Some pictures or a more thorough explanation of why it's not fitting back together or going back together would help a bit. Also, let this be a lesson to you and all those newbies out there, never bite off more than you can chew.

This would be a great little gun to just slap on a primary. Got a longshot scope/nstrike sled brackets you could fashion this thing with?
Great mod, might have to find me one of these little guys.

Aside from the obvious power of most old school guns, the looks were the best! They were goofy as hell, some were animals, some looked like super soakers, they all looked hilariously awesome with their strange colors and shapes.

Newer guns, are going for a more realistic gun look. I think it's actually kinda sick. I know it's marketing, kids today want guns that look like the ones in their video games and favorite action movies, but I still find it weird that hasbro is exposing kids to realistic weaponry so nonchalantly.

I'm probably looking to deep into all this...


Back to the point, my vote goes for oldschool guns

Not the case with lower power guns though. More friction in a short barrel of less than 3" would allow more power to build up in a springer, making for a much better shot out of a small blaster.

I think steel is the wrong kind of barreling material to put this into effect with though. The inside of steel pipe has lots of sharp snags and such. I'm sure the dart will go far, but after a couple shots of the same dart, it's gonna be shredded like nobodies business

Uhhh, in case you didn't get the memo. More friction = less range/power

I'd say around 2 or 3 hours tops, I worked on it off and on and didn't really keep track of time. Most of it was doing a little modification or cut, fitting a piece, repeat. That probably took most of the time.

I hate dealing with modifications like this, so I'm impressed by anyone who can do one well, especially without a wire and keyring haha.

God damn. It's mods like these, that give me a head ache about thinking about myself trying to do the same thing. Kudos on the mod though. How long did this project clock out at?

It's made of China's cheapest plastic and will bust apart easy so you have to be good to it.

try globing some bands on yet?

Whoah! It's almost like you would have know the answer to your own question if you'd read the post all the way through!

Whoah! it's almost like it was a simple suggestion that didn't need a smartass comment like this one!

I'll always say it, I love finds like this. 38ft huh? try globing some bands on yet?

Nice job. 60 feet isn't bad from what I understand about it.

I think my rattler holds the record of rattlers right now. There's still a lot of possibilities with this gun, I hope someone ups me on this. I really think people should give this gun a big second chance and not consider it a crappy gun.

Very nice. I may revise my mod after seeing this. Great job!

Do it man. Since I'm covering PETG and CPVC, you should try brass as a barrel material.

Very nice job, could have been a bit cleaner but very nice.

Thanks, I plan on making it a little more easy on the eyes and cleaner, but for the prototype, it gets the job done.

So I recently got a couple rattlers for free from a yard sale (end of the day, they wanted everything gone). Striped them for the springs to put in my sawtooths, but I can't stand the idea of making any nerf gun useless, so I decided to give a Rattler a try at glory.


First off, I did the basics. It has a spring from some old dart gun I used to have that broke (it was intended to kill moles or squirrels, so the spring was pretty powerful), and a stock maverick spring. Covered the plunger head in electrical tape and added some lube.

So there's the parts of this mod I figured did not require any pictures.

Next up is barrels. I chose CPVC, but I have a couple extra rattler "clips" that I'm going to put PETG into instead when my new shipment arrives.


So get your CPVC, and cut yourself 4 pieces, all about 2 and a half inches


Wrap up one end in electrical tape and stuff it into the stock rattler barrel.



Be careful, CPVC can leave some gnarly cuts, so personally I used a little assistance to get them down all the way.


Your new and improved rattler barrels are done.

Now, on to the trouble of aiming a rattler.

We will now be adding a stock. Keep in mine, there's a million ways to do this process, this is just my sloppy way of doing it.

Get your dremel or drill and make a hole big enough for your stock to enter the rattler's shell.


Now I made myself a stock contraption of PVC, CPVC, zip ties and electrical tape. Amazing, I know.





Haven't gotten any measured ranges, but it looks to be about 60ft using stefans. I'll get some measured ranges as soon as I can.

All and all, I'm damn impressed. A lot of people look down on this gun, but if you play your cards right, this could actually make a half decent primary.


Comments? flames? suggestions?

I'm a pretty veteran modder and nerfer, but I am new to this whole online nerfing community, if I've said anything that sounds "noobish", just politely inform me and I'll be sure to duly note it.

I love these types of finds. How many times did you pump it to go 90?

Sounds intense, I'll definitely do all I can to go.


edit: I'll probably bring 2 or 3 people if I go.

Shows a bit of promise with integration into awkwardly shaped primaries, think I might look around for one for my sawtooth. As said before, how many pumps to fill the tank?

I'd also like to be updated about this, seems like the connection of guns might be flimsy, but still, I'd like to hear how this turns out.

I have a gun similar to this, do you have to pull the lever back all the way to prime the gun, or can you just go however far you want and shoot for different distances?