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[taerKitty]

My first homebrew blaster, the Snap-41A.

A few odds and ends to add onto it (such as a magazine), but the core unit is done.

[Doom]

Here's FANG prototype 3. I made this much in mid-March and said very little about it publicly. A number of you have already seen this. What is shown is not complete, however, this prototype has served its purpose very well and I will not develop it further.

I had originally intended to finish it so that the Firefly turret is advanced with each trigger pull, but I recently decided to redesign the gun substantially to reduce length and weight to improve maneuverability (among other things). The same basic layout will be used in FANG prototype 4 with shorter barrels, a smaller air reservoir, stronger construction, and a number of new features like a pump.



A high-resolution photo is available here.

Presently I do not intend for FANG 4 to have an automatically advanced turret as I'd like to focus more on my other ideas as well as compare good manually advanced turrets against automatically advanced onces in reliability, ease of operation, and RoF. Manually advanced turrets are easier to make and their RoF may be very acceptable for most Nerf wars.

Edited by Doom, 05 June 2010 - 09:06 AM.

[Ice Nine]

Worked on my +bow. Planned on doing something about the spring/plunger rod setup but we didn't have the right springs. No big deal.



New stock plate (still eight inch, Zorn got to the quarter inch first, but made proper use of it). I machined pool noodle to be mad styles comfy.



Super colors!

Edited by Ice Nine, 05 June 2010 - 01:23 PM.

[Zorns Lemma]

Worked on my not-a-+bow.


Molded 1/8" PVC back plate mounted on pieces of 1/4" for support. Inspired by JLego's +bow and Hipponater's work on Beaver's +bow.


Screwed on an actual cheek plate.


Plasti-dip handle


Suboptimal!

Edited by Zorn's Lemma, 05 June 2010 - 06:44 PM.

[firesflame4]

I know Split hated making this at the end, but I'm very happy with how this turned out.

[cheyner]

As fun as HAMP's are, they are a pain in the ass to transport, and mobility becomes an issue if you are not in a wide open space. I have an answer to this:


I call it the Mini Mega HAMP.
Only 2 feet long (back to barrel tip).
Shoot's 2-3 dart at a time.
20 shot hopper clip (it's as long as the HAMP).
Petg nested in red Pex.
Plunger tube is 3" PVC.
Homemade wye.

[louiec3]

A new style Tornadobow, and the write-up is here at the Revolution.

[Wes7143]

Youtube

[Ryan201821]

Helical Hopper Clip



To operate, you have to blow on the check valve coming off the clip. The clip is merely a segment of FlexPVC (buy here) attached to a coupler leading to a small length of clear PVC. As you blow into the check valve, darts feed into the small piece of clear PVC.



The only drawback is that it's possible to blow too many darts through the clip and out the barrel. I might try to fix this problem, or learn to deal with it and not blow too hard. It's incredibly easy to get darts to feed through this stuff.

Edited by Ryan201821, 14 June 2010 - 12:07 AM.

[Ambience 327]

That is both crazy and awesome at the same time Ryan. The check valve at the end is an awesome idea, and of course allows you to easily load a few darts at a time while you move, wiithout having to remove and end cap, turn a ball valve, or otherwise affect your ability to fire when you need to. How many darts (and at what length) are you getting to fit in the loops?

Since you say it is very easy to blow the darts through, would it be possible/practical to add another loop or two? What I'm thinking here is that if you can get enough darts in there to last a whole round (at least with semi-conservatiive shooting) there would be less reloading time - which I know isn't exactly your favorite aspect of hoppes/HAMPs. It would probably start to require a bit of support for the feeder as more flexpvc would start to add additional weight, but it might be worth the extra bulk. Just a thought.

[Wes7143]

I thought I might add that flex pvc can be bought in lesser quantities for those who cannot afford at 50' roll here.

Is it because your barrel is so loose that you're having a problem with blowing darts out of the barrel? Would a small ring of lesser diameter brass (like a 1/2" stub of 17/32" stuck in a PETG barrel) possibly solve this problem? I know hamps will fire fine with a tight barrel, they just fire much better with a loose barrel (my hamp had a spinger fit for quite a while).

[Ryan201821]

That is both crazy and awesome at the same time Ryan. The check valve at the end is an awesome idea, and of course allows you to easily load a few darts at a time while you move, wiithout having to remove and end cap, turn a ball valve, or otherwise affect your ability to fire when you need to. How many darts (and at what length) are you getting to fit in the loops?

