Introduction: The Storm 223 V1.3 Knex Gun

About: Figured it was high time to give this a quick edit. I was an active part of the K'Nex community from about '08, I still occasionally lurk. I did a lot of dumb stuff on here but I'm past it now. I'm currently s…
Hi everyone! This is my fourth posted knex gun, the storm 223. This is the penultimate gun in the storm rifle series, but I am releasing a series of other random guns (pistols, shoguns etc.) Anyway, this gun features two never before done trigger mechanisms, and i mean 2, on the same handle, one for the grenade launcher and one for the main gun.
Version history
  • V1.0: This was a gun which looked similar to what it now is, except the sight was longer, it had no mag and it only had one trigger (for the grenade launcher), and the rest of the gun was a block trigger.
  • V1.1: I added a mag and shortened the sight.
  • V1.2 I made a second, external trigger for the main gun.
  • V1.3 I modded the stock's butt to look like the one on the storm 222

Features
  • 2 True triggers
  • Grenade launcher
  • 60 ft range with 3 rubberbands
  • Mag for 20 yellow rods never jams!
  • Mag for grenade launcher
  • Better stock than my previous guns

Cons
  • The grenade luncher will make the grenades explode when firing 1/6 times, and the grenade mag jams a bit
  • Not very accurate

This is my best gun yet, so enjoy!

Step 1: Piece List: Courtesy of Knex_Builder_Freak

connectors:

14 green connectors.

7 light gray connectors

34 blue sphere connectors

23 purple connectors

23 red connectors

45 snow flakes

74 orange connectors

72 yellow connectors

45 gray connectors

Rods

5 red rods + 1 tan

12 yellow rods

56 blue rods

104 white rods

240 green rods

Misc

2 triangle 3 hole panels

26 Y connectors

5 blue clips

22 tan clips

14 blue spacers

Thank you, kbf!

Total = 768

Step 2: Handle and Triggers

This is for the handle and both of the triggers. Just Follow the pictures.
1. Aim
2. Build
3. Add the trigger house side and handle
4. Build the other trigger
5.Add trigger 2
6.Build this
7. Add it and you're done!

Step 3: Stock/butt

Follow the pics
1.Aim
2.Build
3.Add top onto it
4.Build
5.Build
6.Add 5 to 4 (9 lol)
7.Add butt to stock
8.Add other side of frame
9.Connect to what you already have.

Step 4: Main Body + Insides

Just follow the pics
1. aim
2.Build these
3. and these
4-6. and this
7. Add these to the back of the body
8.Add the barrel / mag well
9.Add this to the bottom of the frame
10. Add this to where the sight is
11.Add this to the front
12. Connect the handles trigger mech to the red rod
13. Connect the body to the rest of the gun

Step 5: Main Fake Barrel

This is the barrel of the gun. Follow the pics
1.Make this
2.Different view
3.attach.

You could leave the gun like this if you want to or don't have many pieces left, but then it's just another gun (that shoots 60 ft). skip to the Rubberband stage if you want to.

Step 6: Front Hand Grip

Guess what you have to follow!
1.Build this
2.Different view
3.attach

Step 7: Grenade Launcher

Follow the dog. I mean the pictures
1.Aim
2.Build
3.Different view
4-6. Build
7.Build
8.Connect
9.Add trigger
10.Firing pin
11.Build and add this
12-13.Attach to the rest of the gun

Step 8: Magazine

This is the burrito masters mag again, i just like it. anyway, loosen out the parts slightly on the blue rods to make the ammo fall easier.

Step 9: Adding the Rubberbands

Follow the pictures

Step 10: Loading and Firing

Okay, hopefully you have built the gun. now just to fire it!!!!!
Picture 1 is the ammo
Picture 2 is a close up of the main mag

To load, put 20 yellow rods in the mag of the main gun, and 5 of the grenades in the grenade launcher mag. Pull back the pin in the stock to cock the main gun, pull the external trigger to fire it. Pull back the pin in front of the hand grip to cock the grenade launcher, pull on the small sliding trigger (white rod) to fire it.

Well i hope you like my gun, and i will now start building the storm 224, TJ-SR-V1.3, The Morph gun from the Jak series, The N60 storm from ratchet and clank 3 and anything else that i dream up!