An amazingly extensive guide to shooting rubber bands. Features history, rules (there are rules?), delivery methods, physics, and more. Here's a bit from the section on the Sniper Rifle Method (I've omitted the pictorial illustration):
This method is a sister to the Sawed-Off Shotgun method. Instead of using a normal-sized rubber band, you will need one with a much larger diameter. I'd suggest something twice the diameter of a normal band but no thicker.
To start, you need a pen. Pencils' tips can break off. Hold your oversized rubber band by a side, letting the other side fall to rest on the ground. Place your pen atop the section on the ground, then pull the band taut. Lift the pen and band (now mounted on the tip of the pen), holding the band between your thumb and index fingers. Stretch the band very tight. Aim and fire. Deadly accurate!
Like Gibson said, "The street finds its own uses for things.
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Posted by johndanseven at August 4, 2005 10:14 PM