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#127764 Modification and Paintjob Pictures
Posted by OberonFox on 27 October 2007 - 11:57 PM in Modifications
what say you?
try1
try2
#136743 Lancer
Posted by OberonFox on 21 January 2008 - 11:35 AM in Modifications
Now how much does the thing weigh now? Not that the LS is all that heavy to begin with.
#141012 The Vulcan
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 12:43 PM in General Nerf
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.
#141100 The Vulcan
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 06:11 PM in General Nerf
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.
#140511 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 15 February 2008 - 10:24 PM in Modifications
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.
Posted by OberonFox on 05 February 2008 - 10:49 AM in Modifications
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.
#138720 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 05 February 2008 - 01:04 AM in Modifications
#140517 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 15 February 2008 - 11:38 PM in Modifications
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.
#140883 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 17 February 2008 - 07:47 PM in Modifications
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!
#140888 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 17 February 2008 - 08:04 PM in Modifications
#138698 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 11:17 PM in Modifications
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.
#140697 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 16 February 2008 - 10:02 PM in Modifications
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.
#140844 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 17 February 2008 - 05:46 PM in Modifications
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.
#138536 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 11:47 AM in Modifications
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.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 01:19 AM in Modifications
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.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 12:28 AM in Modifications
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.
#138689 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 10:59 PM in Modifications
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.
#138507 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 12:45 AM in Modifications
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.
#138675 Recon Shoulder Stock Rebuild With Spring Integration And Shotgun Mod.
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 09:29 PM in Modifications
#153631 Longshot Mod
Posted by OberonFox on 28 April 2008 - 08:59 AM in Modifications
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.
#141122 Absolver- Titan Modification
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 07:43 PM in Modifications
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.
#147710 Scout Modification
Posted by OberonFox on 29 March 2008 - 10:08 AM in Modifications
#141125 Recon Rifle
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 07:49 PM in Modifications
#147437 Motorized Buzzsaw Mod
Posted by OberonFox on 28 March 2008 - 01:52 AM in Modifications
#141469 Magstrike Cpvc Clip Mod
Posted by OberonFox on 20 February 2008 - 01:17 AM in Modifications
Are you serious?
Last Post
Your Post
lol
#140886 New Dart Guns At Tru
Posted by OberonFox on 17 February 2008 - 07:58 PM in General Nerf
#150704 Recon Modification
Posted by OberonFox on 12 April 2008 - 03:04 PM in Modifications
I consider my Recon my secondary actually. I have a single shot NFbow that i'm working on for my Primary "range" gun, then the Recon for RoF mid range and eventually i'll remake another singled cutdown NF for the pistol slot. If the Maverick was smaller I'd honestly select it for pistol because of it's RoF, but it's so damn bulky.
#137668 American Gladiator Nerf Turret
Posted by OberonFox on 28 January 2008 - 10:13 PM in General Nerf
I paused it on my TV and right under the barrel is a bright orange and red Longshot stock.
I noticed that as well. Looks like they took a couple of LS parts and spread it all over the cannon.
#141021 Ea Details Plans For Hasbro Brands. Announces Nerf N Strike Video Game
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 01:07 PM in General Nerf
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.
#140521 Btg And Rf100
Posted by OberonFox on 15 February 2008 - 11:56 PM in Modifications
This may not have been the best execution of said idea.
Last picture, the plant looks sad, tell your mom to water it.
#136735 Mega Nightfinder
Posted by OberonFox on 21 January 2008 - 11:04 AM in Modifications
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.
#153411 Are You Serious?
Posted by OberonFox on 27 April 2008 - 12:37 PM in General Nerf
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.
#138683 Should I Get The Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 10:37 PM in General Nerf
#138669 Should I Get The Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 04 February 2008 - 09:22 PM in General Nerf
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.
#152870 Longshot Or Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 24 April 2008 - 12:37 AM in General Nerf
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.
#152699 Longshot Or Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 22 April 2008 - 09:00 PM in General Nerf
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.
#152861 Longshot Or Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 23 April 2008 - 10:29 PM in General Nerf
#152655 Longshot Or Recon?
Posted by OberonFox on 22 April 2008 - 06:25 PM in General Nerf
/endrant
#141176 Recon Mod Idea
Posted by OberonFox on 18 February 2008 - 10:59 PM in General Nerf
My thought was that a recon could be cut and merged with a nitefinder or a disk shot pistol similar to what Arius did, only with the clip on top and feeding downward.
While having the slide on the bottom would technically make it more shotgun-esque, the amount of work to invert the internals to match with opposite mounted NF seems like an overly complicated way of going about it. I'd also personally hate the clip getting in the line of site.
#153414 Different Take On A Doubled Up Nf
Posted by OberonFox on 27 April 2008 - 01:05 PM in Modifications
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!
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