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Ever wish you had a gun hidden up your sleeve, something like the quick-draw sleeve gun from “Taxi Driver”?

You are in luck. We wanted one, too!

Using some slick tricks with a drawer slide, we show you how to make your own DIY version of this cool secret weapon.

What is a sleeve gun, anyway?

sleeve gun is a device wrapped around a user’s forearm and used to conceal a small firearm under a long-sleeved coat or jacket. A trigger mechanism causes the gun to extend out of your gadget quickly enough for you to grab it and fire.

This video shows you the sleeve gun in action:

 

 

How To Make A Sleeve Gun | Instructions

Supplies You Need For This Project:

  • 1 14″ Ball-Bearing Drawer Slide
  • Belt
  • 4-inch Hose Clamp
  • Regular Pliers
  • Needle Nose Pliers
  • Hammer
  • 2 Small Zipties
  • 4 L-Shaped Mending Brackets (1 and 1/2-inch)
  • A 5/32″ x 4-1/2″ x .041″ Extension Spring
  • A 1.375″ x 0.437″ x 0.041″ Extension Spring
  • 3″ x 1″ Machine Screws with Nuts (#12-#24 or smaller)
  • 4″ x 1-1/2″ Machine Screws with 10 matching Nuts (#12-#24 or smaller)
  • 2″ x 1/2″ Flat Headed Screws with Nuts (#12-24 or smaller)
  • 2″ x 1/2″ Machine Screws with Nuts (#12-24 or smaller)
  • Paracord or Other Strong String
  • Drill
  • Tin Snips
  • Rotary Tool
  • Bolt Cutters

Step 1: Get a ball-bearing drawer slide

First, buy an inexpensive ball-bearing drawer slide from any hardware store. Ball-bearing drawer slides are  more expensive than the kinds that use plastic wheels, but they are necessary for this project. We got ours for $10 from the big box hardware store.

A ball bearing drawer slide.
You can get ball-bearing drawer slides like this from practically any hardware store.

Step 2: Begin disassembling the slide

Take your drawer slide and find the end with the stop that has a rubber casing.

Drawer slide for DIY concealed carry holster.

With a pair of pliers, remove the rubber casing and bend the stop open.

Pliers bending DIY concealed carry holster.

Sexy hands holding soon-to-be DIY concealed carry holster.

Modified ball-bearing rail for DIY concealed carry holster.
The stop should look like this once you’ve bent it open.
Metal parts.
The smaller segment will be used to make your DIY concealed carry holster.

Step 3: Preparing one end of your newly disassembled slide

Once you’ve bent the stop, extend the drawer slide and it will separate into two metal components. We will be working with the smaller one. The smaller segment also has a stop in the form of two metal prongs that bend upward. We need to flatten these out so that we can disassemble the slide into its smaller components. Place your pliers on top of the prongs and strike them with a hammer to flatten them. We used another pair of pliers instead of a hammer because we were too lazy to walk three feet to our tool box. Whatever, it worked fine.

Two pliers and a rail.

DIY concealed carry holster being made.

Two flattened prongs.
Get the prongs as flat as you can.

Step 4: Take out your balls

When the stops have been flattened, you will be able to slide the rail apart, and this will expose the ball-bearing component. Slide this out of the rail, but be careful not to lose any of the ball-bearings.

Ball-bearing component of DIY concealed carry holster.

Ball bearings everywhere.
Be careful not to lose your balls.

Place the ball-bearings in a small container.

Ball-bearings in container.
You’re going to need these for later.

Step 5 : Cut the sliding component of your DIY concealed carry holster

With a Sharpie, mark the ball-bearing component as shown and cut it with a bolt cutter to around 4-inches in length. You could also use a hacksaw or a metal blade-equipped power saw, but it isn’t necessary. Cutting this component will add more space for your concealed weapon to hide within your sleeve.

Ball-bearing component marked with Sharpie.

Bolt cutters cutting metal.

Modified ball-bearing section.
Cut it to 4-inches in length.

