True Rifle: the Tempest

Intro: True Rifle: the Tempest

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That's right, a pistol that is truely rifled. It's a single shot, because single shots are the most powerful type of gun, second only to slingshots.

What is a rifle?
A rifle is a gun, traditionally a large weapon, like a sniper rifle. The barrel is constructed so the bullet will spin as it leaves, greatly improving accuracy and range.

How the heck does the Tempest work then?
Well, at the moment it is only a single shot, but it's really a case of one shot = one kill! A bendy rod is clipped onto the nozzle of the pistol, which causes the ammo to spin as it leaves. It is technically part of the barrel, as the firing pin runs alongside it.

But what if I don't have a bendy rod?
Don't worry, this pistol functions excellently as a regular gun, and it even has a seperate bullet lock for the benefit of those who don't have flexi rods. The flexi rod required is the length of a grey rod.

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STEP 1: Main Gun

First the internals, then the plates. Simple.
In picture 1, you should see a part made of 3 orange connectors with tape round the top one. It should only be wrapped round twice, maybe three times. It's a low friction bullet lock.

Also in picture one, the handle has two whites not connected to anything, two greens not connected to anything and another two whites not connected to anything. There should be three in each row, not two, I never realised until after I took the photo of the error!

Last picture it shows the grips on the handle (which you made in picture 1). Ignore the pin, I'll explain that in the next step.

STEP 2: Finalise

1) Pin
2) Bands, I use 8 size 63s, (new), but just load as many as your muscles can pull back! The ram can take a virtually limitless load, and the gun is designed so the trigger or body won't get damaged by too much power when it is cocked/fired (why it's quite chunky).
3) IT IS ABOSOLUTELY MEGA IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE A BLACK ROD FOR MAX POWER

To make the pin:
First, covert it all in tape (preferably electrical, but it doesn't matter)
Add a nice thick band (around the vicinity of size 63 or 64) to act as a shock absorber. This means that the pin can take nearly limitless power, but the shock absorber needs to be wound fatter by the bit of the pin head that slams into the back of the gun. For some people it may take a while to get this perfect, but it's fairly easy.

STEP 3: Firing

Well I hope you know how to fire a normal k'nex pistol, because this rifled pistol works the same way!

In the picture, There are the best bullets to use for the rifle. I would recommend Cannon ammo for a war.

Shotgun mode
Load two green rods into the gun. Shotguns are smoothbore, so remove  the flexy rod. Now you can use the might of the cannon ammo!

NOTE!
The Cannon ammo can only be used in smoothbore mode, see the next step for details.

STEP 4: Last But Not Least...

Well congratulations: you have just made your very own tempest pistol! Comment below with a picture of yours on this step, and I'll add it to the instructable! 

The only problem I have with this gun is that it can't fire cannon ammo in rifle mode. I am working on this right now. 

And finally, show me some mods! If I like them, I'll take note of them, and together we'll make version two!

Comments

[beccasmith6750]

Why why why come on man you have better guns

[Fastest Boi]

Nice I am SO going to build it! One problem to fix in future tutorials, make a part list. Other than that it's perfect!

[Lowney]

Haha this post is 12 years old so probably a bit late for feedback lol. I hope you enjoy the gun though!

[Fastest Boi]

thanks i made it now I posted it

[tytiger33]

If you put the bendy rod on both white connectors left side end is straight then the other end is on the upper right angle it is very accurate compared to other ammos and guns.

[rlaxrlax]

what if i don't have a hinge???????

[Lowney]

Build something else I guess. Sorry

[rlaxrlax]

wait i finished a cool hinge-like mech by cutting up some grey clips it doesn't look very good but it works great.

[Lowney]

awesome, not quite sure how that works though. Pictures?

[Lowney]

Not sure, try it and see for yourself :)

[qwerty987]

cool shirt.

the way the rifle is is the reason it pulls if you made a rifle with 2 straight and 2 bendys then it might work better sorry for the horrible 1 min drawing from paint.
what i think it will do is cause it to go straighter and spin more.

[Lowney]

Could work, if you made it it would be pretty sweet :P

[Cheezpaper]

Can the grey bendy rod be replaced with a long green one?

[Lowney]

if it's the length of a rigid black or grey rod, then yes.

[Cheezpaper]

I built it and.. well the Oodammo shoots a lot to the side...


Post Script: Does the name "Oodammo" refer to Oodalumps's discovery of red connecters + white rods as being best full knex ammo?

[Lowney]

yup, and try aligning the bendy rod a little more, I'm afraid the gun is a kind of prototype which would hopefully inspire better mechanisms. However it works well as a standard gun though.

[Cheezpaper]

It didn't shoot very far without the curvy thing. But nice idea, trying to implement something such as this into a gun. Perhaps I'll build on this.

[sixtyjackman]

cmon dude put a piece count on it... i got half way through then found out i didnt have enough y connectors...

[Lowney]

If you look at the gun itself you can simply COUNT the pieces, look at the first step, it's surely not hard to see all the Y connectors?

[dansdoc]

do you like th apprentice?
or is it pure coincidence one of your modles is called synegy?
sorry if name is wrong i cant see it in sidebar.