident :P
May 23, 2009. 5:20 AM64runners says:
lol i have broken connectors too :P
Nov 15, 2009. 9:20 AMLlamaboy419 says:
I have like 5 broken orange connectors. It's pretty sad. I also cut orange connectors in half rather than clipping greys. Two out of one connector.
May 23, 2009. 5:19 AM64runners says:
o wow.
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I'm currently majoring in art at college. I paint, play guitar and keytar, and build knex guns. I operate a sound system at church and a video and sound system at a job. I have keytar videos on YouTub...
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