It appears you're addressing two different people with that post, as the person concerned with the longshot and with the great pictures also has great post quality.
Unlike you.
The Longshot is also not discontinued; I've seen it still in stock in some retail locations.
just did a look around at the nerf website and no longshot, no longshot=discontinued:P if you knew anything about logistics you'd know stores have warehouses that store product. most likely those stores had some left over in thier stock or were just not selling everything as soon as they get it.
I agree with Ktcookie & like him my 1st go at moding was a maverick. Personaly the brassing idea sounds cool, I might even have to steal it from you when I get around to geting some brass myself. Unless these guys are paying you to mod the blaster for them who realy cares what they think, it's a hobby have fun.