OK guys, longtime lurker so here's my first post. Yes there are a glut of NF mods on this thread already, but as I got it for $5 I couldn't pass up the chance to try my first mod. The standards of course: Air restrictors removed, industrial spring replacement, sealed and new barrel, reinforced inner bits and some minor cosmetic mods. Including taking the two stupid dart holders off the bottom and turning them into four in exchange for the useless light plus two in the grip. With LS darts it gets about 80'. My home made darts fall a little shorter at around 60-70. I'll paint it eventually.
what say you?
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#127764 Modification and Paintjob Pictures
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on 27 October 2007 - 11:57 PM
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#141100 The Vulcan
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on 18 February 2008 - 06:11 PM
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bobadett109
I reiterate. Take a good close looks at the chains. especially the last link poking out from under the tripod. See it? Ok look reaaaaaaaaaaal close. It is not the same shape as the rest. It does not have the air restrictor cross on the end, the central part is shorter, the thinner end part is longer. It's not a casing for a dart. It's wither a feeder link or the way to attach multiple chains together. It has 25 casings. It's not called the Vulcan 27.
I reiterate. Take a good close looks at the chains. especially the last link poking out from under the tripod. See it? Ok look reaaaaaaaaaaal close. It is not the same shape as the rest. It does not have the air restrictor cross on the end, the central part is shorter, the thinner end part is longer. It's not a casing for a dart. It's wither a feeder link or the way to attach multiple chains together. It has 25 casings. It's not called the Vulcan 27.
#141012 The Vulcan
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on 18 February 2008 - 12:43 PM
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So...maybe Hasbro just can't count.
And if some one posts that sci-fi picture again...*twitches*
The ends of the chain do not look to be casings but some different type of feeder bolt. The end that's under the tripod has a different end to it than the ones that carry the darts. So still 25 darts with two endcap pieces.
#136743 Lancer
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on 21 January 2008 - 11:35 AM
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Effeminate.
Now how much does the thing weigh now? Not that the LS is all that heavy to begin with.
Now how much does the thing weigh now? Not that the LS is all that heavy to begin with.
#140511 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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An update on my Recon.
After many days of rain and high wind I was able to finally get out and paint this sucker. Some silver dry-brush "distressing" will be done tomorrow followed by a clear coat and final rebuild.
Here's a pic of all the painted pieces, including the new braces I fashioned for the shotgun foregrip. Much nicer than the wood.
After many days of rain and high wind I was able to finally get out and paint this sucker. Some silver dry-brush "distressing" will be done tomorrow followed by a clear coat and final rebuild.
Here's a pic of all the painted pieces, including the new braces I fashioned for the shotgun foregrip. Much nicer than the wood.
#138751 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 05 February 2008 - 10:49 AM
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DUDE!! You beat Captain Slug to it. I am impressed man. Props
Oh I didn't beat anybody to anything. The shotgun grip is hardly an original idea, I was just the first to post a write-up for the Recon. But I'll take the props just the same.
#140517 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 15 February 2008 - 11:38 PM
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How far did you make the holes?
the two that attach to the bolt-slide are 3/4" apart.
It doesn't really matter though, it fully depends on where you intend to attach your shotgun arm.
#138720 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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-->QUOTE(Agent Jonny B @ Feb 4 2008, 11:22 PM) 
Very nice! I'll definitely have to do this when I get my recon. Keep it up dude!
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Will do! It's just cool knowing that something I did inspires others.
#140888 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 17 February 2008 - 08:04 PM
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The hassle is half the fun!
#140844 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 17 February 2008 - 05:46 PM
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Nice Job! It's clean, functional, and awesome. Like I said before, the Recon is just plain fun, and I think your mods put the fun back in functional (wow, I can't believe I just typed that)
A couple questions:
What did you make the new foregrip pieces out of? (and is there any chance for a template?)
