Category Archives: weapons

3D print your Paintball Pistol to be a Sniper Rifle

Posted on January 8, 2014 by robertwilkie

This is cool.  The author took a standard $100 paintball pistol and designed, and printed adapters to convert it to a rifle. http://hackaday.com/2014/01/07/paintball-pistol-turned-sniper-rifle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Simple Catapult

Posted on November 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

Funny and simple catapult with a couple of 2x4s, a hing, and some bungy cords.  The range sucks with it, but for kids, this could be perfect. http://www.instructables.com/id/Quick-and-Easy-Wooden-Catapult/

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Slingshot Sniper Rifle

Posted on November 8, 2013 by robertwilkie

New episode from the slingshot channel.  This time a dart shooting rifle with scope. http://gizmodo.com/playing-darts-is-so-much-easier-with-a-slingshot-sniper-1459513145?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

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Quadrotor with Machine Gun

Posted on October 19, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK I found a new video stream to watch.  FPS Russia.  This guy puts some insane guns together.  This one is a big quadrotor with a machine gun attached. http://hackedgadgets.com/2013/10/19/quadrotor-with-machine-gun/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HackedGadgets+%28Hacked+Gadgets%29

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Building a Rail Gun

Posted on October 16, 2013 by robertwilkie

The video the original author puts up is fun to watch.  They start off with a simple concept with some aluminum foil and few magnets and a 9v battery.  The end project, well its pretty intense and I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Nice write-up on NERF sentry gun

Posted on October 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Looks like the author adapted the Open Sentry project for a really big NERF gun with a custom paint job.  The author did a good job writing up how to make it. http://www.instructables.com/id/Nerf-Vulcan-Sentry-Gun/#intro

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An Extracurricular And Deadly Use For Pencils

Posted on October 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

Have I mentioned I love the slingshot channel?  This time he has what looks like a modified chinese crossbow into a revolving shooter.  Fun to watch. http://lilyhnewman.kinja.com/an-extracurricular-and-deadly-use-for-pencils-1441832795/@lilyhnewman?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

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10 round per second rubber band pistol

Posted on October 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK i couldn’t pass by this article, the author, well the authors author, writes up building a rubber band gun with chips that can shoot up to 10 bands a second.  The video is worth watching. http://hackaday.com/2013/10/03/rubber-band-blaster-shoots-10-rounds-a-second/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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CNN article on a loophole for the Fed automatic ban on guns

Posted on September 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting loophole where something that triggers the auto part via a “bump”.  I like the belt feed thru the mag slot.  Thats rather neat idea. http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/12/news/companies/slide-fire-gun/index.html?section=money_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+(Top+Stories)

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Make your own Crossbow Pistol

Posted on September 4, 2013 by robertwilkie

I do not believe this will be very powerful with PVC, but its a nice build.  Seems straight forward to make too. http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Pistol-Crossbow-Tutorial-no-expensive-mach/

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