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[Nerfnewbie]

A couple weeks ago, I was fooling around while making darts and decided to try somthing new... and it worked!!! Here's what I did. Instead of dropping a BB or fishing weight in the small hole, I put some sculpties clay in the hole and flatened it over the top so it wouldn't mess up the hot glue. I also made my darts one and one fourth inches long instead of like two or two and a half. These turned out to work realy well. I suggest you mae a couple and try my idea for a shotgun.

Okay, now heres my shotgun idea and it works too. Make some of those darts above and shove about four of them in one PVC barrel modded AT2000. Pump it a couple of times and fire. The accuracy realy sucks, so dose the distance, but if you're close to the guy, they can't dodge it. Pretty cool eh?

[Lukeinator]

If you really want a shotgun effect, use half inch stefans. That clay is a good idea. I should really try it.

[southpaw]

Wow your a genius. I can't believe none of us have ever thought of making shorter darts or putting more than one dart in a barrel before![/sarcasm]

Countless nerfers have done this in the past.

You might be the first to use clay as a weight. Congratulations.

[tenesee23]

If you really want a shotgun effect, use half inch stefans.

I totally agree with that statement. I shove 6 half-inchers in a barrel for my BBB and it's unstoppable close range.

[BloodMoon]

I never thought of using clay. Good thought!

[Nerfnewbie]

See! See! Noobs DO have good ideas sometimes!

[NinjZ]

My friend used to use clay as a weight way back when. He didnt like the idea of using metal weights. Then he finally realised teh clay was too light of a weight and we werent really shooting metal at eachother.

[Nerfnewbie]

The clay isn't ment to hurt. I use this because it is cheaper. This is jut a suggestion, I now people like to make it hurt. (not sarcasim)

Edited by Nerfnewbie, 15 October 2005 - 05:54 AM.

[BloodMoon]

Is clay actually cheaper? Metal wieghts are sold, if I am remembering correctly, for something like 200 of them for under three dollars. I'm talking about 1/4" steel shot here.

[darkmills]

Where would you buy clay anyways? The only stuff I see is the colored stuff from crayola, and it's pretty darn expensive.

[Nerfnewbie]

I buy clay for like five bucks and it's a full one foot long, one inch deep, and about half afoot wide. Go to your local craft shop or Target store and buy 'sculpties white clay'. It stays flexible and shapable until you bake it, but you don't need to bake it for darts. You don't even need over a centineter of clay to mae a good dart.

[Caleb]

I used clay before but it didn't really help all that much. Bbs might be cheaper I think.

Caleb

[nerfisfun]

Is clay actually cheaper? Metal wieghts are sold, if I am remembering correctly, for something like 200 of them for under three dollars. I'm talking about 1/4" steel shot here.

I got 1500 for 3$ at the local meijer, copperheads, they work fine.