How difficult is it to remove the barrel extension? (for example, for a pistol's only round or something)
The braces are made out of clear plastic sheeting I got as a single sheet piece from Lowes and then cut out. The sheet is only about an 1/8th of an inch thick as I only had my Dremel to cut them out with. Large vibration will actually cause it to crack and break, so if you cut it with anything that isn't a nice high power tool make sure to have a firm grip on it to prevent that. I shattered two earlier attempts before i got four of those shapes.
The single sheets by themselves were far too flimsy to take the force of pushing back and forth, so I got two wooden Popsicle sticks and used them as a stabilizing shank in between two pieces and epoxy puttied them together.
As far as determining the holes for them, since the plastic is clear, I just put the cocking slide all the way back, and placed the fore-grip light back to just shy of all the way back. Then it was just a simple thing to mark the spots on the plastic with a sharpie where I intended the holes to go and cut the shape around that.
All of it is secured with nuts that I only finger tighten. So it takes all of 30 seconds to unscrew the six nuts and wiggle off the braces so i can take the barrel off. The bolts are still attached to the slide, and the stock with it's extra spring still sides off, so the pistol is still perfectly functional all by itself.
If I had a nice table saw or equivalent I would have just gotten the nice thick plastic Lucite sheets or some aluminum rails or something. But this worked out surprisingly well.
As a final warning. I have since found out, that after repeated firing, the epoxy putty is not the greatest for shear forces and the rear bolt on one side has developed a crack in the putty around it. So make sure to really secure those in there if you're using my method and not permanently attaching it to the frame.
Thanks again for all the compliments guys, it's nice to get a little reward after the work.
#140697 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 16 February 2008 - 10:02 PM
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Why did you remove the pop up sight on the barrel extenuation? once folded down the the sight on the coking slider makes a very iron sight. That is what the notches in the circular peace are for.
I hope that made sense.
Yeah, I know it's an effective iron sight. I just hate iron sights. That and I have a nice red dot sight I got from Wally-world that will look real nice on this as soon as I can dig it out of storage.
And now, the unveiling.
It's obviously a little harder to cock with the paint thickening certain parts that slide past each other. The added spring adds to this. The extra weight from the light and braces isn't that much and it feels great with the shoulder stock. Definitely my new primary. I'll stick with my NF sidearm for the further ranges. And with some beautiful weather today I finally got to do some range tests. For a six shot clip i got this:
58'
62'
53'
55'
65'
63'
Nothing Effeminate, but solid. And with the ease of clip replacement and increased rate of fire with the shotgun mod, I couldn't be happier. Thanks for taking the time to view this, and I can't wait to see some more Recon mods. Maybe I'll finally tackle my LS now.
#140883 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 17 February 2008 - 07:47 PM
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how are the bolts attached to the gun itself?
They're epoxy puttyed into the small recess at the rear of the slide.
Could you post a list of materials? I'm thinking of doing this, but it would be much easier to simply have a list I can C&P and print to bring to Home Depot
Oh jesus, a shopping list? Heh, let me try and remember. OK, here's the gist.
1 Recon
1 MiniMaglite
2 tubes Epoxy Putty (There are various types: some dry in 5 minutes, some take 30)
1 sheet of thin (maybe 1/8th inch thick) plastic. They sell it in the window section of Lowes. in 4' x 3' sheets.
4 1/2" long 1/16" diameter bolts
2 1" bolts for fore-grip (they have to reach out wider to meet the brace)
6 nuts ( I got the kind with the plastic seal on the one side to prevent overscrewing.)
10 washers to go on the inside of the fore-grip braces. acts as a a support for them so the plastic won't bend too far in.
And if you're doing the shoulder stock mod as well as the shotgun:
1 3 1/2" length of 1" pipe, dremeled out slightly to accommodate plunger tube
1 1/2" length of 1" pipe for the inside of the mid-brace, 1/2" pipe inside is optional
1 Leftover NF or equivalent sized spring
E-tape, rubber bands and lots and lots of re-measuring may be required as well. All in all I spent about $25 on the whole project and now I have a ton of leftover pipe. I had to buy them in 10' sections.
Hope this helps!
#138536 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 11:47 AM
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Nice job!
