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[Yazzeh]

I'm curious as to how the shells from the Ruff Stuff Double Shot and the Ruff Stuff Rapid Fire Rifle work. I noticed that there's a black ring inside that's pushed down when you insert darts, what is the purpose of that? Also, would Stefans work with the shells once the rod is removed? Also, what is that small circle on the bottom of the shells, it's a small indent on the plastic right outside of the circle signifying the seal?

I want to understand the mechanisms fully before I venture out to try some random mods, since I don't have easy access to replacements for them.

Thanks!

[longshot555]

The black ring is an AR (air restrictor) if you want to have farther distance drill it out from the end and then pull out the spring and black ring with needle nose pliers

[Forsaken angel24]

From what I can remember of the shell is that there is a spring underneath the black flat washer. When you insert a dart it pushes the black flat washer down revealing the hole where the air comes through to hit the dart. Try blowing into the back of a buzz bee shell without a dart inside it and you will notice little air gets through. Now push that little ring down with a screwdriver or something and try to blow through, you will notice an increase in air flow.
The protruding plastic ring on the back of everyshell is designed to increase air seal.

[Yazzeh]

Ahhhh... That helps a lot... So shall I remove the black washer and spring?

I've tried sawing off the straight part of the shell at the top and replacing it with CPVC, but now the dart barely leaves the shell when I fire... I'm guessing it's too tight a fit, but I'm using two inches of 1/2" CPVC, following a mod of the Double Shot I saw elsewhere on the forums... They said they got 3 times the distance. Do I need different CPVC?

Edit: Haha, ok, nevermind that. I finally figured out how to remove the bottom piece of the rod. Everything works fine. I read the other mod wrong where it said it gave it 3 times the range, it was 3 times the power. Which is about right. It shoots harder, but it's range is only increased by a foot at most in the Double Shot. Seems like a waste of effort to mod the shells like that alone. Thanks for your help guys!

Edited by Yazzeh, 05 May 2007 - 09:10 PM.