Gage

I read once that the product was either unreleased or recalled due to concerns on the fact that kids could get hit in the eye by the rubber bands on the end of the ammo, although the probability of that happening is rather slim.

Anyways, great find!

Nice mod, I was hoping these things had potential. You shouldn't be using straight 1/2" PVC for barrels. You're probably using taggers or other stock darts that fit into that size pipe, but for short barrels you want the foam to be the part that the barrel fits, like on a stock blaster. 1/2" CPVC is probably your best bet for stock darts. You might have to roll the dart in your hands before loading it if the fit is tight.

If you need a dremel 'round these parts you should head to Canadian Tire and pick up a Mastercraft rotary tool with the bit set it includes. I think they're usually $60, but Canadian Tire likes to put Mastercraft stuff on Sale alot. I picked up my set for $30, and it has all the features of a high-end dremel, for less. When buying any sort of dremel type tool you MUST get variable speed, otherwise the blaster you're working on will melt into a puddle.

Thanks! Yeah, I know. I was in a bit of a rush trying to look for barrel material that I thought they both would get similar performance. I'm glad I learned though.

I could probably use the dremel that my dad has, but thanks for the suggestion! I would look for that, but I live with an over-protective mom who does not allow that sort of stuff. She wouldn't even let me use the drill until recently. Also thanks for the tips!

Gage, springs at Home Depot are in the same isle as the nuts and bolts, at least in Kingston they are. Canadian Tire will also have springs that should fit, same isle as the nuts and bolts as well. Home Hardware is useless for most things, and Rona is hit-or-miss. That pretty much covers the major Canadian hardware stores.
FYI, you and Curly live pretty close to each other (during the week), like biking distance close, take advantage of having another nerfer so close to you. It's rare in this province outside of Scarborough and Mississauga.

The Home Depot nearby my house has absolutely no springs at all for some reason, and I don't know if the Canadian Tire in front of it does either, so I'm unfortunately at a loss when it comes to springs.

That's a really good idea, thanks for bringing it up! I didn't think that there would be any actually. Not a lot of Nerfers around Whitby usually that I know of.

Really? His profile says Toronto, but I guess that's partially inaccurate. If you (Gage) need FA24's beige stefan foam, PETG, or something like that and can get to Oshawa I'd be happy to meet up with you. I also have a Mitre saw that cuts PVC nicely, if you want me to get you specific cuts I can do that too. No bent crap either

Thanks a lot! That's pretty generous! Maybe some time over the summer I could meet up with you, that would be pretty awesome!

Stock my estimates on flat shooting with the streamlines provided are 40ft
With AR removed only, flat shooting to 50ft.
This is estimated. I didn't have a tape measure.

Wow, it seems the advertised 75 feet ranges were way off. Typical Hasbro. I guess it was too good to be true.

Good work, you will have to do something with the plunger rod though if you plan on adding any springs or rubber bands to it. It will snap like a twig otherwise. The spring from these are good for adding to other blasters, they will nest under most springs.
Have you shown your mother rotary pipe cutters? They are safer than most other kinds.

Also, you live where about 99% of the wars in Canada happen, you should click the link in my signature and join, at least half of the wars only get posted there.

Thanks! I'm planning on adding re-inforcements to the blaster as well, so that might improve that. I'll have to talk with my mom about that, thanks for the suggestion!

I'd love to join the community, thanks for bringing it up! If the times fit my schedules, I'd love to join some wars.

With a piece-of-crap blaster, and a bent chunk of PVC, you made something actually worth writing up. Nice job!

And no, there's no reasonable way to fix bent PVC, that piece shouldn't even be worth a (Canadian) dime. Maybe you can meet up with a local modder who can help you out, or next time, buy somewhere else.

Thanks! I figured it wouldn't be worth much, so I'm attempting to find a dremel and fit in a CPVC coupler/CPVC instead next time I go back to the store.

The "extra piece" in the back of the plunger assembly reminds of the Tech Target blaster. I just cut mine down (in the TTG) in order to accommodate a larger spring (ie Home Depot 'Handyman') leaving just a little cap at the end to hold the spring in. Since that orange piece seems to have another piece nested inside, I would recommend cutting down the inside (while maintaining structural integrity) so that you can upgrade the spring if you so wish to do so. If you don't want a longer spring, I would guess that you just need a stronger catch spring and you should be able to take the extra spring load of the stock + NF springs. I normally just use the spring from a "Pilot G2" gel pen (kinda expensive) in most of my pistols and it never seems to let me down with misfires or malfs or anything.

Strange, the Home depot nearby that I go to has no springs at all. I'll be sure to try that though, that sounds like a pretty good idea! Would there be a store that sells these pens in Canada? Thanks for the suggestions!

Besides E-tape, did you use any other methods of securing the barrel in place? And what types of darts are you using with the PVC? I'd suggest 1/2"CPVC seeing as this is essentially a larger and more neon NF.
Also, did you say someone else cut the PVC for you? Did you not have the proper cutting tool yourself?

No, I haven't used anything on it so far except for e-tape. I figured that it would create a tight enough seal. I use streamlines because I haven't made stefans yet. Yeah, I got it cut in the store since I don't have a pipe cutter (over-protective mom). I don't think I would be able to convince her either. Thanks for pointing out where it could be that the performance is worsening, I'll be sure to try the CPVC next time if I can find it.