But what is the smaller piece of PVC? Also, how did you dremel out that entire tube (seeing as a dremel's bits are only so long)?
I also like the shortened stock. It feels extremely annoying long, especially considering it bends like hell.
The longer piece of PVC sits directly on top of the mid-brace, not nested inside of it. it's also the same length as the spring. I was worried that if the spring popped out of the mid-brace that it might have problems going back in with the next cock, so that small diameter PVC sticks just a little out of the brace and acts as a guide of sorts to make sure the spring goes all the way back in. Like I originally said, it may prove of no actual use whatsoever but I like to hedge my bets.
As far as Dremeling out the long PVC. with the bit placed as far out as possible and still being held by the tool it reaches just to the halfway point with the sanding drum attachment. So all I had to do is keep flipping in around to increase the inner diameter. I suppose you could do the same thing with some high grit sandpaper rolled up and lots of dedication. You could also use a larger diameter piece of PVC, but then it doesn't sit as nicely in the stock.
Forsaken_angel24,
The epoxy putty is my adhesive of choice. It's super malleable when you first knead it together so it fits in anywhere and it dries rock hard after 5 minutes. Then you can sand it and even drill it to make places for screws if you need. Just rough up the surfaces a little beforehand so it has better purchase. Really versatile for a $4 tube.
#138515 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 01:19 AM
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What's the overall length with your shortened stock attached?
With the barrel attachment on it's now 25.5" from tip to tail.
#138503 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 12:28 AM
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Thanks in advance to DeceitfulSteve for his spring into stock idea and to analogkid for the internal spring compression trick. And of course to all those valiantly trying to figure out the best way to remove the darn air restrictor. Yes it was a pain to get out.
I liked the idea of using the stock to contain an extra spring, but I didn't like the length of the stock. Way too long in my opinion. I also didn't want to chop up the 'armed' plunger to allow for total compression of a shorter spring against the middle brace on the stock, though technically that last inch or so is vestigial. One Man Clan's original posting of the Recon showed the middle stock brace with a hole in it, supposedly for the 'armed' arm to fit in. So, idea. Though I have no version with an AR-15 spring to compare too, I suspect I'll still get a nice little bump on range using a smaller one at full compression. That and I like the shorter, more tactical stock.
Here's an initial picture of the materials. Already chopped up the later portion of the stock and left a bit hanging out the back of the middle brace so that I can have an attachment point for the shoulder stock. There's also a length of 3/4 inch PVC that I had to Dremel out a little so that it fit loosely over the extended plunger tube. Didn't take much. Make sure it doesn't stick anywhere, or obviously this doesn't work. The shorter length will go inside the mid-brace along with the smaller diameter piece which will go inside of that as an anti-kink guide for the compressing spring. Not certain if it really has any measurable effect, but I like to err on the side of caution.
Used epoxy putty to create a little nest for the tubes, make sure they're as centered as possible. The central one extends far enough out to keep the spring from rocking around too much in case it bounces out of the mid-brace after firing, but not far enough to touch the extended plunger tube. This is also a good indicator on whether or not a fully compressed spring will fit when the gun is cocked. The extra NF spring I had available fits just fine, and when I get a chance to replace it with a sturdier Handyman spring I'll see if i have to shave a little off the plunger tube or not. Making a sturdy base with the epoxy at the back screw keeps the spring compressing correctly.
Here's a shot of the mid-brace together and the spring inserted.
Now you can connect the chopped stock to the blaster and cock the gun so that the plunger acts as a guide to connect the large PVC; and if you Dremeled correctly, lining up perfectly with it. Here's a shot with some added epoxy supports. It slips on and off just fine and with the spring inserted makes a really nice 'thrum' when fired.
And a final shot with the shoulder stock reattached with some more epoxy ( god I love that stuff .) Just needs some cosmetic sanding and a coat of paint, and I have my new primary.
Within the next couple of days I'll be completing and posting the shotgun mod I've got worked out for the Recon too.
Hope this passes muster, more to come soon.
