7 thoughts on “Johnno’s Cardboard 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun”

  1. Possibly a real barrel can be installed and used. Could be a fun project for your kids and grandkids, get them interested in real life gunsmithing.

  2. Notice the shells are not chambered when fired. Could be problematic if someone was trying stuff….

  3. I guess, but my grandkid is already working on real guns, his. he has a browning bl-22 that I bought him and a Ruger 10/22 that he got from my brother a while back. he cleans them both under watchful eyes and also has installed scopes on both of them. again. under watchful eyes. grandpa has a nice workshop where he can learn how on the real ones. he asked me one time as to why he never got a bb gun ? to tell the truth, never thought of getting him one.
    problem is , he likes my CZ 457 22 mag rifle a bit too much.
    same with my Savage mark II . they both set up for bench range work or longer range shooting. might leave him one of them after I go or can no longer use them. we shall see. btw, the CZ is mostly stock, but the mark II has had a lot of upgrades done to it.

  4. More than ten yrs ago my nephews made functioning sub machine guns using 8×11.5 paper sheets and regular rubber bands. The projectiles were paper discs. Each disc used a fraction of the energy stored in a tauggt rubber band. Capacity was less than ten discs. All discs fired by one pull of the trigger. Accuracy was surprisingly good out to a distance of ten or 12 feet. They found the construction plans on some website. I thought it a good tutorial about how machines work. Nothing more than sheet paper, rubber bands, and origami.

  6. Makes me wonder if one could use actual steel and make a real shotgun.

    Filing and some really good bolts, maybe even without welding, could create a pretty strong receiver.

  7. Cederq, a few hours spent with the kids and very little money, they’re taught me basics about inter-operability of gun parts and design. Who knows, the spirit of John Browning may get reborn in a kid who’d maybe otherwise be drawn into the crap that young people are exposed to each day.
    Wouldn’t it be grand if a parent could get a child moving in a useful direction, with something harmless and just plain fun? Or did you get into making model aeroplanes as a kid just so’s you could sniff the glue?

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