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#262026 Massacre 5

Posted by slowguitarman on 16 January 2010 - 02:07 PM in Nerf Wars

Forsaken, I forgot that I hadn't paid yet, so I will get that to you very soon. This is going to be awesome.



#259711 Heavyweight Mod

Posted by slowguitarman on 24 December 2009 - 02:59 PM in Modifications

Wow, okay...let me be the first to say this surprisingly. Why the fuck would you make your gun heavier? That's the opposite of the right thing to do.


Making a gun heavier or lighter isn't about right and wrong. It's personal preference. I like a heavier feel, but I personally like there to be a reason for that feel. My Domsayer is fairly heavy, but it's because there's a lot of wood and metal on it/in it. Seems like a kinda weird idea to me, but to each his own.



#259239 Cosmetic Touch Up Material

Posted by slowguitarman on 17 December 2009 - 12:42 PM in Modifications

Bondo is good when you just need to fill holes. It isn't something to use for attaching pieces together. It's best to use epoxy if you can because it's stronger, but if you need a lot, it is cheaper to use Bondo. Just remember that Bondo is absolutely not for attachment; it's only for filling.



#259230 +bow Mod

Posted by slowguitarman on 17 December 2009 - 10:22 AM in Homemades

Just to kinda drive home the importance of sealing that bushing: I shot Angel's when he got it, and it sucked hard. It only shot 70', and that is no exaggeration. Once he got that sealed up, it shot a ton further.



#258942 Massacre 5

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 December 2009 - 12:53 AM in Nerf Wars

You have the sate listed as the 20th in the post. I am going to be there. No matter what I have to do. Even if I have to ride with a certain other person that will not be named, I will be there.



#258709 Stefan Compatible Raider Drum Clip

Posted by slowguitarman on 12 December 2009 - 12:24 PM in Modifications

Correct me if I am wrong but the reason for step 8 is to get rid of the feed from the back problem that several people have pointed out. He cuts the clip lock in a mirrored position on the other side so with it in backwards the front is the back and the back is the front.


That's what step 8 says, and not what the pictures show (and we all know that theoretical nerf modding tends to fail). Also problems with that solution are 1) an improperly cut slot means the mag becomes wobbly, increasing feed issues 2) jam fixing nub is on the wrong side, and even stock mags jam and 3) now your opponent gets to see how many darts you have left.


1) Improperly doing anything is bad, so it's a possible fault with the modder, not the mod.
2) Reach around to the other side. It isn't that far.
3) Does it matter? I personally can't use an LS that has the drum (or even an extra supermag) popping out to the left. It's in the way of my arm. Also, how many shots you have left in a drum should be the least of your opponents worries.



#258667 Stefan Compatible Raider Drum Clip

Posted by slowguitarman on 11 December 2009 - 10:24 PM in Modifications

Trust me. The hotglue tips can and do rub. I don't say things unless I have experienced them. They rub on the sides and often rub the front.



#258633 Stefan Compatible Raider Drum Clip

Posted by slowguitarman on 11 December 2009 - 11:11 AM in Modifications

I have to wonder about whether or not these work. I worked on one a lot a few months ago, and I had many problems because of things that neither K9 or Ryan have addressed. For one, the hotglue tips will rub against the front of the drum. For another, you have to use fairly long darts so they can't move enough to come out of place while the drum rotates since there is nothing holding up the back of the dart. For another, it's a lot easier for them to shift when the darts are fatter, and it's a lot harder (impossible) for it to rotate when the darts are a nice size for a typical angel breech. I just don't believe that gluing blanks in the back of the mag is going to make it work in war. You might be able to fiddle with it and get it to work right at home, but those darts can and will shift, and you're going to get stuck with no shots in the middle of a round.



#258630 Range Results

Posted by slowguitarman on 11 December 2009 - 10:20 AM in General Nerf

There is no standard way to do it. There will never be one. Nobody can make people range test this way. You just have to do the best you can, so nobody whines about your ranges not being accurate.



