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The Best Damn Pen Shooter Period.

Step 5Firing

Firing
Grab the rubberband and the bottom of the ink cartridge, pull straight back, and release.

*Note* If you pull too tight, the ink cartridge might:
a) break within the pen, thus making a big mess
or
b) fly too hard and explode as it hits a rigid object, thus making a big mess

If you made this properly, it should fire around 30 feet at least.
Make modifications to your rubberband as needed.
Have fun and be safe :) (OR ELSE!)
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Nov 23, 2009. 11:55 AMAtlas22 says:

My
God...

this is ment to be a fun class wepon thingy,
You guys are all thinking like your planing to break out of
jail!!!

Nov 9, 2011. 5:47 PMpolymorph101 says:
Its really good though
Oct 20, 2011. 11:42 PMan1153 says:
LOL!
Oct 8, 2011. 7:02 PMfalloutman19 says:
says the guy with shanks as his picture
Feb 23, 2011. 2:02 AMjhiggins-1 says:
alright dude calm down :(
Feb 18, 2011. 1:57 PMChibichuba says:
I know right?
Jul 6, 2010. 7:16 AMMrGreenankle says:
Says the man with custom-built knifes as his avatar...
Mar 18, 2010. 11:01 PMdawsonj says:
yeah... jail...
Dec 5, 2009. 6:35 PMglugnar says:
maybe we are
Dec 5, 2009. 6:36 PMglugnar says:
lol jk
Apr 1, 2010. 1:02 PMCouso says:
 I made one of these a few years ago at work on my break in the stock room, and instead of using the ink part of the pen, I used a small metal rod that broke off one of the metal baskets.  I launched it nearly about 30 feet through the stock room and the rod went straight through a box and out the other side.  I decided to throw it away after that hahaha
Apr 17, 2011. 7:22 AMprince jkc says:
its dangerous thats why????
Apr 4, 2011. 7:02 PMwaffleoffate says:
man this thing could seriously puncture a trachea or two
Feb 21, 2011. 10:20 AMmunaib rumjaun says:
interesting !!
Jan 10, 2011. 7:36 AMlegendx says:
it hurts
Jun 29, 2010. 11:08 AMlilpicollo37 says:
I made one of the pen shooters and it works but you need to make a video because it took me a while to figure it out and when I did it went about 20.
Mar 5, 2010. 10:48 PMSierraTwoOne says:
You can use the cap as a safety
Jan 20, 2010. 1:01 PMDragonlord11 says:
 OOOUUUU  dangerous....
but nice^^
Jan 19, 2010. 9:52 AMsantoso77 says:
 dangerous weapon!!!! try it with different pen but more or less the same, and it just flew across the office, and the pen tip pierce the curtain!  

cool!
May 24, 2009. 10:54 PMpinkpython says:
i bet you could attach the pen to the rumber band good enough and shoot airsoft bbs out the other end =)
Nov 28, 2009. 5:53 AMredshift6 says:
Yeah, airsoft bbs fit perfect in typical pen cylinders.
Aug 6, 2009. 7:02 AM2k000 says:
you could shoot airsoft bb's if you attach a small balloon on the back of the pen
Jan 12, 2010. 3:14 PMMik.Hafford says:
if you want to fire bbs powerfully and make them hurt, make a condom rocket...
Jul 18, 2009. 6:20 AMesaglik says:
thats pretty good, of course you'd need to stick some kind of disk to the point end though or the be would just get caught in the side. anyone who tries that, remember to make sure the disk will fit the tube and ffs don't drop it in while trying to check it works, I recommend melting some wax into the shape for it.
Mar 24, 2010. 7:51 PMhollowpoint says:
to shoot BB's take the inside of a mechanical pencil (the part that holds the lead and eraser) and put it into the pen with the eraser end on the rubber band end. this works B/C the part that holds the eraser is wider than the rest of the tube and it fits neatly into the pen case so it will hit the BB but B/C of the wider eraser end it wont go flying out with the BB, this also makes it so that you don't need to attach it to the rubber band its self. see my very very crude diagram below:

pen tube       Rubber band
\|/                   \|/ 
__________,===========\\
BB +=======|_|mech. PRT.||
------------------'===========//
Mar 9, 2008. 2:47 PMwats-a-username says:
i made one in class and my teacher took it up and he kinda looked down da barrel and it got within half an inch of his eye it left an embarassing welt and i got 3 detentions for bringing a potential weapon to class.
Nov 6, 2009. 2:47 PMbaseballer says:
 i know u got a couple detentions for it, but i'm not gonna lie, that is pretty funny!
Mar 9, 2009. 3:31 PMnaruto the ninja13 says:
yay they can ban pens from school cause the "potential weapon"cause the make great gun combinded with a rubber band.Thinking that way you can ban pencils to you can stab people wid em making them potential weapons
Jun 16, 2009. 6:59 PMThe Daft says:
Well, anything can be banned for being a potential weapon if you're creative enough.
Feb 21, 2010. 12:30 PMkingbirdy says:
thats what I always say.
Jan 27, 2010. 5:46 PMLoki_Peverell says:
Very true.
Nov 10, 2009. 2:52 PMthepiecat says:
I think brains should be banned, Big words can cause stupid people mental Discomfort or even injury and Creativity is a bad side effect of having a brain, It gives you ideas on how to make weapons like this!
Jan 27, 2010. 5:47 PMLoki_Peverell says:
Haha. I like the way you think.
Aug 15, 2008. 8:39 PMbounty1012 says:
why would a teacher (who is supposed to be "smarter") Look down the barrel of a gun??? thats just stupid.
Nov 19, 2009. 4:21 PMColonel88 says:

That is so stereotypical.



BTW "Wait, Mr. Thompson, that thing is dangerous. Especially the end with the hole."


P.S. Don't "That's what she said" me. >:D

May 12, 2010. 3:03 PMSpeedStrikerXLR says:
 thats what she said
Mar 31, 2010. 3:50 PMmuberblob says:
lo, that is the name of the principal at my elementary school!
May 12, 2010. 3:03 PMSpeedStrikerXLR says:
 lol
Jun 15, 2010. 6:53 PMwats-a-username says:
like ur avatar
Jun 20, 2010. 7:13 AMSpeedStrikerXLR says:
thx its ratchet and clank I love it
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