Since you say it is very easy to blow the darts through, would it be possible/practical to add another loop or two? What I'm thinking here is that if you can get enough darts in there to last a whole round (at least with semi-conservatiive shooting) there would be less reloading time - which I know isn't exactly your favorite aspect of hoppes/HAMPs. It would probably start to require a bit of support for the feeder as more flexpvc would start to add additional weight, but it might be worth the extra bulk. Just a thought.

The clip is roughly 7-8' long from eye-balling it. I haven't actually measured the clip at all, but I can get roughly 60-70 darts in the clip. I want to experiment with this stuff a bit more and figure out the maximum length I can effectively use before my lungs can't get darts to feed anymore. From seeing how easy it was to feed darts through this smaller segment, makes me think I can at least double it.

Wes:

FlexPVC also sells their product by the foot; I just linked to 50' rolls.
As for the problem, yes that is the reason. I have to do more testing with it to see how easy it is to blow darts out the barrel. I've only tested and fired this a few times. If it ends up being a problem, I might just try using some magnets to fix my problem.

Edited by Ryan201821, 15 June 2010 - 02:13 AM.

[Ambience 327]

The clip is roughly 7-8' long from eye-balling it. I haven't actually measured the clip at all, but I can get roughly 60-70 darts in the clip.

Wow, that is already an impressive number of darts. Loops are deceptive, it doesn't look nearly that long in the pic. If you doubled that (120-140 darts), I think you could easily spend a whole round without reloading. I hereby declare that you are always on my team if you are wielding a blaster with this form of clip...

[MindWarrior]

I know your using a hamp, but is there any really significant range decrease (like 20-30 feet) by using such an absurdly large hopper clip? Either way, that thing looks like it can kick major ass in any war,

[ricochet]

Heres just a quick glance at my upcoming homemade.

Slide Forward

Slide Back

Magazine

In summary, it is a slide action, magazine fed (5 darts), side arm. It is still awaiting a paint job and bondo in some areas.

[CA13]

Helical Hopper Clip

To operate, you have to blow on the check valve coming off the clip. The clip is merely a segment of FlexPVC (buy here) attached to a coupler leading to a small length of clear PVC. As you blow into the check valve, darts feed into the small piece of clear PVC.

The only drawback is that it's possible to blow too many darts through the clip and out the barrel. I might try to fix this problem, or learn to deal with it and not blow too hard. It's incredibly easy to get darts to feed through this stuff.

Ryan, try buying some vinyl tubing, put talc on the inside to remove the sticky-ness, and cut section, plugging one end with a rubber stopper. You can make a pretty flexible magazine/hopper out of that. I took about 2 feet of vinyl tubing and was able to make a hopper that I can bend and zip tie back onto my HAMP. Shit's awesome.

[Ryan201821]

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[Lion]

Ricochet, did you design that after Boltsniper's sidearm?

http://nerfhaven.com...wtopic=6888&hl=

[Lt Stefan]

Ryan, that is one good looking plusbow. Very clean.

Not being sarcastic either.

[ricochet]

Ricochet, did you design that after Boltsniper's sidearm?

http://nerfhaven.com...wtopic=6888&hl=

Part of it yes, same bolt system is used, the rest is my own design.

[Lion]

Ricochet, did you design that after Boltsniper's sidearm?

http://nerfhaven.com...wtopic=6888&hl=

Part of it yes, same bolt system is used, the rest is my own design.

I really like your inprovements, mind showing more about how you did the magazine for it?

[wingd man]

Proof that an adequate +bow can be made with a dremel and a drill.

Also, weird magnet attachment system for the speed loader.

[ricochet]

Ricochet, did you design that after Boltsniper's sidearm?

http://nerfhaven.com...wtopic=6888&hl=

Part of it yes, same bolt system is used, the rest is my own design.

I really like your inprovements, mind showing more about how you did the magazine for it?

In due time, once I finish the paint job I will post a topic on it. I'll be sure to include internal pics as well.

[BustaNinja]

Fail use of two hard drive magnets. You could have made a rig for holding your guns a la Mass Effect 2.

[louiec3]

Snap-bows!

My favorite is the pistol one just because.



Two of them have anti cheek diddle handles. You can slide the tee forward after pulling it back.