This gun began while I was thinking about what to do after the Thing. One of the first things that came to mind was to condense a Relocated Clothespin trigger as much as possible so as to conceal it inside the grip, making for a much cleaner appearance with very little extra work. I also started looking at revolver-style drum mags, and how simple the zig-zag mechanisms were to advance them. I figured it wouldn't be too hard to make one myself.
My original plan was to make a GNS-like blaster with the concealed clothespin (actually, this is still in the works), and add a revolver cylinder to the original Thing. This, however, all changed when I got a large chunk of carbon fiber for free. I decided to make a custom gun frame with cool internals, so I combined the concealed clothespin and revolving cylinder, with a Foam-Head plunger and a pump-action linkage to charge the gun and rotate the cylinder simultaneously. Another thing I tried out was a homemade N-strike rail. It's a surprisingly simple shape. I have yet to see if the carbon fiber holds its shape enough to work well, though. It would probably be easier to just carve one out of PVC or wood.
You can also see a strap attachment point at the bottom of the stock and in front of the rail.
There's the grip and trigger, plus the N-strike rail on top, and a view of the charging arm. Two halved PVC spars extend back from the pump handle and attach to a reducing bushing which fits around the plunger rod. They push the plunger back, then return forward with the handle.
A shot of the pump handle.
Yup, only 3 barrels. I could have made more, but 3 fit nicely inside 1 1/4" PVC, and I like the look of one continuous pipe, so I kept it down to 3.
These are the forms on the gun, before the carbon-fiber wrap.
Edited by davidbowie, 22 July 2006 - 03:45 PM.
