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and modded a coilgun inside. Here's the coilgun's circuit:

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The capacitor is hidden inside the pistol's grip. It's capacity is 800 yF at 300V. The semiconducter I used is a 2N6509.

I added a switch to the trigger. Pulling the trigger will discharge the capacitor and create a magnetic pulse which accelerats a small piece of metal. The kinetic energy is about 0,10 Joule. Additionally I modified the reloading mechanism. Pulling back the slide will place a metal projectile in front of the coil.

Questions? send me an email (maxwell10@gmx.de)

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59 comments:
James August 20, 2011 at 1:17 PM Now that is Awesome! I so wish i had one! <3 Reply

neo.enviro August 21, 2011 at 3:49 AM 0:27 *ducks* damn man don't point that thing at the camera :D Reply

paulz August 21, 2011 at 2:49 PM Very intuitive love to make one :) Reply

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Vague Raconteur August 21, 2011 at 10:07 PM Wow, I want that so, so bad! Reply Replies claudio April 8, 2012 at 9:38 AM Yes,it is so bad because it's a gun

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Anonymous August 22, 2012 at 8:01 PM Dumbass

Anonymous March 25, 2013 at 11:23 PM Clearly you haven't read history about how the U.S. fought for Independence...using guns.

Anonymous September 16, 2013 at 7:29 AM swag Reply

Rotbarsch2011 August 22, 2011 at 6:00 PM This is some brillant work right there. Damn, this is a lot of work you've put into there! Reply

Brofessor Neeko August 23, 2011 at 5:29 AM WOW Reply

Ghevrix August 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM Friggin. Genius. Reply

Anonymous August 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM Awesome.... does it actually work? I want a video! Reply Replies Anonymous August 16, 2012 at 12:51 PM are you blind scrool up lol Reply

Jay August 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM That's amazing :D Reply

fabio_2007 August 24, 2011 at 9:20 PM That's awesome. Reply

Anonymous August 25, 2011 at 12:36 AM That's pretty awesome but I think you mean uF not yF Reply

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mark August 25, 2011 at 3:35 AM What is the charging circuit you used? Reply

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3gfisch August 25, 2011 at 8:35 AM how you geht the 300V out ot the 1,5V? thx Reply Replies Anonymous August 28, 2012 at 10:15 PM capacitor from a disposable camera i think.

Anonymous September 20, 2012 at 12:35 AM charge circuits from disposable camera's are great, can charge up to about 415-420v if you are using a three volt battery, you can wire them in series to cut down charging times and best of all you can get them for free! go to some place that develops them and ask for the old ones, if asked why tell them you want the battery's from inside just be careful as a 400v shock F***ing hurts and can potentiality kill

Connor Batman November 13, 2012 at 5:46 AM Hurts yes but its noting compared to six of the 330v caps in series. And no it cant kill. There isn't enough energy inside of a 1.5v battery to provide both the voltage and current to kill.

Anonymous February 28, 2013 at 9:05 PM i think you meant parallel, remember these aren't resistors! lol Reply

LonelyHome August 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM Looks like the charger was taken from cheap single-use camera. Reply

Randall A. August 25, 2011 at 12:18 PM Ah jeez, let's see how kids take to making energy weapons now Reply

Anonymous August 25, 2011 at 6:05 PM Single-use camera mated with soft-air? ;) Reply

Jackson.k August 26, 2011 at 6:24 AM crazyy! Reply

CaTaLYST August 27, 2011 at 5:15 PM You could make the forward addition bigger to house the capacitor(s) as well. depeding on the projectile you could still keep the original softair mag in for higher capacity, eventhoug it would still require manual reload. Reply Replies Connor Batman November 13, 2012 at 5:49 AM It may not necessarily require a manual reload. If you really weakened the hammer spring you could rig a small motor to "cycle" the guns reload mechanism Reply

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Anonymous August 28, 2011 at 7:13 AM Cool project! Thx for sharing. Which town is in the background? Reply

