How to Make a Cardboard Gun

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How to Make a Cardboard Gun

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Hello ,this is how to make a cardboard gun Now i know there are a lot of these kind of instructables
if you look at the picture you will see whats kind of different about this one

Gather Your Materials

you will need


1.cardboard
2.scissors
3.hot glue and hot glue gun
4.paint(to decorate)

Trimming Basic Shape

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draw to actual scale the gun shape and cut it out including for recessed areas

Building the Bullet Ejection Port

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build a bottom and sides of a box(If all else fails look at the picture.)

Continuing the Shell Ejection Port

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glue a small rectangle to the inside of the port

Building the Simulated Cocking Mechanism Up

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glue a piece of cardboard behind the area cut out below the ejection port

Building the Shell Casing

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here you are really making a small box that is long and has a small protrusion at the bottom

Constructing the Inside

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make a thin wall to hold the shells in place

Make the Otherside of the Gun

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do what the title of this part says (by the picture)

Flip the First Part Over

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get the first part and glue another thin rectangle like so

Box Everything In

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glue the 2 sides on the small piece and begin to box in the trigger area

Add Details and Have Fun When You're Done

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add a trigger and a fake cocking mechanism ,paint and you're done