Reader [Liquider] wrote in to share his latest creation, a coil gun built from an old Airsoft pistol ... A modified reloading mechanism makes it easy to drop a metal projectile right in front ...

Well, if he had a syringe (along with lots of scrap aluminum), he could perhaps make himself an airsoft ... A locking mechanism keeps the rod/piston drawn back until the gun's trigger is pulled.

BB guns and crossbows are two different ... The BB crossbow's latching mechanism and trigger To shoot the crossbow, the steel spring bow is first pulled back and latched in place, drawing the ...

This is a fully auto gun, so it needed a battery and motors, as well as a way to feed the firing mechanism Airsoft BBs that didn’t require an anachronistic magazine sticking out. They combined a ...