What Else Is There Besides Fishing Weights
#1
Posted 21 January 2004 - 04:40 PM
#2
Posted 21 January 2004 - 04:45 PM
#3
Posted 21 January 2004 - 05:19 PM
BBs, tacks, and most other household items are too light for anything but low powered guns. Screws can work well but are dangerous in high powered guns. One local group has used washers with mixed results. They tend to work well but you have to make sure the hot glue goes all the way to the edge.
#4
Posted 21 January 2004 - 05:35 PM
Edited by THIRST, 21 January 2004 - 05:35 PM.
#5
Posted 22 January 2004 - 02:47 AM
#6
Posted 26 January 2004 - 12:01 PM
Too light probably for medium-powered guns and anything more powerful than that. What you could try and do is take some rather thick copper electricity wire. Just ask your dad if he has some left from your house's electrical installation. I don't know if it's different in the US, but in Europe, we use 220V and it's colors are brown (phase 1), blue (phase 2) and yellow/green (ground). Either one of those should be enough.If you are looking for something besides metal objects, I have heard of people using eraser chunks, or airsoft bbs. Anyone else have any ideas?
If you're going to have to go out for something, I'd grab something heavier, preferably metal, instead of something light as BB's. Weighting stops your dart from making funny moves and makes it land with it's top part first. If you've ever made a bow and arrow, the arrow's heaviest part should be the tip.
#7
Posted 26 January 2004 - 12:47 PM
"Too close for missiles, I'm switchin' to guns"
#8
Posted 26 January 2004 - 03:06 PM
#9
Posted 26 January 2004 - 03:40 PM
I'd suggest experimenting with small rocks as they are cheap and easy to find.
#10
Posted 26 January 2004 - 07:54 PM
How many washers do you put in each dart Groove?I've used tiny washers, I think they were #6 ... I've gotten excellent results with them out of my high-powered guns. They're dirt cheap, too.
Nerf on!
#11
Posted 27 January 2004 - 01:37 AM
#12
Posted 27 January 2004 - 04:00 AM
Oh, wait now I know what you mean.
Dictionary.com says a washer is "A flat disk, as of metal, plastic, rubber, or leather, placed beneath a nut or at an axle bearing or a joint to relieve friction, prevent leakage, or distribute pressure." Ironically, one of the alternate definitions is 'a name for a common raccoon'.
#13
Posted 27 January 2004 - 07:39 AM
I made a deep hole and put quite a bit in and enough to weigh it down.
I normally use fishing sinkers.
Edited by snyper, 27 January 2004 - 07:39 AM.
#14
Posted 27 January 2004 - 07:47 AM
I put 2 washers on top of each other in each dart and coverly lightly with hot glue. Similarly I tried 1 washer in a few darts just to test, and they didn't do so well. The ones with 2 in them work perfectly. I didn't put any holes in the back.How many washers do you put in each dart Groove?
Shut up, you racoon. Go forrage for food outside my house like you always do.Ironically, one of the alternate definitions is 'a name for a common raccoon'.
"Too close for missiles, I'm switchin' to guns"
#15
Posted 27 January 2004 - 08:40 AM
THIRST
#16
Posted 27 January 2004 - 09:36 AM
"Too close for missiles, I'm switchin' to guns"
#17
Posted 27 January 2004 - 09:44 AM
Smart Ass!Dictionary.com says a washer is "A flat disk, as of metal, plastic, rubber, or leather, placed beneath a nut or at an axle bearing or a joint to relieve friction, prevent leakage, or distribute pressure." Ironically, one of the alternate definitions is 'a name for a common raccoon'.
#19
Posted 27 January 2004 - 12:28 PM
Stevo123 uses nuts, his darts are really heavy, but perform well. Nuts work fine.
#20
Posted 27 January 2004 - 12:50 PM
golf tees
little beads
screws that you actually SCREW into the foam WAY down deep into the foam
Unseen
#21
Posted 27 January 2004 - 02:21 PM
Golf tees are probably too big and too light to be effective.Lets see:
golf tees
Nerf on!
#22
Posted 27 January 2004 - 04:28 PM
Okay, thanks alot, Martha Stewart.I don't use alot of hot glue - I put a smidgen on.
And by the way, I'm going to keep foraging in your trash like a raccoon until I find enough gene samples to create a sex slave clone of you. By the way, you're supposed to use Kleenex to blow your nose!
#23
Posted 27 January 2004 - 07:28 PM
"Too close for missiles, I'm switchin' to guns"
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