I liked the idea of using the stock to contain an extra spring, but I didn't like the length of the stock. Way too long in my opinion. I also didn't want to chop up the 'armed' plunger to allow for total compression of a shorter spring against the middle brace on the stock, though technically that last inch or so is vestigial. One Man Clan's original posting of the Recon showed the middle stock brace with a hole in it, supposedly for the 'armed' arm to fit in. So, idea. Though I have no version with an AR-15 spring to compare too, I suspect I'll still get a nice little bump on range using a smaller one at full compression. That and I like the shorter, more tactical stock.
Here's an initial picture of the materials. Already chopped up the later portion of the stock and left a bit hanging out the back of the middle brace so that I can have an attachment point for the shoulder stock. There's also a length of 3/4 inch PVC that I had to Dremel out a little so that it fit loosely over the extended plunger tube. Didn't take much. Make sure it doesn't stick anywhere, or obviously this doesn't work. The shorter length will go inside the mid-brace along with the smaller diameter piece which will go inside of that as an anti-kink guide for the compressing spring. Not certain if it really has any measurable effect, but I like to err on the side of caution.
Used epoxy putty to create a little nest for the tubes, make sure they're as centered as possible. The central one extends far enough out to keep the spring from rocking around too much in case it bounces out of the mid-brace after firing, but not far enough to touch the extended plunger tube. This is also a good indicator on whether or not a fully compressed spring will fit when the gun is cocked. The extra NF spring I had available fits just fine, and when I get a chance to replace it with a sturdier Handyman spring I'll see if i have to shave a little off the plunger tube or not. Making a sturdy base with the epoxy at the back screw keeps the spring compressing correctly.
Here's a shot of the mid-brace together and the spring inserted.
Now you can connect the chopped stock to the blaster and cock the gun so that the plunger acts as a guide to connect the large PVC; and if you Dremeled correctly, lining up perfectly with it. Here's a shot with some added epoxy supports. It slips on and off just fine and with the spring inserted makes a really nice 'thrum' when fired.
And a final shot with the shoulder stock reattached with some more epoxy ( god I love that stuff .) Just needs some cosmetic sanding and a coat of paint, and I have my new primary.
Within the next couple of days I'll be completing and posting the shotgun mod I've got worked out for the Recon too.
Hope this passes muster, more to come soon.
#138507 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 12:45 AM
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Great job! I cut down my other stock too.
does this add much range?
Thanks. It's my second mod. I love doing this stuff.
The air restrictor removal and compression trick upped the craptastic stock 25-30' to around 45-50'. The added spring doesn't add as much as I had hoped, but then again it's a NF spring, not too beefy. All things totaled it gives be about 60'. I havn't done a totally accurate measurement test yet, so when I finish with the shotgun mod and get all the kinks worked out I'll post again with final ranges. Regardless it feels great shooting and makes such a nice sound when it fires. And the red 'light' rail attachment will have a led Maglite replacement for added versatility.
#138698 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 11:17 PM
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Wow, extremely impressive. People said a shotgun foregrip wouldn't be feasible on the Recon, but you proved them wrong. And with the MagLite you can Nerf more effectively in night situations, I love it. My only suggestion for improvement upon your current setup would be to use polycarbonate instead of shanks and install them directly onto the stock bolt.
EDIT: I'm really starting to see as much or more potential in the Recon as in the Longshot!
Oh I agree the shanks aren't the only, or the best, way to do the shotgun bit. I'm limited by the tools that I have. I have a small battery powered hand held Dremel MiniMite and a few hand tools. If I could machine metal I'd have the perfect connectors. At the moment this is an advanced proof of concept. I deliberately wanted to use the nuts and bolts so I could swap out and remove parts at will and eventually upgrade to better materials.
#138689 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 10:59 PM
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Ok, it's far from polished but works like a dream. Here's the foregrip light replacement and shotgun mod for my Recon.
After clearing out the unnecessary bits on the inside of the 'laser' so the Maglite slides in nicely, I used my friend epoxy putty to make a base. As a measure to keep the flashlight from rotating in the grip ( so i can turn it on) and to keep it from slipping out forwards, I used the metal pin left over from removing the black breech cover on the top of the Recon.
