Just a head’s up: I will be covering new mods and revisiting/elaborating on tried and true mods in this write-up.
Let us begin: get a beer/Dew, this may take a minute.
A little internal N0rp for reference. I should say I acquired this particular guy here with the standard mods (see directory) already in place.
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First big change? BAM! Plunger tube replacement!
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Step #1: remover the peg here if starting from stock, or spend an annoying amount of time cutting off hotglue. NOTE: if you really wanted just slap a coupler on here and you could have a plenty fine side-arm…but I am NOT satisfied!
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Widen the air flow hole here to desired size. I went much bigger than this pic here but you get the idea.
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Sand the ever lovin’ piss out of the plunger tube face: you want it smooth and uniform, plus the scoring will come into play later.
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Now this is almost scary amazing: the end nub from a Longshot plunger tube is exactly the perfect diameter to fit inside the end piece of a FirstShot. Srsly, you almost don’t need to use adhesive.
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I will say this as much as possible: JB Weld. EVAWERE! Here is a pic of size for reference.
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You will need to do some internal shell reduction to make room for your new fat as hell plunger. Despite the increased size this is really a very easy task.
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Oh yeah, this is turning out well.
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Here is the coupler I used: ½” cpvc end-cap violently sanded, bored, and skewered with a c-blocking bolt. I HIGHLY recommend a c-blocker as vacuum loading is very likely here. You can see the pic above with it attached…WITH JB WELD!!
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On to more aspects. Just to clarify: this piece DOES serve a purpose. It applies upward pressure to the leaver to make it “easier” to prime. Some would call this a “waste of effort and resources” so just rip it out and use the spring to double up on the trigger spring.
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The trigger is in the stupid wobbly section, here is a common way to fix it.
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Here is MY Motherfarglin’ way to fix it! Plumbers’ epoxy putty on both sides with indents from teh trigger for a perfect fit and sturdy hold.
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