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#16749 Ah, Yes...
Posted by Starbuck on 20 January 2004 - 06:07 PM in Off Topic
#16755 Ah, Yes...
Posted by Starbuck on 20 January 2004 - 06:32 PM in Off Topic
#16769 Ah, Yes...
Posted by Starbuck on 20 January 2004 - 06:53 PM in Off Topic
#51915 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 07:59 AM in Modifications
This is the 3B I got finished with last night. I cut him down, taking off all the crap on the top and bottom. I also added some old cut up shotgun shells on the side for ammo holders. He's my artillery carbine and I've named him "The Governor."
I know everyone has seen a modded SSII, but I took a strip of copper, covered in electrical tape and duct taped it to the side to make a clip. It will secure the gun anywhere you can fit the clip. Eliminates the use of a gauky holster.
This was a Star Wars water pistol. Named him "Kilroy." I sawed off the end where the water nozzle is and melted a plastic stopper over the water tank. Just pop a round on the plastic tube inside and pump a quick 25 times. It generally fires accurately 50-60 feet. I also took the plastic sight out of an old Bow N' Arrow and took a fine tipped pen and drew in the crosshair for the scope. I added the Nerf sticker on the side for the heck of it.
Last... but certainly not least...
My artillery piece.
I took some copper tubing and bent it around the end of the barrel to make a bipod and taped it on. It doesn't look the greatest cosmetically, but the bipod is in the developmental stages. Next, I mounted the modified RZB to an old tripod that I found at the flea market for $4. It gives us a stable firing base and allows for quick, easy, and accurate firing. I sprayed some WD-40 down in the mechanism that turns the belt for smoothe operation. I also made a device that virtually eliminates all jamming and skipping. I took some copper tubing and ran it underneath the gun and bent it out in a "L" shape. I used zip ties to secure the copper tubing. Next, I put some rubber and wooden rollers on it to keep the belt feeding properly. 99% of the time if it jams, it is because the belt is too heavy. This device keeps some of the weight of the belt off the gun. I also took it apart and oiled it down and stretch the main spring, so I get about 45+ feet with it. We have two 100 round belts that we use. I had some old .50 caliber ammo cans that I picked up at the army surplus for $5 and we keep them in that. It not only looks like a real machine gun, but it is an easy way to store your ammo. It's a great field piece to set up as an offensive weapon or set it up for base defense. I've even put in in the back of my buddy's truck and made a "gun ship" out of his truck. Haha.
People have pointed out that it is somewhat of a burden of the battlefield since it is large and is mounted, however, I understand that. I was able to attach a sling so I could tote it around off the tripod. My mobility was not affected whatsoever.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask or PM me. Hope you guys enjoyed these guns.
#51918 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 09:27 AM in Modifications
#51934 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 02:39 PM in Modifications
#51958 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 04:50 PM in Modifications
#51970 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 05:28 PM in Modifications
Moose... I've now brassed the barrel and absolutely stretched the hell out of the spring. I put some WD-40 in there as well to assure smoothe operating. It hits out at around 120 with my Stefans.
#51994 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 07:08 PM in Modifications
The range for the BBB is with about a 40 degree angle.
As far as attaching a motor... I've done that in the past with Razorbeasts. I ended up break off the handle and screwing it up permanently. I might screw around with the RZB and that damn broken Power Wheels motor I have somewhere...
#52012 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 09:28 PM in Modifications
My thought exactly. Most of the time, you will have people rushing you at close range. The RZB is a master of close quarters combat.That razorbeast is for basedefense, not losing, so 50 feet is perfectly fine.
#52015 The Nerf War Is Evolving
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 09:38 PM in General Nerf
By the way, out of sheer curiosity... does anyone remember me from the good ol' days back in 1999 on Nerf Online or Nerf Center?
#52027 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 08 April 2005 - 10:58 PM in Modifications
Greek Assassin... I found an old Army net in the base that I've made provisions for. I put two dowel rods on the tripod and stretched the net between them. I tried cardboard, but it exposes your torso. The net protects your entire upper body. I'll post the pics of it tomorrow.
