How to Silence(at Least a Little) Your Knex Gun

by Liberty Prime

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Intro: How to Silence(at Least a Little) Your Knex Gun

Most knex guns are very loud, because of the ram rod hitting against the body of the gun. To silence it, you must put a cushion between the body and the ram rod. I used bakenbitz's BBKWG gun for tis instrucable. (nice gun)

STEP 1: Materials

Tissue
Scissors
Tape

A knex gun: Find one that's ram rod hits the bullet fully, instead of just touching the edge of the bullet

STEP 2: The Cushion

Fold the tissue into a decent size for your gun. If you need help, comment of the problem.
After that, create a hole for the ram rod with your scissors.

STEP 3: Tape It On

First, remove the ram rod.
Then tape the cushion on so the hole matches with the hole in the gun.
Tape it down good.
Then you put the ram rod back.
Finished!
Please comment and rate.

26 Comments

jdoggkuhn 12 years ago

i did this b4 i did it on a knex mac on youtube i used a cotton ball and some tape and it was silensed it was cool

builder968 12 years ago

Hey, how's colonel autumn? If you don't get it, then you don't get your name.

Liberty Prime 12 years ago

"Tactical assessment: Red Chinese victory... impossible."

J Moneyman 15 years ago

nice idea. it would be kool if u made a knex detachable silencer and then put this on the back. it would be a silenced knex gun with a silencer on it.

videogamemaster 13 years ago

Yeah. We can only dream, eh?

Althought I think you can make this alot easier if you just put oodles of masking tape around the end of the ram that sticks out from the gun (Erm..... The connector piece). That's what I did on the current gun I was working on, and it hardly makes a lot less noise then usual.

~Z~ 14 years ago

Nice! Never though of using tissue paper... 3.5*

~Z~ 14 years ago

 LOL the rating went from 3.10 to 3.11

alfpwns 15 years ago

i have a better way: Put squishy foam on the back of the gun ( where the pin hits the gun)

Fred the Penguin 14 years ago

add a rubberband to the back of the pin it makes it quite a bit quieter.

I_am_Canadian 15 years ago

You can also wrap a elastic band around the ram rod just by the connector(s) on the end. That also saves the need to tape the ram.

Liberty Prime 15 years ago

yeah thats true but that sorta hard without the rubber band falling off.

I_am_Canadian 15 years ago

Not really, Just double it up a million times and your good. Its actually very easy.

MI6 15 years ago

Probably lose some power but nice idea !

Doctor Who 15 years ago

decent, but i use a spring with a was of cotton infront of it for my dd27 rifle.

Oblivitus 15 years ago

A SPRING you say? GENIUS! lol

dsman195276 15 years ago

hmm, thats a good idea. since the DD-27 was pretty quiet to begin with those mods would make it silent., and perfect for a knex war!!!! lol. i would not reccomenend that you use the spring though, because that will slow down the firing pin before it hits the ammo, thus making for a less powerful gun.
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