The pin fits perfectly in the lanyard tie for the light and with a matching bit of putty on the other side to keep it nice and secure, we have a solidly nested Maglite ready for use.
Here's a quick shot of the light in use along with the now added bolts I secured inside the grip after drilling holes for them and securing with yet even more putty. You can also see the two bolts on the cocking slide of the Recon in the back there that will attach to the two poplar shanks I got at Home Depot for all of 97 cents.
And the completed shotgun grip. Cosmetics aside, it works beautifully. The grip slides all the way back to it's 'normal' position to cock the gun, then slides out to close the bolt. I only wish the barrel was about a half inch longer so it wouldn't hang off that last bit.
Really loving this gun. Rain has prevented accurate range tests but I'm standing by my 60' approximates. Final pics will be up with paint job and shotgun refinement in the next couple of days.
Hope this proves useful to you guys out there in Nerf land, and I can't wait to see what you guys one-up me with.
After clearing out the unnecessary bits on the inside of the 'laser' so the Maglite slides in nicely, I used my friend epoxy putty to make a base. As a measure to keep the flashlight from rotating in the grip ( so i can turn it on) and to keep it from slipping out forwards, I used the metal pin left over from removing the black breech cover on the top of the Recon.
The pin fits perfectly in the lanyard tie for the light and with a matching bit of putty on the other side to keep it nice and secure, we have a solidly nested Maglite ready for use.
Here's a quick shot of the light in use along with the now added bolts I secured inside the grip after drilling holes for them and securing with yet even more putty. You can also see the two bolts on the cocking slide of the Recon in the back there that will attach to the two poplar shanks I got at Home Depot for all of 97 cents.
And the completed shotgun grip. Cosmetics aside, it works beautifully. The grip slides all the way back to it's 'normal' position to cock the gun, then slides out to close the bolt. I only wish the barrel was about a half inch longer so it wouldn't hang off that last bit.
Really loving this gun. Rain has prevented accurate range tests but I'm standing by my 60' approximates. Final pics will be up with paint job and shotgun refinement in the next couple of days.
Hope this proves useful to you guys out there in Nerf land, and I can't wait to see what you guys one-up me with.
#138675 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
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on 04 February 2008 - 09:29 PM
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Considering I'm planning on using the extended barrel attachment so I can implement my shotgun mod, I don't know if a barrel replacement is all that feasible. It'll definitely be the next thing I'll be looking into however. Do you have any pics for your brass in the bolt sled?
#147710 Scout Modification
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I know it's a relative crap gun (kudos regardless on improving it in any way: nice mod) but I love how the scout looks. I'd buy one just to play around with if I could ever find one of the suckers.
#141021 Ea Details Plans For Hasbro Brands. Announces Nerf N Strike Video Game
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Maybe it's just me, but I'd get one to replace a Wii Zapper.
I don't even own a Wii (yet) and I'll probably still pick one up.
#141122 Absolver- Titan Modification
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my gun
Thanks again for inspiring me.
Man Link, you've only got 3 hearts, you haven't been playing the game long enough. Also, editing. Seriously.
Regardless, nice mods both of you.
#140521 Btg And Rf100
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on 15 February 2008 - 11:56 PM
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Long range with close support functionality sounds like a good idea.
This may not have been the best execution of said idea.
Last picture, the plant looks sad, tell your mom to water it.
This may not have been the best execution of said idea.
Last picture, the plant looks sad, tell your mom to water it.
#152699 Longshot Or Recon?
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on 22 April 2008 - 09:00 PM
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Here is my view on the topic:
If you could consistently get 60', hell I'd settle for 50', out of the Recon in pistol form it would be worthy considering for a sidearm. The problem is, 60' is only possible with the stock addition, then at that size it is too big to use as a secondary. Also, with the stock on, it is not much smaller than the Longshot, which gets higher ranges, so it isn't really primary worthy. Which is pretty much what everyone else said.
