Or bolt-action, pump-action, or whatever you want to call it. (it loads automatically)
Shoots yellow rods, max. capacity 20. Colors and rubber band tensions vary. Modify as nessesary.

*See below comments; I mistakenly re-posted this in 2009. Please refrain from freaking out.*

Step 1: Get pieces

If you don't have over 200 pieces, you can't make this. These lists do not include the ammo (yellow rods).

*can be substituted for similar pieces
i made this gun and it looked good but keeped jamming so i had 1 mag and it worked like a drem
I think you left but, awesome!
if wonto see good shot gun then look <br>http://www.instructables.com/id/the-shotgun-1/
do u always have to pull it back
Someone please kill The Jamalam!!!
My gun only shot like two feet, but it was still automatic which was cool.
Nice gun. <br>Effective...
can you guys look at this and tell me if I should make instructions?<br>http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-And-Effective-Knex-Gun/<br><br><br>
Are the spacers at the bottom rod neccessary? Or are they just there to keep the other two rods from getting too close to each other?
hey I have made a fully automatic knex gun that works with a totaly diffirent system that is never used before on a fully automatic one. So would you plz tell me wath you think about it ?? here is the URL: http://www.instructables.com/id/Fully-Automatic-knex-Gun-it-really-works-/
your camera has bad quality but in a good way that you can still see it ok... interesting<br />
dont be mad... he is the god of knex guns. he invented them. i think.
WTF? KILLERK posted the first knex gun, dont argue when you dont know
LMFAO!<br />
No he did not. He posted the first GOOD first gun.<br />
No it's not!!!! But killerk made the first basic gun. This guy made the first prototype. It's called: "Basic knex cannon". Think before you type.
i found one online at some random website copyright yr 2000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if thats a cannon, whats IAC's heavy "cannon"?
A big crossbow?
no i am saying that if that is a cannon, then IAC's heavy cannon must be a humongosauraus cannon. lol.
Oh, okay..
<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-Knex-Cannon/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-Knex-Cannon/</a> that is the first kne'x gun. you owe me an apology.<br/>
we know that his gun is not the first. This guy made the first gun (not this one)
Was it before July 19, 2006? (Please refer to the * in the main description; I initially posted this in June or July of 2006, and the first comment was posted on July 19, 2006. 3:26 PM)<br/>
He didn't invent them... he posted one on the internet. The K'nex company invented them long before that.......
yes he did.
I thought Oodalumps invented semi auto's. What's going on here?
Oodalumps invented the first firing pin semi auto. This also isn't semi auto as you have to cock it each time you shoot.
i concur....it doesn't pull back the ram when you pull the trigger...
Semi-automatic guns are guns that shoot every time you pull the trigger -- not guns that load bullets every time you pull back the firing pin, which are bolt-action or pump/pullback guns. The way this gun's trigger system is, it looks like a pullback. I am not criticizing the gun (most pullbacks are actually more powerful than semi-auto), but will someone who has built it tell me if it i a genuine semi-auto? I am looking for a <strong>compact</strong> gun that is or is a fully-auto, and if someone finds one, please PM me.<br/>
"Or bolt-action, pump-action, or whatever you want to call it. (it loads automatically)" Yes, technically, it's not a semi-automatic. As far a knex goes, however, you're probably not going to find any semi-automatic or automatic with decent power, much less a compact one. (in my opinion, power is a must-have.) Also: the more compact prototypes I have made involve permanently "modifying" some knex pieces.
hey, knexfreeks semi auto shoots 50 ft.
why not post your latest? I'd probably build it; i have about 12000 pieces, so modifying some won't be a problem for me.<br />
It is not any of the options above besides auto-loading.
You are correct, but this gun was made/posted before Oodalumps came and clarified the knex definition of semi auto.<br />
Semi auto is semi auto, it doesn't matter what you're talking about.<br />
Yeah, but I'm saying that (your name here) called it a semi auto BEFORE we had clarification on the subject.<br />
Also, sorry for posting a comment for personal needs.
As long as it relates directly to the project, it's ok. The problem comes when people use the space for things like yelling back and forth at each other when they could just message the person privately. The space is for comments, not comebacks.
By the way, this I'ble was #42 most seen knex I'ble of 09'. Congratulations.
Man, I still remember the night when I first made this gun three years ago<br /> <br /> Back when there was only this gun and his cannon on the sight<br /> <br /> Now, instructables is filled with great guns<br /> <br /> But still way too many block triggers still being posted<br />
Pandemonium 09 promoted KKC's a bit.<br />
&nbsp;Wow, looking back at &nbsp;all the guns we have made, we have not come very far. This mag loaded gun is pretty good even in the current era of knex. Where is everyone's guns? We should be using mini-guns and semi-autos.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The long and the short of it is that knex are limited; &quot;miniaturization&quot; can't occur without destroying the pieces. &nbsp;The only way to &quot;evolve&quot; knex guns is to literally make them bigger, so that the relative size of the pieces becomes smaller. &nbsp;The disadvantage to that is that it becomes more difficult and takes more time to construct them.
starnge... it says this was posted in Jan. 19. 2009 i built this on Dec. 8. 2008
what? it was posted on june 2, 2006
all of your name heres gun were like firsts in the knex gun world
he said before he accidentally reposted this this year

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