How Do You Make A Zip Gun From A Stapler?

A zip gun is a homemade weapon that is commonly made using a pipe for the barrel. The stock of the zip gun holds the barrel in position and can be made from any of a number of devices. Using a steel stapler as the zip gun's stock provides for a more solid construction that is less likely to fall apart when the bullet is fired. Zip guns are potentially dangerous as they can blow up in use and so should never be handheld if fired. Drill a 15/64-inch-wide hole 9/16 of an inch deep into the end of the solid 1/8-inch pipe plug. Screw the pipe plug into the steel pipe coupling. Insert this pipe assembly into the 6-inch steel pipe. Cut the other end of the steel pipe so that it is just a little bit longer than the pipe assembly now inside of it. Drill a hole off-center in the pipe plug, at the square end, that is large enough for the nail to go through. Push the nail through the pipe plug until the head of the nail is flush with the square end. Screw the pipe plug onto the steel pipe with ...  more