The Lego C4 Semi-Automatic Crossbow

The C4 Semi-Automatic Crossbow is the first semi-automatic crossbow which is as powerful as a regular lego crossbow. The crossbow can fire 35 feet or more, and has a 4 round capacity. I came up with the idea for a semi-automatic lego crossbow when I was trying to create a gun which could fire the Y1 Shotgun Shell powerful enough to separate it, which would be a crossbow, but also had a higher rate of fire (semi-automatic). The prototype which fired the Y1 eventually failed, but 5 months later, I readapted it to fire my standard crossbow round( (2x4)F ), which worked out very well. The gun works very well, and has a good rate of fire, and a good sight (similar to the M16 sight). It is powerful enough to go through paper, and ricochet very far. How the crossbow is semi-automatic but still looks like a crossbow is that the cover that goes over the magazine is wider than it would be on a normal semi-auto, which allows the rubberbands to still go on the trigger at an angle. This allows maximum power. The way the firing rubberbands work is that once one shot is fired, its corresponding rubberband flies to the front of the gun, and below the firing runway, where it stays. This prevents the used rubberbands from blocking the next shot.

TO BUILD THE IMPROVED VERSION, THE C4.1 ------> [https://www.instructables.com/id/The-C41-Lego-Semi-Automatic-Crossbow/ ]



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For the C4.1 Semi-Automatic Crossbow (coming in a few weeks), these changes will be made: The top of the magazine holder will be altered to be more sturdy (The C4's hasn't broken yet, but its just a precaution), the firing capacity will be increased to 5 rounds, a stock will be added, and a bipod will be added.

This step will build the base of the front half of the crossbow.

This step completes the handle, which is the base for the back of the gun.

This step builds the trigger mechanism and puts it on the handle piece.

This step just builds more of the back pieces.

This step builds some parts of the main mechanism..

This step will finish filling the front of the crossbow with pieces, as well as make part of the area for the magazine to go in.

This step will finish off the rest of the firing mechanism, as well as connect the front and back pieces of the crossbow.

This step will build the cover on the mechanism and the rear sight with the tactical rails.

This step will build the firing runway.

This step builds the cover which will go over the area where the ammo comes out of the magazine, as well as the forward sight.

This step builds builds the magazine.

This step builds the handle in the front of the gun.

This step builds the magazine rod.

This step shows how to make the ammo, and where to put the counterweight and firing rubberbands.

Before loading, you need to lubricate the insides of the magazine, all around each ammo piece, the firing runway, and the magazine rod (the brick part not the technic part) with a thin coating of Vaseline. Then, you can load in the order which the pictures show.