#258264 Range Results

Posted by slowguitarman on 07 December 2009 - 10:04 AM in General Nerf

You basically just need to fire a level shot and specify what type of dart you're using and the situation. Tell the temperature and wind conditions, and tell if you're using a stock dart, a Slug dart or other stefan and tell what type of weight you're using in the stefan.

Ex: It was 40* outside with a slight breeze at my back. I fired five level shots using stefans weighted with 3/0 lead fishing weights:

50'
57'
55'
60'
52'

There really is no standard that can be used because most people use different foam and different weights and styles of making darts, and ranges depend on those things and a lot of others. Just be sure to give all the info about firing, and you should be fine.

EDIT: Thanks K9 and Carbon, I knew that I'd forget something.



#257819 Massacre 5

Posted by slowguitarman on 02 December 2009 - 01:33 PM in Nerf Wars

Both of those dates are equally good and bad for me at this time. I would probably prefer the 24th since it's closer to the beginning of the semester, but me getting there depends on a lot of things. I'll let you know for sure once it's closer to that time.



#257327 The Road To Apoc.

Posted by slowguitarman on 26 November 2009 - 05:00 PM in General Nerf

The big table of cakes was because Rambo's mom makes sure you eat while you're there. She got a ton of snacks and made us breakfast and sandwiches.



#257213 The Road To Apoc.

Posted by slowguitarman on 25 November 2009 - 12:19 AM in General Nerf

I was in that video!..sort of...for about two seconds.



#254547 Stormtrooper Blastech E-11 Raider With Brass Breech

Posted by slowguitarman on 25 October 2009 - 06:41 PM in Modifications

You make replica sabers, which is cool. I have never seen those front grip pieces used on anything besides lightsabers before. Cool idea.



#254449 Jlego's Hybrid Breech System (somewhat Picture Heavy)

Posted by slowguitarman on 24 October 2009 - 03:58 PM in Darts and Barrels

Yep, you could out-dremel me with one arm tied behind your back.


Read what it says below his name. He did do this with only one arm.

Jlego, this is bloody good work. I thought I was pretty slick with a Dremel, but you did a very nice job on that PVC cutting.



#254273 How To Resurrect A Crossbow

Posted by slowguitarman on 21 October 2009 - 08:55 PM in Homemades

Great, but you might want to cut off a little of that wood off the back end of the stock,(looks like oak), or it'll get tiring holding it during a long nerf war. It looks unbalanced, is it like way off or it it barely anything? Other wise amazing!!!!!!


It's better to have your gun unbalanced towards the back because your shoulder will hold it up, and it'll make you more accurate. I don't understand why people whine so much about weight. If carrying 4lbs. instead of 3 wears you out, then you need the exercise.



#254212 How To Resurrect A Crossbow

Posted by slowguitarman on 21 October 2009 - 02:12 PM in Homemades

Cool work, man. I will admit that I don't find this the least bit aesthetically pleasing, but it looks pretty nicely made either way. Nice job.



#253839 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 18 October 2009 - 03:22 PM in Modifications

But how did you make it to where it doesnt take both of the darts.


Reading the thread is a good start towards finding answers.



#253598 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 15 October 2009 - 08:45 AM in Modifications

Spring suggestion: if you have a Double Shot waiting to be ripped apart and made into Stubby Gun, the springs that push the stock shells back against the air holes might have that right strength. AND there are two!

However, machining your own springs does have a certain DIY appeal.


The DS springs are big enough around to allow a stock darts to go through, which means that they won't fit inside an LS mag. I also figure that they're too strong.



#253573 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 09:19 PM in Modifications

That's really cool, SGM.

Do you have any gun porn of your LS? Seems to be a fairly nefarious blaster, would love some details.


It's just a reinforced LS with an LS/BBB/RFSG spring combo and angel breech. It's not anything really special. It's only scary because I run around a lot at wars, so I can take out lots of people very quickly.



