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Rubber Band Shooter

You need nothing but your hand and a band to go gun slinging around the house or office.

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Step 1

choose your rubber band and prepare your hand.

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36 comments

Feb 23, 2012. 11:11 AMcool knex13 says:

I am sorry but we all know this

I am not a mean person so I will give you 2.5*

Sep 22, 2011. 8:30 PMjlumpkin1 says:

I already know how to do this for 6years

Aug 23, 2011. 5:28 PMcstringer1 says:

5646+

Aug 3, 2011. 7:11 AM

monsterlego says:

oh man Ive been doing this for years, highly recommended!

Jan 31, 2010. 6:34 PMblorjar443 says:

A rubber band war was started in my school a while ago, and the paper wasps dont really sting me and i sell rubber bands and wasp ammo but took my little business "underground" so the princible wouldn't catch me.

Jul 15, 2011. 4:08 AMshadow wave rider says:

cool, at my school, you would get an after school 1 hour detention for shooting a paperwasp at someone, if the teachers catch you that is

Jul 12, 2010. 4:39 PMmebuildgunz says:

col lol :-<)

Oct 7, 2007. 4:16 AMZiggy Stardust says:

oh no fair you stole my idea:{

Jan 19, 2010. 12:57 PMFoehammer358 says:

EVERYONE does it. this is just for those dudes who dont know what to do and have never gone out of the house.

Mar 19, 2009. 7:45 PMlowe says:

if your rubber band is too small, then you wont be able to hold up your thumb

Sep 29, 2009. 2:18 PMnum chuck says:

sweet

Aug 8, 2009. 7:03 PMsharlston says:

nice ible its really cool and well written :)

Jun 2, 2009. 3:19 AMloltae says:

good times...goood times...

Apr 12, 2009. 5:19 PMJupitane says:

Hey man! Great instructable! Its all clear to me now...... did i say that out loud?

Nov 22, 2007. 1:59 AMkevlarlollipop says:

Yeah, we used to do runbberband wars in school. Loads of people worked out how to go multi-shot but I would stick to one band but rather then lead with my index finger I'd use the thumb of my OTHER hand (positioned as if holding an invisible vertical grip, sort of) and then extend forward. The result is a far more stretched rubber band which achieves MUCH more range and power; regualr rubber band war sniper I was. :P

Oct 18, 2008. 5:30 PMImptheshrimp says:

oh man, same thing happened at my school but with paper wasps. My friends and i waged about 2 campaigns against different groups. and frig those things sting like hell.

Mar 19, 2009. 7:52 PMlowe says:

I got hit in the eye before. It hurts more than you could even imagine.

Mar 17, 2009. 8:09 PMHudmaster says:

the best thing you can do with a spare rubber band: this

Mar 19, 2009. 7:48 PMlowe says:

or put the rubber band on a knex gun

Sep 28, 2008. 10:25 AMYummyPancakes says:

Hmmm... Is this one of the oldest Instructables on the site?

Jun 5, 2008. 6:24 PMu dont know me says:

This seems to have brought back many memories...

Aug 10, 2007. 9:25 AMbop96 says:

my dad has been doing that back in the 50's

Jun 15, 2007. 9:21 PMandrew101 says:

ive known this trick for years its not that great

Jul 4, 2007. 10:36 PMmasterchief442 says:

Yeah, I have too. It;s not that great.

Jun 11, 2007. 7:59 PMMaxaxle88 says:

Whoa, cool! Be careful, though.

Jun 1, 2007. 9:52 AMsamphex says:

finally a better technique than using index and thumb. Thanks.

Dec 22, 2006. 11:38 PMrandName says:

I'm very good at aiming with this. My error zone is 10cm

Jul 29, 2006. 4:41 PMdarkwolf749 says:

If u like dis, u should do the pencl rubber band shooter thing!

May 22, 2006. 1:30 AMthe rubber band says:

Ah... but have you guy hear of the three-shooter hand rubber band gun... http://www.therubberband.info/hand_shooting.php

Apr 10, 2006. 3:12 PM

ll.13 says:

old hat verry old granddad

Apr 6, 2006. 7:41 AMJoe93 says:

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 30, 2006. 10:57 PMxamox says:

Yeah I've known this technique since I was a kid. You want to really get dangerous put the rubberband between your pinky and thumb, stretch it as far and possible, take a paper clip and unfold it until there is one hook left. Hook on that rubber band and launch, they go quite far.

Mar 5, 2006. 1:07 PMEggy says:

FWIW A freind of mine, Leonard, grew up in Indonesia in the 1970s and learnt this rubber band technique from the local kids. He showed it to me in LA in 1997.

Dec 26, 2005. 11:25 PMcokebottle tuque says:

i always preferred loading 3 rubber bands starting from the middle finger and working down wen loading then firing from the pinky up. you get the best range with your pinky shot so you want to make sure its the last one to be loaded, this way you can start your attack from a distance and work your up to a nice close range head shot.