If you bend any of the ball-bearing “arms” in the process, bend them back into place with needle nose pliers.

Needle nose plier.

Step 6: Drill the slide component

Drill two holes in the ball-bearing component, one on each end. They do not need to be equidistant, so you can just eyeball it. Clamps and a piece of scrap wood come in handy at this point.

A drill and a ball-bearing component.

Use a clamp.
Ideally, use a clamp to hold it into place.

Step 7: Cut the rail

Cut the rail from which you pulled this slide to the proper length with the bolt cutters. The total length will be based on the length of your arm from the elbow to the wrist. For us that worked out to 12-inches. Cut it right next to the section of rail that has pre-drilled holes.

Making a DIY concealed carry holster.

Before you cut it, flip the rail over and remove the piece of plastic from the other side.

DIY concealed carry holster in the making.

A bolt cutter and a DIY concealed carry holster.
Use two hands when using bolt cutters.
Two metal pieces.
Save the small section for use later.

Step 8: Mark & drill the slide connection

Place the ball-bearing slide at one end of the rail and use a Sharpie to mark the rail where the holes are.

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Drill holes where you’ve just marked the rail. Begin the hole by using a small bit, and then move up to a bigger size to accommodate your screws later.

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Step 9: Affix your first bolts & brackets

Slide a 1/2″ bolt through the hole you’ve just drilled. The thickness doesn’t mater so long as the bolt head does not extend beyond the top edges of the rail.

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Place an L-shaped 1 and 1/2-inch mending plate over the other side.

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Secure the L-shaped mending plate with a nut.

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*Note: If you need to make the holes on the L-shaped mending plate bigger to match the size of your screws, you can do so by clamping the bracket to a piece of wood and drilling it out with a drill bit.

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Step 10: Mount the slider to the rail

Take two 1/2″ small screws with flat heads. We used two screws that were lying around; they aren’t even the same type. The important thing is that the heads are low profile, to provide clearance for the ball-bearing section to slide along the rail unobstructed.

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Place one of the screws through one of the holes in the ball-bearing section.

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Flip it over and secure the screw with a nut.

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Step 11: Repeat

Repeat this process for the other screw.

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Step 12: Cut the notch that will lock your slider in place

With a Sharpie, draw a small notch shape on the ball-bearing section similar to one in the picture. It’s basically a small U right near the edge. We’re going to cut this shape away from the metal.

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You can use a drill to cut out a majority of the shape. Begin with a small bit, and then repeat with a larger one.

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If you have tin snips, you can use them to cut the rest of the metal away.

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Step 13: Clean up your notch cut

Once you’ve done most of the damage with the drill and the tin snips, you can make smaller adjustments with a rotary tool and a metal grinding attachment.

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Step 14: Gather your balls

After you’ve made the cuts, replace the ball-bearing slider back into the rail by inserting one ball at a time. Replace the slider “cut-end” first.

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Step 15: Secure the rail back into place

Once the slide is in the rail, secure it with two small zipties. This is so that the ball-bearing section doesn’t get pried out of its housing, causing the ball-bearings to spill everywhere! Keep the zipties loose enough that the ball-bearing section will still slide.

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Snip the ziptie excess off with scissors or your needle nose pliers.

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Step 16: Grab your belt

Take an old belt and cut it to about one foot in length from the buckle section like below.

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Step 17: Drill and bolt your belt

Roughly 3-inches down from where the buckle begins, use your drill to make a hole in the strap.

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Place a washer over the hole on the inside of the belt.

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Insert a 1″ bolt through the washer and through the strap.

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Step 18: Keep reinforcing the belt system

On the other side of the belt (the outside), place another one of your 1 and 1/2-inch L-shaped mending plates over the bolt as shown.

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Stick the bolt through the pre-existing cutout on the end of the rail and place a washer over it as shown.

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Step 19: Secure

Secure all of these pieces tightly by fastening a washer over the bolt. The L-shaped mending plate should align with the rail in such a way that one of the arms runs parallel to the rail.