#253569 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 09:02 PM in Modifications

My face is fine, and it's totally fine. It was an awesome (albeit lucky) shot.

I have had no problems with polyC coming off of anything I've put it on. Fishin' Glue is the only thing I use though.



#253563 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 08:17 PM in Modifications

I never had good luck trying to make springs, but I am total open to doing something that has a kit and instructions. Whenever I can get to Michael's, I will totally grab one of those.

SorrowX, you may have breathed new life into this project. Many thanks



#253553 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 07:41 PM in Modifications

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This is a very good idea, could you have a pic of them loaded? (as good as possible)
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I suppose. I'll post one in a few minutes. Check the first post.
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Thanks, thats very cool, I hope you get a good spring for them. The RFR sping might work, I've help a tek clip clip spring, and I am pretty sure they are the same, It isnt that strong.
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Even if it isn't "that" strong, it will likely be too strong for this. RFR mags have shells to protect the darts from being squished. In the LS, the spring has to be strong enough to push the dart up without smashing it.



#253550 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 07:21 PM in Modifications

Like the design. The only problem that I can see is that you can only hold 1.5" darts. The original Angel breech was designed for use with 1.75" darts. Without revision, The back darts (that are not in use) could get jammed and thus ruin the darts. From your pics, this isn't a problem for you (Your darts seem to be 1.5"). This would just be a pain in the ass (Like dubcwill and his lack of grammar) for those who copied Angel's mod exactly as he had it. Honestly, I have no idea. I'm just predicting.

If my memory serves me right, several LS AR springs glued together should suffice.


Yeah, you have to use short darts, but short darts are fine. I've been using them since I started nerfing. Ask anyone from Canada. I get quite a lot of kills with them.

I have no clue what you're trying to say about the darts jamming and getting ruined. Nothing is going to happen to the darts in the back part. They will sit there until they're needed. Also, the Angel Breech was made for darts up to 2.2" in length. Why would it matter if one uses 1.25" or 2.1" darts? Answer: it doesn't.

Also, LS springs would likely be too weak.

Pretty nice innovation. Might I recommend using the spring from an RFR Clip or even from a spiral-bound notebook? Those might be decent for this project.


Thanks. The rfr spring would likely be too strong, but I have never felt one. Spiral notebook thing would be way too strong.

This is a very good idea, could you have a pic of them loaded? (as good as possible)


I suppose. I'll post one in a few minutes. Check the first post.



#253537 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 05:43 PM in Modifications

So after you're out of rounds, you take the mag out and twist it? Wouldn't your breech have to only come out to half the clip length?


Ever made an Angel Breech? The back part of the breech blocks the back of the mag enough to hold the darts on the unused side from being loaded.



#253535 Double-capacity Standard Size Ls Mag

Posted by slowguitarman on 14 October 2009 - 05:37 PM in Modifications

I did this modification a long, long time ago. I probably did it in like June '08, but I could never find springs to make it work properly. I need springs that are stronger than AR springs but weaker than...anything else I can find. I figured it would be easier to post this and let other people in on the search for springs.

The idea behind this is to double the amount of ammo you can carry. If the right springs were found, a douple LS mag could hold up to 28 shots, but even 10 per side would allow for 20 shots, so if you made two of them, you'd have 40+ shots on tap before needing to reload.

Here are some pictures of a normal LS mad modded to hold 12 darts. It works, but the springs are too weak for it to work properly.

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If you don't understand from the pictures, you have to shoot 6 shots and then flip the mag around the other direction. You then have another six shots.



#253504 Power Wheels Warthog With Vulcan Chaingun!

Posted by slowguitarman on 13 October 2009 - 09:30 PM in Off Topic

Oh well, A video game is a great way to turn a kid onto firearms. I'm just warning, if the parent(s) go(es) this direction, the son might end up like this one. Hopefully that never happens.


I have to chime in too. Videogames and guns don't cause kids to die. Stupid parents cause kids to die. I have been shooting guns since I was about 5 years old, and I knew to only shoot when I was with my dad, and I knew exactly how they worked and that they weren't toys. Gun education saves lives.



