Rubber-Band Guns for the Boy's Arsenal
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Rubber-Band Guns for the Boy's Arsenal
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Rubber-Band Guns for the Boy's Arsenal
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Although rubber-band guns and pistols are in themselves rather common, they can be greatly refined and made to resemble real guns, as indicated in the drawing. One end of the rubber bands, which are ¼-in. strips of inner tube cut crosswise, is slipped between two pins at the muzzle of the pistol, while the other end is brought back and slipped into a notch cut across the gun directly over the trigger. To release the band from the notch it is only necessary to pull the trigger, which is pivoted in a slot. Either heavy wire or thin wood can be used for the trigger. In the case of a rifle, a single pin, driven into the top side of the barrel, halfway between the muzzle and trigger, serves to hold the rubber band. If desired, provision can be made for shooting off firecrackers from the end of the gun. A brass ferrule is first driven on the end of the barrel and a tube of the same material is then driven into the end, a hole being drilled for the purpose. Firecrackers can be inserted in the tube, and, as the barrel is held away from the user, there is practically no danger of injury. Pistols can be similarly fitted. The guns may be finished nicely and suitable ornaments applied to the stock. In the examples shown, small brass brads were used to decorate the weapons with a starlike figure and a hunting dog.-Addison Bain, Marion, Ohio.
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eng
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1930-10
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674
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Alberto Bordignon
Popular Mechanics, v. 54, n. 4, 1930
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