YouTuber Creates World's Largest Nerf Gun

The World's Largest Nerf Gun Will Make You Wish You Were A Kid Again

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Because our toys should be able to grow up with us.

Long Story Short

YouTuber Mark Rober created what has to be the world's largest Nerf gun. It fires its darts, which are made from toilet plungers and pool noodles, at 40 MPH.

Long Story

Were I a more secure man, I would absolutely embrace the culture of staged adult Nerf gun battles, of which there are apparently plenty. Nerf guns are fun as hell, and a good thing to bring to a party. Obviously you want to have your main rifle, plus a dependable sidearm or two, and oh God all I want to do now is shoot foam darts at my cat. Thankfully, some men are not only secure enough to openly play with Nerf guns, but they're secure enough to dream bigger.

That's YouTube star Mark Rober, who we last saw presenting some ideas for April Fools pranks on Jimmy Kimmel Live. This time, he's doing something way more fun. Dubbed the world's largest Nerf gun, Rober's creation (in conjunction with fellow Youtubers "Eclectical Engineering") fires darts with an exit velocity of 40 MPH. The darts, made from pool noodles and toilet plungers, can travel what looks like about 40 yards. A more aerodynamic 3D-printed projectile, however, made it over 130 yards.

The gun itself is remarkably simple: a 3,000 PSI paintball gun air tank is hooked up to another chamber that stops at 80 psi. This way, when you move the trigger forward to let air into the second tank, the primary tank doesn't empty completely. Pull the trigger back, fire and cycle the action around to a fresh cylinder, and you have enough juice for about 20 shots.

People like to lament the loss of mechanical and engineering knowledge in today's men, and they're right — if more people knew how to build things with their hands, we'd have way more cool stuff like this.

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Is it actually safe to shoot this thing at people?

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Office Nerf battles will never be the same.

Drop This Fact

Nerf began in 1969 with a simple 4-inch foam ball.