Prop Zombie Gun From Crutch

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Prop Zombie Gun From Crutch

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This Instructable shows one way to make a prop gun out of a discarded crutch.

It has the essence of gun, without being too accurate and forgetting its crutchy heritage.



Supplies

Various left over parts.

Mainly a crutch, a plumbing fitment, a piece of curtain rail and some spray paint.


Tools;

A hacksaw.

A drill.

A rivet gun.

A file.

A screwdriver.

Step 1 - Materials

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Here is the junk in the garden of a recently vacated neighbour; it has some broken crutches (perfect).

Also, here is my pile of metal bits from past projects.


Who on this planet can hold a crutch and not imagine it as a gun; not me.


So, this is a limited build using what I can find this morning, from some of this junk ; I will be making it up as I go along.

Step 2 - Turn the Handle Round and Cut to Length.

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To give it a better gun ergonomic I faced the handle the opposite way by drilling out the existing rivet, turning the handle, drilling a small hole and securing with a small self-tapping screw.


I cut down the crutch and the inner tube to a less crutchy size with a hacksaw.

Step 3- Trigger, Trigger Guard and Muzzle Thing.

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I hammered the muzzle block to the inner tube, (a perfect fit), but I did not like it and removed it later; I replaced it with the original rubber foot.

The trigger was a problem.

I tried this old bracket but I did not like it.

I decided to just go triggerless and just screwed on a trigger guard.

Step 4- Magazine and Sights.

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It needs a magazine; I cut a part of a curtain rail for the magazine and used two old brackets as the housing.

I simply used the holes in the brackets to rivet the magazine in place.

What ever this plumbing item was, it is now a telescopic sight; I drilled a hole through the whole assembly and bolted it all together.

The old jubilee clip was used as a spacer and hopefully looks like a sight adjuster.

Step 5 - Telescopic Butt

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I drilled the rivet off the arm-cuff and replaced it with part of a metal bracket, by drilling and bolting on.

Step 6- Spraying

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I had just enough olive drab and black to cover it.

But the lack of trigger is vexing me . . . so a solution must be found.

Finished.

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I found this fastener.

I interrupted filming.

I only had to remove 1 screw to install it.


The End.