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Anonymous August 28, 2011 at 5:04 PM Can you make an Instructable for this project? Reply

Nigh August 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM Its amazing! I like it. btw, the background is Tokyo Tower. Reply

Bones August 29, 2011 at 9:02 PM now make it shoot lasers =) Reply

Giveathoughtforgnomes August 30, 2011 at 1:21 PM this is epic! I've always wanted to make one but I saw that the circuitry for the capacitor looked pretty daunting then i had an idea to use a single use camera for the flash (it's about 240V isn't it?) which would work well. I'm glad someone put the effort in to prove it :D I'm way too lazy to make anything like this XD nice job! Reply

Hento the loony repairman :D August 31, 2011 at 12:41 AM hrm.. now if we would mod this into a longer barrel, with more coils (and adding capacitors/charge as needed) would it become a sort of long range rail gun :D?.. hahah one of these days im gona craft one but not lookign for anythign lethal, kist to know over some cans XD Reply

Cainzor September 1, 2011 at 1:15 PM haha thats really cool xD Reply

Ryan Gibson September 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM Hey, Great work. Really awesome hack. Do you have an email address I can contact you on I have a few questions. My email is rgibson(at)farnell.com Thanks Ryan Reply

Shummus September 16, 2011 at 1:31 AM i want to make one but i know id end up messin it up! lmaooo Reply

AyJim September 24, 2011 at 1:58 AM wow you're pretty good at this Reply

Lopus November 25, 2011 at 12:03 AM Can you send me the step by step? My e-mail is lopusvm@hotmail.com Reply

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Replies Eli April 24, 2012 at 4:40 PM Me too plz.. Gemmaster22@gmail.com Reply

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Anonymous April 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM unfortunalety the projectile isn't as fast as the tiny soft-air bullet fired by the original gun, but it is a nice work at all... Reply

Anonymous April 24, 2012 at 4:30 PM Now what you need to do is Make a Video Of you Making it.... And a list of supplies... Make a simple Version of the Video For idiot to Shoot there eye out... Reply

Kountry July 5, 2012 at 9:14 AM This is awesome, I would really appreciate it if u could please send me the parts list and step by step plans for this, love your work! Thank you for sharing your creativity. Email: kountry83@gmail.com Reply

Anonymous August 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM you could make money off this Reply

Ngoc Duc September 23, 2012 at 6:46 AM Bn c th gi cho ti tng bc? E-mail ca ti l ngocduc71785@gmail.com .... thanks Reply

Anonymous November 11, 2012 at 1:11 PM Semiconductor or transistor? Reply

Holman Buenaventura November 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM Por favor enviame los pasos y la lista de materiales, quiero hacer una. habuenav@hotmail.com Reply

Anonymous January 20, 2013 at 4:04 AM What is the velocity of the projectile? Reply

jofadda January 20, 2013 at 9:52 AM could you please send me a detailed step by step guide, for doing the same thing working with a cheap bb gun as a case for the wiring/capacitor? bryan.xbox@hotmail.com Reply

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Anonymous January 23, 2013 at 2:09 AM Ever built one with multiple coils? Reply

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Anonymous February 23, 2013 at 8:09 PM why did you use the 2N6509? cant you use something else instead?? Reply Replies Do it yourself Gadgets February 23, 2013 at 9:01 PM

Yes you can use another Thyristor that matches your voltage and current! Reply

Anonymous March 22, 2013 at 5:34 PM It's not so hard to make...It's only an electromagnetic linear accelerator on an airsoft gun. Reply

Anonymous April 4, 2013 at 11:35 AM what is the capetel R above the trigger and yes i am a bad speller Reply

Anonymous April 19, 2013 at 6:52 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmpHpQhN9RE Reply

sergio martinez May 17, 2013 at 9:28 PM please can you make a tutorial of how you build that coil gun? and are you from spain or colombia? Reply

Anonymous October 13, 2013 at 12:49 AM I was thinking of making one of these, but what do you use as ammunition? Reply

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