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Step 20: Attach your first spring

Place a 2″ bolt through the hole in this arm and slip one end of the larger compression springs over it.

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Secure the spring to the bolt with a nut.

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Step 21 – Begin building the trigger component

Slide a 2″ screw through one of the pre-existing holes in the cut-off piece that you’ve set aside. Place it as shown. At the edge, place a 1″ screw through the pre-existing hole at the end but facing in the other direction.

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Secure the 2″ screw with a nut.

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Step 22: Preparing for another bracket

On the 1″ screw, place another nut and screw it halfway down the bolt. You’re going to place another 1 and 1/2-inch L-shaped mending bracket over this bolt in a couple of steps.

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Step 23: Mount this to the rail

Now place the shorter bolt in the pre-existing cut out section at the back end of the rail. It should come out the side opposite the sliding component.

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Place a washer over the screw.

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Step 24: Add your mending backet

Place your L-shaped mending bracket over the washer.

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Place a nut over the bolt to secure it into place.

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Place a 2″ machine screw through the L-Shaped mending bracket and secure it with a nut.

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Step 25: Final bracket

On the top-side of the rail (the side with the moving slide), place yet another 1 and 1/2-inch L-shaped mending bracket over the 2″ screw as shown and secure it with a nut. Place a 1/2″ screw through the L-shaped mending plate in one of the arms as shown.

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Step 26: Springing the trigger

On the same L-shaped mending bracket, place a 1/2″ screw on the other arm, and connect the two L-shaped brackets with a small spring.

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Step 27: Springing the slide

Place a 2″ screw through the L-shaped mending bracket on the moving slide.

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Secure it with a nut.

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Place the other end of the big compression spring over it.

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Step 28: Don’t lose your springs

Place a nut over the compression spring to keep it from slipping off. The other end of the compression spring should already be attached to the front of the rail in a similar fashion.

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Step 29: The gun holder connection

Place a 1″ screw through the pre-existing holes on the other end of your rail sliding component.

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Step 30: Add a hose clamp

Drill a hole into a hose clamp and place it over the screw. Fasten it down with a nut.

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Tighten up the hose clamp until it’s small enough to house your firearm handle.

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Step 31: Drop in your fire power

Place your firearm in the bolt clamp and and tighten the bolt clamp until the firearm is secure. You can see how we went for extreme fire power on this one.

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Step 32: The final touches with a rope release

With paracord or other strong thick string, tie a loop with a simple overhand knot and fasten it to the back end of your sleeve gun rig. This loop will go over your shoulder to support the back end of the sleeve gun. Overall length will be determined by your body size.

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Step 33: The release cord

Tie another paracord to the trigger mechanism as shown. When this paracord is pulled, the gun will slide into your hand.

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Step 34: Comfort first

Place something soft over the bolts to protect your wrist. This is also important to provide clearance between the sleeve gun and your arm (which allows the zipties to move!).

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Step 35: Fasten

Fasten the sleeve gun to your arm as shown.

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Step 36: Try it out

Pull the gun back with your free hand.

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If you’ve done everything right, the slide will latch and remain cocked.

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Release the slide by pulling the paracord that is tied to the trigger mechanism. You can run the paracord behind your back and run it down the sleeve of your free arm to keep it hidden.

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And there you have it! A relatively simple DIY sleeve gun using components available at practically any hardware store. You can obviously modify this tutorial in many ways, and we look forward to hearing all about the ways you make it better. Drop us a line anytime, we’d love to hear from you and (even better) feature your own versions on DIY Projects.com

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Comments

  1. Please use correct nomenclature regarding bolts. Your main bolts look like 1/4-20 x 2″, etc. Also in the workup you say compression rather than tension springs.

  2. Choppy Bangs: it is also a modified variation of blunt haircut.
    The hair is cut such a way that the top of the hair appears like a flat surface.
    Not all hairstyle will have the same impact on your face except for the few.

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