CaptainYogurt

Before we were blessed with Nerf and even airsoft and paintball, my dad and his buddies would reload shells with the primer, a light powder load, and the wad and go shoot each other with them. I like Nerf better, from a safety standpoint.

We've got bags and bags of these downstairs (mostly 12 guage, some 10 maybe) so I might try this out.

Foreseeable problems I can see would be the association with real firearms, lack of foam, interesting (read: painful) welts if hit at high velocity if not filled with hotglue or something, and finding barrels to fit.

I'd like to see these tested in the state-of-the-art blasters to see how they perform compared to traditional darts as well.

Edit:
As far as resolving the problems, foam in the 'head' that extends past the lip would be best for safety, and a washer could be put under there for better weight/weight distribution.

I have one of the Harpoon Blasters, and the OPRV on mine has always cracked on the 4th pump. The handle broke off, so I peered down the pump shaft and saw, to my dismay, that mine does not have a screw.

I have a feeling that this is why they don't get as good of ranges as 'normal' BBBBs. Without any screw in the OPRV, the spring is not as compressed, so there is less pressure required to activate the valve.

Tomorrow, I'll chop down my pump shaft and see if I can install a screw.


Also, JSB, thanks for linking that post. I'd have no idea what I was looking at without it.