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Rubber band guns can be made using only
Popsicle sticks, staples, and rubber bands of various styles and sizes. This specialized technique developed and honed by then-high school student Stuart A. Burton is very malleable and can be utilized to develop very advanced and complicated rubber band guns.
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mechanism that lets the rotor rotate one position, releasing a rubber band. In Lego designs, a gear is commonly used in place of a conventional rotor, and due to how fine the teeth on the gear are, the escapement allows a rotation of more than one tooth, requiring rubber bands to be loaded a set
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A separate rotor and releaser that are activated by either a bolt or a hammer moving by the power of launched rubber bands. This may be used to simulate moving parts on real firearms, such as slides and bolts. They can also give the user a sense of
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bolt, pump a pump, pull back a hammer, or rack a slide. These may be impractical against other automatic rubber band guns, but give the user the psychological response of real firearms. Most repeaters fall into one of two categories:
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to hold extra rubber bands may also be made according to the owner's preferences. Through creativity and imagination, one can make detachable sights, grips, stocks, silencers, and under-barrel shotguns or grenade launchers.
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