#252518 Hell Before Halloween #3

Posted by slowguitarman on 03 October 2009 - 08:09 PM in Nerf Wars

Dumpy, I'll let you know via facebook how much we can bring. I try to do my best to get what I can for you. You have first priority because you're the original buyer of VanCo.



#252156 Stefan Moded Raiser Clip

Posted by slowguitarman on 29 September 2009 - 10:33 PM in Modifications

You obviously know nothing about the Raider drum. Making it stefan compatible is not an easy task. You can't simply glue things in place willy-nilly. There's a lot of stuff in the road.



#251392 Gluing Plastic To Neodymium Metal Magnets

Posted by slowguitarman on 23 September 2009 - 01:00 PM in Modifications

I'd suggest doing the wire and JB Weld. I believe the Jb Weld can adhere to magnets since it's steel, and it will keep it from wiggling around at all while the wire keeps the magnets secured on the gun.



#251213 Air Zone Punisher Gatiling Blaster

Posted by slowguitarman on 21 September 2009 - 09:31 PM in General Nerf

Looks like trash. It doesn't even shoot out of the rotating barrels. I'll stick with the minigun Vulcan.



#251135 Hell Before Halloween #3

Posted by slowguitarman on 21 September 2009 - 08:23 AM in Nerf Wars

I am an American, and I will be there!



#251088 Pittsburgh September War: Sun Sept 20th

Posted by slowguitarman on 20 September 2009 - 09:06 PM in Nerf Wars

I'm sad that I missed out. Sounds like it would have been an awesome war to attend.



#250977 Pittsburgh September War: Sun Sept 20th

Posted by slowguitarman on 20 September 2009 - 11:28 AM in Nerf Wars

Very sorry, guys. My alarm didn't go off this morning, so I woke up about 20 minutes ago.



#250356 A Nice Add On For Your Nerf

Posted by slowguitarman on 13 September 2009 - 07:58 PM in Modifications

EDIT: I misinterpreted Merzlin's post.



#250343 Fall Dcno

Posted by slowguitarman on 13 September 2009 - 07:00 PM in Nerf Wars

I would be most likely for November 14th. Hell before Halloween should be a few weeks before that, so I would likely be able to attend both that war wand this one if it were in November.



#250318 A Nice Add On For Your Nerf

Posted by slowguitarman on 13 September 2009 - 12:57 PM in Modifications

I would have to disagree with Talio overall. Yes, I do agree that, as it is, this is a pretty stupid idea. Running around with an expensive mp3 player attached insecurely to a nerf gun is not a good idea. Attaching it in a secure, protected way is a good idea though.



#249995 Pittsburgh September War: Sun Sept 20th

Posted by slowguitarman on 09 September 2009 - 08:10 AM in Nerf Wars

Sublimedom, I pm'd you.



#249771 How Much Will This Increase Range?

Posted by slowguitarman on 06 September 2009 - 05:36 PM in Modifications

I have to wonder how many people in this thread have ever seen the inside of a 2K. I'm a big advocate of "keep quiet unless you have any idea what you're talking about."

Replacing the trigger spring (or putting hotglue on the stock spring) won't increase range. It is done to make it easier to pull the trigger faster because it takes all the "play" out of the movement of the trigger. If you do that, as soon as you start to pull the trigger, air will start coming out of the tank. Of course it depends on what spring you put in it or if you hotglue the existing spring, but that is the general idea of doing it.

As for replacing the spring inside the tank....why would you ever do that unless you're doing a tank expansion like I did with the AT10K? I have never heard of anyone doing that, and there is really no reason to open the tank, replace the spring and then put it back together.



#249699 Pittsburgh September War: Sun Sept 20th

Posted by slowguitarman on 05 September 2009 - 09:43 PM in Nerf Wars

This war is really close to me, so slap me down as a maybe. I'll see closer to the date. Depends on homework and amount of darts.