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22. Yep, and we also made 'fire-cracker guns' in high school metal shop.

Tue May 7, 2013, 02:20 PM

May 2013

You'd get a piece of brass tubing with a closed end, drill a hole small enough to stick the fuse through, then put a fire cracker and a ball bearing in it and light the fuse. Ideally, you'd make some kind of a handle for it because the tubing would heat up when the fire cracker went off. I'm still amazed nobody I knew blew their hand off, but I'm sure other kids probably did.

Still, none of those things were as dangerous as those horrible sling shots that they used to advertise at the back of comic books. Do you remember those? They used rubber tubing and shot a ball bearing. They were probably more deadly than any of those zip guns.

(After all, if Sam Bottoms could shoot Andy Griffith with one, they MUST be dangerous!)

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People were building .22 'zip guns' when Rand Paul was just a twinkle in the milkman's eye. So... [View all] TrollBuster9090 May 2013 OP

True, you need a factory for that. Deep13 May 2013 #1

Yes, ironically the kinds of guns AND ammo you can make yourself TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #3

Muzzle loaders are not Firearms under the FFA formercia May 2013 #8

are you thinking of GCA? gejohnston May 2013 #38

They built black powder guns that oldbanjo May 2013 #12

I don't think those were around when the Constitution was written. brush May 2013 #18

Not black powder, but there was a 20 shot semi-auto rifle in Austria and imported to the US prior to AtheistCrusader May 2013 #19

They were difficult to maintain, expensive and not widespread. brush May 2013 #24

In the 1790's the Austrians were using them against the french. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #25

So gun regulation/law is fine how it is? brush May 2013 #29

Since the NFA, there have been two crimes committed with fully-automatic weapons that were register AtheistCrusader May 2013 #30

Thanks for clearing up your position brush May 2013 #31

However, SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #16

This particular 'printed' gun has a 6oz slug of metal built into it to comply with the AtheistCrusader May 2013 #26

Does not change a thing... SkyDaddy7 May 2013 #33

The technology is not new. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #39

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #40

Take away their ammo and they'll run out,... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #2

Here's an even better one. $5 for a couple of blocks of wood, a spring, and a break line. TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #4

Fortunately, 3-D printing is still prohibitively expensive Warpy May 2013 #5

I have never made a zip gun but oldbanjo May 2013 #13

Just a few things. A Simple Game May 2013 #14

AR-15 lowers have already been printed and fired for 600 rounds. GreenStormCloud May 2013 #21

K&R jberryhill May 2013 #6

Mine is in a Police Museum formercia May 2013 #7

Society will put up with this for only so long. Massive far reaching gun control will come. onehandle May 2013 #9

Thanks for pointing that out nt Progressive dog May 2013 #10

Tell me where these things are legal. baldguy May 2013 #11

Helps to actually know the law before you start making such claims. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #20

As criminals, actually. :) TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #23

Bullshit. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #27

Pretty sure it isn't illegal in most states to make pipoman May 2013 #15

Late '40's/early '50's zip guns liam_laddie May 2013 #17

Yep, and we also made 'fire-cracker guns' in high school metal shop. TrollBuster9090 May 2013 #22

I was in junior high school in the '50s RebelOne May 2013 #32

Home perms were just a dream back then Blue Owl May 2013 #28

What do home perms have to do with home-made guns? n/t RebelOne May 2013 #35

They have a lot to do with Rand Paul's hair Blue Owl May 2013 #36

OK. You have a point just like his pointed brain. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #37