My Son wanted a sniper rifle to haul around with his MC costume this Halloween. He has his first contest tonight so it was a sleepless night.
The barrels are from an old pool skimmer. There were three sections of telescoping tubing. The outer one had the ridges on it and worked great for the main barrel. The inner tube had a plastic adapter for the skimmer implements. It worked just fine for the lower barrel as the spark arrestor.
The overall length is 48", which is sized about right for my Son who is 59" tall. It took about six hours total time to build from cardboard and some PVC pipe couplers (for the larger section around the barrel and the round part of the scope).
I purchased a 9V, 20 second sound recording module from Radio Shack ($10.79) and installed it where the trigger would go. I extended the speaker to be housed in the forward end of the scope tube and recorded the sound of the sniper rifle. It's a pretty cool effect.
I also threw together an M6G Magnum in about 45 minutes. It is pretty rough but it was 4:30am when I started on it this morning. I just need to figure out how to attach this to his costume, and where. I think I've seen it on MC's thigh.
The barrels are from an old pool skimmer. There were three sections of telescoping tubing. The outer one had the ridges on it and worked great for the main barrel. The inner tube had a plastic adapter for the skimmer implements. It worked just fine for the lower barrel as the spark arrestor.
The overall length is 48", which is sized about right for my Son who is 59" tall. It took about six hours total time to build from cardboard and some PVC pipe couplers (for the larger section around the barrel and the round part of the scope).
I purchased a 9V, 20 second sound recording module from Radio Shack ($10.79) and installed it where the trigger would go. I extended the speaker to be housed in the forward end of the scope tube and recorded the sound of the sniper rifle. It's a pretty cool effect.
I also threw together an M6G Magnum in about 45 minutes. It is pretty rough but it was 4:30am when I started on it this morning. I just need to figure out how to attach this to his costume, and where. I think I've seen it on MC's thigh.