If I remove the barrel extension and just have the pistol+stock I still get the 60' ranges and it's half the length of a LS. And it looks hella cool that way imho.
#152870 Longshot Or Recon?
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on 24 April 2008 - 12:37 AM
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I don't know, comparing the recon to the mav seems about right. Recon defonately has the advantage as it has a clip. with the stock as a primary sized blaster, it really doesn't compare to the LS. You can get 60 feet flat, but you'll probably only be able to hit ankles...
Granted. It's also why I use a LS for my primary. The argument isn't that the Recon can replace another blaster as a primary, but that its still a useful and viable gun. I'd hardly call a Recon with a stock 'primary sized.' My Ls is a big beefy shotgun modded beast. My Recon (even with stock attached) is half the length of it. Because of a nice friend I have six clips total and being able to share between my LS and Recon is a nice advantage. I have a holster for my Mav and it's got a nice ROF similar to the LS and Recon, but even modded it never gets near the distance of either and is still a really bulky pistol so I prefer my cut down NF, which incidentally can just about match ranges with my LS.
You want a long range sn!pe primary? There's tons of air mods for that, a few springers too. Want shotgun or mass dart spam power? There's guns for that. Whatever works for you bub. I'm just a little tired of the Recon getting a bad rep, and yes I realize that I'm Recon fanboy #1. So like anything, take my opinion with a healthy grain of salt.
Cheers.
#152655 Longshot Or Recon?
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I'm not about to denigrate someone's opinion of the Recon; you're entitled to your opinion. However I fail to see how someone can compare Mav to Recon ranges. Granted, I use a stock mod, but I get about 60' ( +/- 5-8') with mine including the barrel extension so I can shotgun it. Is there some hard and fast rule for the wars you're going too that only allow two guns? They're freaking plastic. It's not like a Longshot primary, Recon Secondary, *insert tertiary here* is gonna weigh you down that much more. Effective ranges in outside wars rarely exceed 50'. I'm glad your uber LS can toss a dart 100'. I'll still dodge the damn thing before it's halfway to me. No, the Recon is not for someone who doesn't like heavy modding, but neither is the LS. The game is about fun and picking the gun that's FUN to play with, not min/maxing your stats like some DnD rules nazi.
/endrant
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#152861 Longshot Or Recon?
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on 23 April 2008 - 10:29 PM
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I agree that the extra clip slot on the stock is shite, that's what tactical vests are for. Besides my stock is cut down and I wouldn't be able to grip it if the clip slot was in use.
#153411 Are You Serious?
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on 27 April 2008 - 12:37 PM
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the video
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Something I found on youtube. I know many people don;t fully believe my ranges, but this is just bull shit.
Yeah, pretty obvious that it's complete BS. I'd like to know A.) where the hell a kid gets $1K+ to spend on a toy gun and B.) where the hell he found room for FIVE springs.
#140886 New Dart Guns At Tru
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I may be calling my closest TRU tomorrow to see if they have these in stock and justify the 45 minute drive. That pistol show much potential. And thank god it's not a wad of beehive lumps like all the other off-market guns.
#153631 Longshot Mod
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Copy Pasta'd from one of my other posts on similar topic....
There are various free or extremely cheap image alteration programs, like Gimp ,out there if you can't afford Photoshop. All of them have a crop feature. Take your picture at maximum resolution from a distance that will allow full focus of whatever you're taking the picture of, and then crop and resize to appropriate web proportions.
There are various free or extremely cheap image alteration programs, like Gimp ,out there if you can't afford Photoshop. All of them have a crop feature. Take your picture at maximum resolution from a distance that will allow full focus of whatever you're taking the picture of, and then crop and resize to appropriate web proportions.
#147437 Motorized Buzzsaw Mod
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on 28 March 2008 - 01:52 AM
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Excellent mod, cant wait to see the polished final product. Also, THANK YOU for taking decent pictures.
#138683 Should I Get The Recon?
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on 04 February 2008 - 10:37 PM
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Enjoy and post pics after mod!
