How Do You Make A Powerful Pen Gun?
Improvised firearms are generally made by adapting common materials to suit a new purpose. In poverty stricken areas of the world, guns have been made of everything from pipes to wood to scrap metal, using anything from air to springs to launch their ammunition. You can construct your own gun of sorts using an ordinary ink pen and a piece of strong elastic. A strange grouping for a weapon, but the combination makes a surprisingly hard shooter. It is not as powerful as the more popular zip gun, but it is not as dangerous, either. It is also not illegal and with proper technique and decent materials, will shoot more than 20 feet and straight through an apple. Cut 1 centimeter off the back (non-writing) end of the pen with the scissors. Throw the end away. Look at the pen. Note where it begins to narrow towards the writing end. At this point, cut the tip of the pen off, being careful not to cut through the ink cylinder. This will create a tube that is uniform in width. Once this is done,