#52049 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 09 April 2005 - 06:15 AM in Modifications
Still working with the motor. I'll have info on it later.
#52682 My Mounted Machine Gun
Posted by Starbuck on 17 April 2005 - 12:49 PM in Modifications
#53582 This Could Save Your Life One Day.
Posted by Starbuck on 26 April 2005 - 06:35 PM in Modifications
As you can see, I installed one of those quirky Nerf keychain guns into the Nite Finder's light socket.
This is the keychain stripped down. I took pliers and removed the air restrictors. This gives it some power. You can see that it is very compact and would easily fit into a Nite Finder.
I opened it up, removed the light, and Dremeled all junk that prevented the keychain gun from sitting in there easily.
I Dremeled the bottom so that the trigger button sticks out the shell.
I Dremeled the front so that the barrel and plunger stick out. I also added hot glue to the top of the plunger and the bottom of the barrel for extra stability.
Next, I put it all back together, leaving the front ammo holder intact, but saving the back ammo holder for bottom.
Leaving off the battery cover, I Dremeled the plastic away so that the holder fits snug down into the grips where the batteries are supposed to be placed. Then I hot glued it around the edges.
Shown here is the ideal firing position.
As you can see, this gives you an extra quick shot. The effective range of the newly installed gun is 30 feet. One might say that 30 feet is not good at all, but it is not designed for range. It is designed to be a reserve weapon used in quick emergencies when reloading is not an option. I hope you all have found this interesting.
#53603 This Could Save Your Life One Day.
Posted by Starbuck on 26 April 2005 - 09:16 PM in Modifications
#53638 This Could Save Your Life One Day.
Posted by Starbuck on 27 April 2005 - 03:58 PM in Modifications
#53645 What The Hell Happened To...?
Posted by Starbuck on 27 April 2005 - 04:23 PM in Off Topic
What the hell happened to my arch enemy Comrade Lobster? Does he still run around on here? What about Silencer32 or Jeff? What the hell happened to all the good ol' guys? I don't see many on here that I recognize besides ItalionStallion, Vacc, and Cx.
I'm showing my age. I'll have to accept the fact that the old ones are gone.
#53896 Holsters Or Straps?
Posted by Starbuck on 01 May 2005 - 10:55 AM in General Nerf
#53954 Holsters Or Straps?
Posted by Starbuck on 01 May 2005 - 03:59 PM in General Nerf
Hold up. Carbine? You mean a light rifle? What the fuck? It's a Nerf gun for god sakes! It's already light. If you need it to be lighter, you need to do a push up or something. Grow a pair brother.I use a strap for my BBB carbine. I don't use a holster anymore since I came up with a clip so I can clip my SSII to anything.
I call it a carbine because I cut the excess stuff off. This makes it more compact. Since real carbines are a cut down version of the larger rifle, I called it a carbine. So, get off my nuts.
Navy Seal, my clip works really well. It's never fallen off when I've been running.
#54656 Most Over/under-rated Guns
Posted by Starbuck on 11 May 2005 - 09:48 PM in General Nerf
Underrated: The Razorbeast. For nearly a decade, the poor Razorbeast has been the scum of the Nerfing world and rediculed so harshly. I have found it to be one of the best weapons I have in my arsenal once I tweaked around with it and added a few things. The Razorbeast deserves better.
#54838 Most Over/under-rated Guns
Posted by Starbuck on 13 May 2005 - 11:13 PM in General Nerf
#54908 Yard Sales?
Posted by Starbuck on 15 May 2005 - 08:14 AM in General Nerf
By the way, Goodwill's are a great place to find guns.
#55677 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 26 May 2005 - 02:18 PM in Modifications
First, I was given a Tech Target gun to fool around with. I looked on the web to see what mods I could find, but most required cutting and Dremeling, so I decided against that because it took a lot of time. First, I quickly opened it up removed all of the air restrictors. I took the stock barrel and hammered in a piece of 1/2 inch CPVC the length of the barrel and hot glued the barrel to the plunger tube. I just took a mallet and drive it in. The whole mod took about 5 minutes. The TTG's owner was quite happy with it. It fires out at about 75+ feet with a long of 82 feet.
