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Tools needed:
-Screw Driver
-Hacksaw
Supplies needed:
-½” CPVC coupler OR Endcap
-about 7” of CPVC
-Adhesive of choice
-E-Tape
-Dremel OR Sandpaper
-Wire Cutters that can slice through plastic
-Pipe cutters
-Paint (optional)
-Beefy replacement spring
-NF
-Tactical Light
-Craft foam, neoprene, etc.
Start off by opening up the Nite Finder.
Take out the useless laser.
Remove the plunger assembly and keep everything on the left of the following picture, and throw away what’s to the right.
Take this piece…
And sand it down like so.
Now take your coupler and mark it directly in the middle.
Use the pipe cutter to slice it in half.
Glue it into the shaved restrictor.
On the back of this piece, the end that comes into contact with the plunger head, glue on one or two layer of craft foam. This will make your gun last longer and put less stress on the coupler+restrictor.
Glue the coupler assembly into the plunger tube.
Now let’s move to the plunger. Wrap E-Tape around the plunger head and put the o-ring back on. Now remove the head and put on your new spring; I used a spring from Ace. Lube the plunger tube with something that doesn’t degrade plastics. Don’t forget to replace the catch spring if you do replace the spring.
This next step is optional, I did it because I like reinforcing shit to make it last longer. I glued some nuts I had laying around, onto the screw holes on the plunger tube. This made the nubs the holes are located on more sturdy.
Another reinforcement I did is with some metal onto the place where the spring presses against the shell.
Okay, on to the light. Open up the tactical light and cut of those nubs off of the light.
Trim the case like so, to fit the shell of the tactical light.
Now you have to trim the case of the tactical light and get rid of unneeded space. This is a picture of how I did it and where I glued it onto the gun. Keep in mind the only reason to glue these shells together is so the battery pack has somewhere to go; it looks a lot cleaner this way as well.
Next paint your gun if you want to. I painted mine black, which I know is a color scheme everyone hates and thinks it shows no creativity, which I entirely agree with. I had two good reasons for doing this, though. (1) I suck at painting. (2) I was pressed on time to finish this and black was all I had on hand.
Now glue the light part into where the laser used to be.
Put everything into the case exactly how it is in the next picture.
Cut the barrels, and make a speed loader if you wish. You're done! On mine I also added some sights.
Question? Comments? Flames?
