Talk:Rubber band gun

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Contents 1 Rubber band Gatling gun plans 2 Surefire link 3 Rubber band gun parts 4 Why is there 5 Here are some rubber band guns and mechanisms that maybe should be mentioned.

[edit] Rubber band Gatling gun plans

general cleanup as well as removal of the 'how-to' feel of the homemade guns; made that sec purely discriptive. will add some appropriate links once I've looked at the sites. the gatling is from Surefire products and they sell designs for a tabletop version. For what it's worth I'm planning to build my own from scratch and then put the design up for free<g> Jmackaerospace 23:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

~ Carefull of the rubber band gatling gun plans. The plans, if they can be called that, are offered by a company called "Backyard Artillery". What they don't tell you though is what you see, is definitely not what you get. The plans are actually photocopied pages, that have been recopied from some sort of original drawings. They are of such poor quality, they're almost unreadable. And, they are not what's pictured on the BYA site. The picture featured on their site is only for the pre-fabbed model. The plans you recieve are for a scale model that looks like crap. They also falsely claim that if you're unsatisfied with the plans, they'll offer a refund, which they certainly do not. I was lucky enough to pay for mine with MasterCard. I filed a complaint, and only through the intervention of MC, was I able to have my money refunded. ~ Tercero, Feb 10, 2007 17:47.

[edit] Surefire link

When I originaly posted the surefire link I was unaware of wikipedia's policy on comercial links. I have reposted it for the same reasons I originaly posted it: I think it contains interesting information, it is -as far as I can tell- the home of the gatling, and the pages were of higher quality than the others I found in an immidiate trawl when I first went looking for info. I have no connections to the company beyond what I have stated. If anyone still feels that the link should be removed, I will raise no objections.Jmackaerospace 14:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rubber band gun parts

I'm looking for the plastic escapement mechanisms commonly seen on most repeater rubber band guns. If anyone knows of a source of these, I would be most grateful to hear of it. Crunchysaviour 14:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I have now found a source of parts, but am always grateful to hear of news regarding these guns. Crunchysaviour 11:56, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why is there

the Knexecutioner in the links? it in not a rubber band hun. it is a knex gun powered by rubberbands. There is a difference. Instead, you should put http://www.instructables.com/id/EZGPEMCSWAEZTBAACZ/ which is a real knex rubber band machine gun.

True, it isn't a true RBG, but it IS a rubber band powered gun, and it IS excellent, so I'm not going to remove it. Crunchysaviour 17:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Here are some rubber band guns and mechanisms that maybe should be mentioned.

some different mechanisms and rubber bands: http://youtube.com/profile?user=theinsekt
A wooden gun with a thread mechanism and 500 ammo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BcAepBfcmD0
A lego gun with a thread mechanism: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Co3QGEXCcC4
A rubber band powered lego crossbow with a magazine: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_9KleCswrGk
A rubber band powered knex gun with a magazine: http://youtube.com/watch?v=r5Sxou3hX_A
A rubber band/motor powered lego machine gun: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7fbAeIgZQJQ
A sentry rubber band gun built with lego and an NXT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xM862vMK6eE
A wooden fully automatic rubber band gun: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mShf4e8ByU8
A wooden semi automatic or burst rubber band gun: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TootxH6LL20&feature=related
etc. --83.233.187.17 (talk) 00:23, 24 December 2007 (UTC)