So I made my own.
I call it the Telescoping Breech because of the way it works. It consists of 3 parts:
9/16" guide tube
17/32" breech
1/2" actuator
A 9/16" brass guide tube is glued to the inside of the the existing Recon "barrel".
Within the guide tube is a free-moving peice of 17/32" brass that has the breech cut into it to allow a dart to enter. This peice of brass also serves as the new effective barrel for the gun.
Lastly, a small length of 1/2" brass is secured to the inside of the stock breech (the part that moves when you move the slide). This small section of brass along with the stock breech acts upon the 17/32" brass to open and close the breech. When closing the slide, the 1/2" brass also pushes the dart forward of the breech and into the barrel.
Yes, yes fancy jargon I know, but these terms will soon make sense to you. Keep in mind this is NOT a write-up! I'll make one if there's demand for it. The intention of this topic is to explain how this nice little breech of mine works with the Recon. Read on...
Like all breeches, this one starts closed:
As the slide is pulled back, a lip on the edge of the 1/2" actuator engages the 17/32" breech:
The 1/2" brass pulls the 17/32" brass which moves freely within the 9/16" guide tube:
The breech is fully open:
At this point, a dart will enter from the clip. The nature of this breech requires you to modify the clips the same way you would need to modify them to work with the Angel breech.
For the purpose of explaining the concepts behind the telescoping breech, I carefully placed a dart in the breech:
As the slide is moved forward, the dart travels with the breech into the 9/16" guide tube:
A very small lip on the back edge of the breech tube catches the guide tube and allows the 1/2" actuator to then slide into the 17/32" breech, pushing the dart forward of the breech and further into the barrel section:
The lip holds the 17/32" until the front of the plastic stock breech hits it and pushes it the rest of the way into the guide tube, finishing the cycle. To make these small lips I simply SLIGHTLY flared out the openings of the various tubes. What this does is provide slight resistance but not so much that the pieces cannot slide within one another. This is essential because without any friction, the pieces would not move each other at all.
Well that's the telescoping breech for you! 3 pieces of brass that move inside one another to create a functional, airtight breech!
Since I'm sure you will all demand "Ranges?" I can tell you that I haven't measured them with a tape measure and I probably never will, but it definitely hits harder and is more accurate than the stock breech. There are a few bugs though... The thing has shredded/mis-chambered a few darts. I still need to work this out however I think it's more a problem with my clip rather than with the breech.
This is my first posted creation since becoming a member of the 'haven, and I hope it was clear enough for everyone to understand. Alot of thought and trial and error went into creating this breech for the Recon, and I'm hoping that it may be useful for this as well as any other breeched blasters Hasbro may release in the future.
Flames? Comments? Maybe - dare I say - props?
