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Re: NEW MOC's!!! Lego pellet guns!!!!
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lugnet.build, lugnet.technic
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 00:36:11 GMT
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geordan ballantree <geordanh@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:GAF7zE.8zH@lugnet.com...
> thanks for the compliments, what missile launcher are you speaking of? is • it
> the cyberslam thing?
Yeah, thats it, the newest castle comes with one,thats where I got mine.
Gary
> thanx
>
> geordan
>
> In lugnet.build, Gary E. Blessing writes:
> > WOW!!
> > That is so cool! I think the rifle looks better without the extended • barrel.
> >
> > I've been trying to make a gun that uses the missile launcher from the • new
> > castle. never-mind that idea, I'll just copy what you've built :-)
> >
> > Again,COOL!
> > Gary
> >
> > geordan ballantree <geordanh@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> > news:GAF186.I6z@lugnet.com...
> > > been a while since i've posted, but i'm back. recently i've been • building
> > > just small stuff, nothing worth posting to lugnet. I did finish a three • foot
> > > long pirate ship, but my camera screwed up and i lost all of the • pictures
> > i
> > > took!!! oh well. I remeber quite a while back, (june) we got into a
> > > discussion about lego pellet guns that can fire. well since then, i've • been
> > > trying to conquer this and make a gun the can shoot at least three • metres
> > > without glue and only with lego. here are the results, i'm pretty proud • of
> > > both of them as they are the result of long hours of frustration and
> > > contemplation. well, here they are!!
> > > this page is just a temporary page, i was just dying to get it up. I'll • be
> > > doing anew one with new photosand maybe a movie of both the guns firing • too,
> > > we'll see. I'm very proud of these.
> > >
> > >
http://www.geocities.com/geordanh/temporarypreviewfile.html?984956190730
> > >
> > > they fire each fire
> > > about four metres( sometimes 5-6). one is a blunder-bust rifle and the • other
> > > is a hand gun.
> > >
> > > The firing mechanism is spring loaded and it fires a technic
> > > axle. they shoot technic axles of any size although the 1x3 works the • best.
> > >
> > > the rifle shoots via the wild west building exploding system using • shock
> > > absorbers. pull the trigger and the shock compresses against the bottom • of
> > > the barrel, then you hit down on the 1x8 tile and it pushes the shock • up
> > > into the barrel which hits the bullet sending it flying.
> > >
> > > I wanted both guns before i made them to look somewhat convincing and • the
> > > blunt ended blunderbust did not look convincing, so i added a removable
> > > machine gun front to it to make look like somesort of military gun.
> > >
> > > the scope on top works but only to a distance of two metres.
> > >
> > > both of the guns are front loading mind you as I couldn't figure out a • way
> > > to make a loading mechanism.
> > >
> > > the hand gun is works on the same premice, except it uses a pull-back
> > > push-in hammer thing on the back. this gun takes way longer to load and • is
> > > somewhat less powerful than the rifle.
> > >
> > > to load and fire this gun, you pull back on the hammer thing that is in • the
> > > back unatil it is as far as it can go. than you open up the top and • using
> > a
> > > one by whatever length piece you push down on the shock absorber and • push
> > in
> > > the hammer again as far as it will go. then you put the pin in the side • to
> > > hold the hammer, load thegun and pull the trigger!
> > >
> > > basically, it works the same as the rifle, except the hammer compresses • the
> > > shock absorber and the trigger pushes up on the shock which expands • into
> > the
> > > barrel hitting the bullet.
> > >
> > > both guns are probaly smaller than normal guns, but they are sized to • fit
> > me
> > > and i'm thirteen so...
> > >
> > > please please let me know what you think!!!!!!!!!! i spent alot of time
> > > working on these as well as figuring out how to make them fire so • please!
> > > feedback!!!!
> > >
> > > thanx
> > >
> > > Geordan,
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