staticzero Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Another thread reminded me of this, and I thought someone might be interested in it. I used to make all sorts of these back in high school. This is an old one I still have, and it's holding up okay. Basically what we have here is a couple of Bic pens hacked into a single shot BB launcher, with a five round detachable magazine. This one is a bit fancier than you need to get the job done, but isn't as involved as some of the ones I made (wish I still had them). I originally built these to fire standard metal BBs, but this one has been retrofitted to fire 6mm (at the expense of ammo capacity). The top tube is the barrel. The bottom tube keeps the rubber bands in check (makes it more concealable). The pen's cap becomes the magazine (gravity fed). Basically you pull back the handle, a BB falls into place, you let go and it fires. Simple! The muzzle. Note the use of another hacked pen cap to serve as the retainer for the rubber bands. This one was built to be sleek and easy to pocket, some of them had a paper clip bent into a finger ring/foregrip thing which also served as the rubber band retainer. View from the back. The handle is made of straightened paper clips wrapped in tape. The mag well. The pen cap is cut off at the line, the top becomes the mag, and the bottom has a slice put in it and become the well. The mag holds five rounds when chambered for 6mm. A bit of tape would be used to keep additional mags sealed until use. Here we can see the plunger shaft (mad of paper clips here, the ink tube also works but can be messy) in the top tube, anf the rubber bands in the bottom. This design is more concealable as there is less to get snagged on its way in or out of your pocket. This is not my most sophisiticated desing in this regard though (that would be my triple tube design). Alas, the rubber bands on this one are clearly wearing out. The most simple one only requires one pen with cap, two paper clips, some tape, and a knife (and BBs!). The stealthiest one had a simple loop to pull the plunger back, the bands were protected in a tube as above, and the ammo was kept in a third tube. This also gave it higher capacity, but at the expense of a detachable mag. You had to press more BBs in through a hole in the top of the front end of the tube that was just big enough to let them in without letting them out. Also, the tubes were arranged in a triangle, not one on top of the other. This made chambering a round a trick, as you had to make sure you had it oriented correctly. It needed to be tilted back slightly, and the magazine tube had to be at least slightly above the barrel tube. The most involved one I ever made was a rotating six(IIRC) barrel shotgun-type design. Basically, the barrels were filled with BBs with some wadding holding them in. A barrel would be rotated into position with the plunger back. When released, all the BBs in the barrel would come out at once. Then you'd just pull back the plunger and rotate the next into position. I was working on a way to quick change the barrel part for easy reloading, but never worked it out. Launching a BB across a classroom was quite possible with the simple ones, the shotgun type didn't wok that great though. There are a few tricks that I employed to get the best performance out of them, which I'll keep secret for now... I can see about doing a how-to on building one if there's any interest. Ammo: 6mm BB Mag Capacity: 5 Rounds FPS: Several Range: Over There, Somewhere Accuracy: LOL Link to post Share on other sites
Jordan74 Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 not bad Link to post Share on other sites
Blingmaster$$ Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 lol. did you ever shoot someone in class Link to post Share on other sites
staticzero Posted December 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 lol. did you ever shoot someone in class <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I decline to answer that. However, I'll say test days were always fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Kukailimoku Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I decline to answer that. However, I'll say test days were always fun. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to post Share on other sites
Crandall Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Will you take the blame if I get in trouble with this? Link to post Share on other sites
Brucken Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I can see about doing a how-to on building one if there's any interest. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes please! Link to post Share on other sites
revsd5 Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Accuracy: LOL lmao. Link to post Share on other sites
Catchv22 Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 No matter how mundane the product, you still manage to come up with great diagrams and pictures. Hats off to you Staticzero. Hats off. Link to post Share on other sites
staticzero Posted December 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Will you take the blame if I get in trouble with this? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Request denied! You're on your own... Yes please! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well then I guess I have to now. Consider it 'forthcoming'. No matter how mundane the product, you still manage to come up with great diagrams and pictures. Hats off to you Staticzero. Hats off. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
stevorob Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 HAHA, this is great. I wish I could +rep you static. Always got something new for us. Great job (If anyone could, someone +1 static for me... thanks) Link to post Share on other sites
DrewLawson Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I can see about doing a how-to on building one if there's any interest. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Please do it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jammy_Stuff Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Yes. We definately want a how-to. You never know, we may end up skirmishing with these if the VCR bill goes through. Link to post Share on other sites
MooCow Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 lolololol how about a vertical grip and a RDS? how well do these things silence? Link to post Share on other sites
jjj Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 I have several of these too. I made them from one of those cheepo bic lead pencils that you always find on the ground, but instead mine fired the 4.5mm brass bbs. I'll try to get a few pics later. if anyone wants that is... Link to post Share on other sites
bronney Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 omfg112...1.1.. omg staticzeroy you haxx0rz.. what if we can make this spring loaded? I do have some small o-rings lying around.. perhap do a KJ M700 boys muahahah. Link to post Share on other sites
blackhawk2105 Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 omfg112...1.1.. omg staticzeroy you haxx0rz.. what if we can make this spring loaded? I do have some small o-rings lying around.. perhap do a KJ M700 boys muahahah. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Say what? Link to post Share on other sites
HebrewMobster Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 yea i would definetly like an in depth "how to" static if you don't mind Link to post Share on other sites
teetee Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Pff, hardly compares to my BB blowpipe! (read: just a hollowed out BIC pen) Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_Baron Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 The most involved one I ever made was a rotating six(IIRC) barrel shotgun-type design. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do you have any of these lying around? I don't know about a shotgun, but I think it would be teh shizzle to have a six-shot repeater. Actually, speaking of shotguns...would it be at all possible to make some sort of magazine tube and mini-pump to feed bbs, as opposed to having a gravity-fed magazine? Or am I just losing my mind? Link to post Share on other sites
Jammy_Stuff Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Pff, hardly compares to my BB blowpipe! (read: just a hollowed out BIC pen) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Linkage? Link to post Share on other sites
DrewLawson Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I use the barrel out of a hardball shotgun as a blowpipe. Link to post Share on other sites
clmwrx Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I used someone's be tech aug barrel with the foregrip as a blowpipe. Just put 30 bb's in your mouth and you have fully auto. Link to post Share on other sites
El_Hombre Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Well, my BB blowpipe was awesome until my feed nipple broke. Watch for it at about 5,000 rounds. Link to post Share on other sites
playa Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 If you make one, I will surely put in an order. BTW, it would be cool to give to a pilot in a BHD scenario... Link to post Share on other sites
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