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[Kid Flash]

Alright. So my mom went yardsaling. She got me a crossfire and a vulcan for 10 bucks and then a little later on she called me saying she found a purple pistol that she thought fired balls. I was curious and told her to buy it since it was only 50 cents. Turns out it was a sharpshooter 1. And man was it in bad shape... Alright. So now I will show you how to revive one if you ever find one in horrid shape.

Materials:
soap and water
sandpaper
cpvc(you can use a different barrel material if you want. I made this so if would fire stock darts and my home depot sized foam nicely)
1/2 inch drill bit(skip if you are using a different barrel material)
a smaller drill bit(i don't know the size)
drill
electrical tape
foam pipe insulator
bolts and small wood screws
hack saw
pipe cutters(for a clean cut on your barrel material)
sharpie to mark cuts
nf spring
nf trigger spring
beastly little spring for catch(i found an industial one that doesn't want to fit in but makes the trigger pull nice and firm at a local ace)

The Begining:

[Kid Flash]

The Process:
So first... I wanted to clean it off with some soap and water. I used some heavy duty soap(it's a joke... just used dawn dish soap)

next dry it off so that it is just a little wet.

now get some real coarse sandpaper and sand it while it is damp.

Next take out the plunger tube. mark it where I have with a marker.

Then cut it off with your hacksaw. Pipe cutters just bend the plastic.

Drill it out a bit to widen the airflow. The more the better but not so that the tube is too thin.

Here's mine:

Next etch in some marks by moving your hacksaw sideways on this piece:

so that it looks like:

Then wrap it in etape until you think your barrel with fit over.
Now with my cpvc I drill it out to make a nice fit.

[Kid Flash]

Now glue it onto the barrel stub wraped in etape.

Mark where it meets the end of the shell

And cut


Now do what you did to your barrel stub.


And get some pipe insulation

Put it over your barrel so that your barrel is straight.

Now rip the nf spring out of one, as well as the trigger spring.

Put it on your plunger rod and put the pieces back in place. My sharpshooter still seals good.

Now replace the catch spring:

And trigger spring:

Pop it all back in then etape the shell nice and tight so that you can drill tiny holes and feed nice strong screws and bolts into it.


Now cut the ends of the too long of bolts if you used any off.

[Kid Flash]

Done:

Remove the tape...



ITS ALIVE!!!! muahahahaaaaaa.

Feel free to comment.

[Blue]

Good job, I don't understand why you sanded it though... Are you going to give it a paintjob?

[Talio]

I like it. Good job. That was my first gun when I was 8.

[atomatron]

Very nice job bringing this from the brink.

Those screws could probably be cleaned or something.

[Renegademilitia15]

Did you replace that rusty plunger spring? You didn't show any pics of it if you did.

Anyway, nice job.

[SPV999]

Man, I've seen non-refurbished revolutionary war muskets in better shape then that O.o

Good find, and good job fixing it.

[Kid Flash]

Good job, I don't understand why you sanded it though... Are you going to give it a paintjob?

Yeah... It's going to be silver, black, and metalic blue when I'm done with it. I forgot to mention that in the post(s).

I like it. Good job. That was my first gun when I was 8.

Thanks for the compliment. I always like those from the moderators.

Very nice job bringing this from the brink.

Those screws could probably be cleaned or something.

I figured it wasn't worth the work since they were pretty rusted on the heads and would most likely strip.

Did you replace that rusty plunger spring? You didn't show any pics of it if you did.

Anyway, nice job.

Yes. With a stock nightfinder spring. It's in there somewhere if you look through it all.

Man, I've seen non-refurbished revolutionary war muskets in better shape then that O.o

Good find, and good job fixing it.

Thanks. Although it was my moms find, not mine. I was just getting my kittens shots when she was out yardsaling.

EDIT: My kitten likes it.

Edited by Kid Flash, 08 August 2009 - 06:39 PM.

[CA13]

You didn't keep the spider in it? Imagine how the webs could silence that blaster!

Well, that's nice to resurrect a beloved blaster like that.

[spartan062]

Effeminate repair job. Just sanded it has an interesting look. . .

[SchizophrenicMC]

You did a good job with that. I woulda given up.

[Kid Flash]

You didn't keep the spider in it? Imagine how the webs could silence that blaster!

Well, that's nice to resurrect a beloved blaster like that.

Yeah... I don't even know how one would get into the handle... Or live in the gun. Then again I don't know how someone could manage to screw up a gun as much as this one was... Maybe some fbr in the dead spaces when I open it up to paint it. Although it's not loud at all.

Effeminate repair job. Just sanded it has an interesting look. . .

Yeah I sort of like the faded color... But it can look much better.

You did a good job with that. I woulda given up.

I thought about it but figured I might as well try.

[Icespartan 1114]

Wow. That was really amazing, there was a fucking spiderweb in the shell. Do you have any idea how that got there? On to the write-up, you did a great job and it I ever do get a Sharpshooter 1 I will totally do this, but with brass. I think it would look sweet if you gave it a paintjob by the way.