Rubberband gun

Hey there, I'm making an automatic rubberband gun out of wood. Has anyone else tried this? I'm using a gun frame with a notch of a rubberband to sit int the barel. The firing mechanism is going to consist of a wheel with 4 pegs in it. Whe trigger will lock the pegs in place by the force of the rubberbands by locking the next peg in place when you press the trigger, but if you hold it, it will fire all 12 rubberbands one right after another. Anyone else designed one of these, and what was your design?

I was given one for christmas that shoots 12 bands in semi-automatic mode. Great fun. Here's a few links to ones I've seen.

www.gadgets.co.uk...

users.bigpond.net.au...

www.backyardartillery.com...

That gatling gun us awesome, loaded with 144 rubber bands.

Let us know how you get on!


[Edited on 10-4-2004 by Zzub]

Woah, that's almost exactly what I was designing on my own. That's really wild!

Here's one they sell on Ebay

cgi.ebay.com.au...

I just recieved several. I'm still working on my own, it's tough without a laithe. I'm going to post a pic of me holding one of them along with an AirSoft� BB gun I got that is a repleca of the P.1088. They're a lot of fun! Tomorrow, a few friends are coming over, and we're going to play capture the flag with the bb guns and rubber band guns. It's going to be a blast!

That's some high tech Weaponry there, does it come with armour piercing rounds?

No, no armor piercing rounds, just incendiary. The guns I got today fire off WMDs, too