#138669 Should I Get The Recon?
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on 04 February 2008 - 09:22 PM
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I'll agree it's fun, but not useful for anything.
I disagree, my Recon is a great gun. With proper modding it can get you 60+ feet. It's trickier to mod than your average Nerf gun, but for its size it's totally worth it.
#153629 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 28 April 2008 - 08:42 AM
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Very nice mod! If I had more balls and a dremel I would try this. Would Plumber's Goop work as well as Epoxy?
I actually used Goop at first to seal the two plunger tubes together. Total disaster. Takes up to 24 hours to cure, tends to drift unless you have it viced together and all over just isn't that great. Any surface that will receive stress from air pressure, mechanical pressure, whatever will tend to break the seal and tear itself apart. It just doesn't bond well to the type of plastic that Nerf uses. So the short answer is no. I'm not a fan of Plumbers Goop. You're mileage may vary.
#153752 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 28 April 2008 - 09:43 PM
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Ah. Thanks.They make one specifically for cutting metal.
Diamond I assume?
I think so. They come stacked in a little plastic tube for like $10. I haven't even stopped using the first one yet, and it's great for cutting through about anything: including Nerf plastic.
@Dayko Making it look kinda like a Sci-Fi blaster was one of the reasons I wanted to put the extra tube on the back instead of the front. And I'm a massive Star Wars geek so you're comment comes as high praise. :]
I too am a Star Wars geek. Now all you need to do is a paint job. May I suggest a Star Wars theme?
Workin' on it
#153506 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 27 April 2008 - 07:30 PM
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I like it, nice job. How did you keep the two plunger tubes straight when you epoxied them together?
Right behind the plunger head is a recess in the plastic about an inch or so long. I shaved the back end of the front plunger tube to nest right inside of the recess on the back plunger tube. Keeps it nice and straight. For added reinforcement I actually dremeled out two small holes through the sides (one of each side) and screwed in two tiny screws in addition to the epoxy. It's solid as a rock. You can see one of the screws in the last picture with the plunger pulled back.
#153414 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 27 April 2008 - 01:05 PM
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After getting my feet wet with with a few normal mods (NF, Mav) and my Recon Mod I wanted to take a stab at something similar to the NF Rifle, but in reverse. So I added the second plunger tube to the back end of the gun, not the front. I attempted a breech mod for it as well, which technically worked but was killing my ranges (more work to figure that out) so it's just a standard singled springer for now.
Here's the pics.
Internals with all the standard AR removals and such. Plunger tubes epoxied together and plunger nested and fitted together. Eventually I drilled and inserted two very small screws into the overlap area for the plunger so that it could handle the pull stress of the extra spring. To allow for the trigger to work I just cut down the rear trigger plate and attached it to the forward one with a bit of metal bracket, works beautifully.
External shot. Yes, those are Popsicle sticks used for exterior reinforcement. They fit nicely into the dremeled out NERF medallions and helped hold it together for later epoxy putty reinforcement. I was worried that since most of the draw stress would be on the rear portion of the gun, it might rip off the back end. That's a little micro Maglite up front to replace the craptastic normal NF light. Just for shits and giggles.
After making sure the proof of concept worked, I cut down and replaced the barrel end with a crayola marker breech mod. As stated it cut range, so I reshaped it to just be a nice bed for the dart. Also shown is the PVC barrel extension and an exterior barrel shroud for cosmetic purposes.
Put together with full draw shown. Was a difficult process with lots of gluing and regluing to plug up air leaks and reinforcing. I stupidly epoxied the plunger completely together for reinforcement and had to cut it up to remove and alter springs. The pull ring on the back is actually only attached with a long screw so i can take it on and off to change springs if I need too. Right now it's got a handyman spring up front and a standard NF spring behind it. Two beefy springs wouldn't compress enough to get the plunger to latch on the trigger.
With the two springs and the barrel it gets pretty nice ranges (averaged 85' after 10 shots.) Nothing Effeminate, but this was more an exercise in design and boredom than an attempt to make an insanely awesome gun. Still I like the overall shape of the gun and with some cosmetics and a paint job will look pretty nice. I'll update the thread with pics when I get done with the paint. Enjoy!