Next is my personal sidearm. I recently accquired a DT3 Battle Pistol form Flamebo. He had done a wonderful job modding it, and I was quite happy with it. I took the liberty to reglue the brass coupler he had put in there. I also made a new barrel for it. I took 5/8 inch PVC and nested 1/2 inch CPVC in it and glued the new barrel into the brass coupler. Then, I replaced the old spring with a larger Sharpshooter 2 spring. I was very surprised to see it fire a stock micro 80 feet the first shot. The average distance was 83.6 feet with a long of 87 feet. The accuracy testing proved excellent. At 45 feet, I hit a 1.5'x1.5' target 15 out of 15 times.
I was fooling around with an Electric Eel and found it to be "unmoddable" since the screws had an odd triangular shaped head. Just to be stupid, I taped in some 1/2 inch CPVC into the clip. I put in some micros and was pleasantly surprised. I took it outside to see it fire micros at 63 feet consistently.
Now here is the real beauty. I had mounted a Razorbeast on a tripod for defense. It works really well, but as most of you can tell, mobility is none. So, since I have two Razorbeasts, I decided to make the other one a practical mobile heavy machine gun. I took an old box and fashioned it into a smaller box that was big enough to hold about a 50 found belt. I glued on dowel rods to the side. I then mounted 1.5 inch CPVC sections under the Razorbeast where the dowel rods would be placed. Then I loaded up a 50 found belt and slid on the ammo box. I cranked out fifty fast shots. I was well pleased, but... there's always something more to be done. Getting the idea from the Electric Eel clip, I cut 2.5 inch sections of CPVC and wrapped 2 layers of electrical tape around them and hammered them down into the individual sections of my Razorbeast chain to enable it to fire micros. I did this for all 200 sections of my Razorbeast belts. I loaded it all up and took it outside. I cranked out 100 shots and was in awe to see stock micros fire 65+ feet! The box allows for greater mobility with more firepower than before.
The original mounted Razorbeast.
A top view of the Razorbeast.
A side view.
The CPVC box mounting on the bottom of the Razorbeast.
A view from above of sections of belt with CPVC inserts.
I believe now with my modifications, the Razorbeast is finally a practical weapon on today's Nerf battelfield.
I'm sure someone has done the CPVC insertion modifiaction with chain before, but I've never seen it posted. It you have any questions, feel free to ask me or PM me. Hope you all enjoy!
#55707 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 26 May 2005 - 06:41 PM in Modifications
#55750 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 27 May 2005 - 12:18 AM in Modifications
#55764 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 27 May 2005 - 10:30 AM in Modifications
#55833 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 28 May 2005 - 07:58 AM in Modifications
Yes, I think it is possible, but it would take a lot of work. You'd have to negotiate a lot of things. However, I think it can be done. I won't have to worry about that, though. I'd be glad to help anyone who is willing to try.Do you think it would be possible to make your own PVC chainss?
#55917 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 28 May 2005 - 11:06 PM in Modifications
#55934 Machine Gun, Part 2... And Other Mods
Posted by Starbuck on 29 May 2005 - 09:22 AM in Modifications
#56004 Here's A Curveball Topic...
Posted by Starbuck on 29 May 2005 - 11:40 PM in Off Topic
I'm just curious about everyone else.
Edit: Ninja, you're fine. I just wanted to know, but this is open for discussion. People getting sick to their stomach usually means they had way too much niccotine and they're way too "buzzed."
And YES I know what it does to you, so if you're going to rag on about how bad tobacco is, then save it for the health education class.
#56038 Here's A Curveball Topic...
Posted by Starbuck on 30 May 2005 - 12:24 PM in Off Topic
By the way, fullback is a very fun position... isolating on the linebacker is always fun.
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