How to Make a Bottle Cap Shooter

How to Make a Bottle Cap Shooter

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  Begin by finding an water bottle made of plastic thin enough to bend and manipulate with your hands. Poland Spring and Crystal Geyser bottles work especially well.

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  Drink the contents and replace the cap on the empty water bottle.

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  Beginning just at or below the midway point on the bottle, twist it as you would to wring out a washcloth. The more the bottle is twisted, the more air pressure builds behind the cap and the farther the bottle cap will go.

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  Finally, untwist the bottle cap. It should burst off the bottle with force and shoot into the air.