Here's the pics.
Internals with all the standard AR removals and such. Plunger tubes epoxied together and plunger nested and fitted together. Eventually I drilled and inserted two very small screws into the overlap area for the plunger so that it could handle the pull stress of the extra spring. To allow for the trigger to work I just cut down the rear trigger plate and attached it to the forward one with a bit of metal bracket, works beautifully.
External shot. Yes, those are Popsicle sticks used for exterior reinforcement. They fit nicely into the dremeled out NERF medallions and helped hold it together for later epoxy putty reinforcement. I was worried that since most of the draw stress would be on the rear portion of the gun, it might rip off the back end. That's a little micro Maglite up front to replace the craptastic normal NF light. Just for shits and giggles.
After making sure the proof of concept worked, I cut down and replaced the barrel end with a crayola marker breech mod. As stated it cut range, so I reshaped it to just be a nice bed for the dart. Also shown is the PVC barrel extension and an exterior barrel shroud for cosmetic purposes.
Put together with full draw shown. Was a difficult process with lots of gluing and regluing to plug up air leaks and reinforcing. I stupidly epoxied the plunger completely together for reinforcement and had to cut it up to remove and alter springs. The pull ring on the back is actually only attached with a long screw so i can take it on and off to change springs if I need too. Right now it's got a handyman spring up front and a standard NF spring behind it. Two beefy springs wouldn't compress enough to get the plunger to latch on the trigger.
With the two springs and the barrel it gets pretty nice ranges (averaged 85' after 10 shots.) Nothing Effeminate, but this was more an exercise in design and boredom than an attempt to make an insanely awesome gun. Still I like the overall shape of the gun and with some cosmetics and a paint job will look pretty nice. I'll update the thread with pics when I get done with the paint. Enjoy!
#136735 Mega Nightfinder
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on 21 January 2008 - 11:04 AM
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Why all the haters? I get 80+ easy with my NF. You just need a strong enough spring. Now it's not terribly accurate with the streamlines I use because they tend to jink and jive midair, but in close it leaves a pretty good welt.
As for my measuring apparatus, simple. Go to a flat open parking lot, measure one parking space yellow line to yellow line and extrapolate from there. Easy standardized measuring without the need of an 80' tape measure.
As for my measuring apparatus, simple. Go to a flat open parking lot, measure one parking space yellow line to yellow line and extrapolate from there. Easy standardized measuring without the need of an 80' tape measure.
#153450 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 27 April 2008 - 04:01 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys.
@Bomberman It's actually not awkward at all and fits quite nicely in my hand.
I would probably try a single longer ar-15 spring, but since I couldn't get two Handyman springs to compress far enough to catch on the trigger, I doubt the AR-15 one could either. That and I had to make a custom recess on the plunger and the added stress would probably eventually strip the plastic and render it broken.
@Dayko Making it look kinda like a Sci-Fi blaster was one of the reasons I wanted to put the extra tube on the back instead of the front. And I'm a massive Star Wars geek so you're comment comes as high praise. :]
@Bomberman It's actually not awkward at all and fits quite nicely in my hand.
I would probably try a single longer ar-15 spring, but since I couldn't get two Handyman springs to compress far enough to catch on the trigger, I doubt the AR-15 one could either. That and I had to make a custom recess on the plunger and the added stress would probably eventually strip the plastic and render it broken.
@Dayko Making it look kinda like a Sci-Fi blaster was one of the reasons I wanted to put the extra tube on the back instead of the front. And I'm a massive Star Wars geek so you're comment comes as high praise. :]
#153460 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
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on 27 April 2008 - 05:13 PM
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I'm lovin' the popsicle sticks.
That looks very comfortable. Nice mod.
Heh, I'm limited in my tools so I can't machine parts to fit my needs so I tend to get inspiration from things around the house. Craft stores have a lot of good parts some times. And yeah, it is pretty comfortable to fire.
