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If you want to learn more about building off of the SNAP design, there's no need to re-invent the wheel through trial and error. Here are some very good write-ups on several variants of the SNAP design. Alternatively, you can also read through any/all of Carbon's homemades in the Homemade directory.

True, I just find a lot of these are a bit overkill for what I'm looking to do. I will certainly be taking from these once I "graduate." Though I find starting from the ground up lets me discover reasons for doing things certain ways that may be taken for granted by other people.

Correction: 3/4" fittings go neatly inside 1 1/4" PVC.

Also, Extension springs aren't always a bad thing; Carbon has experimented with them, and largish blasters like the Ultimator or XXL Bazooka use them. It just requires more ingenuity.

Finally, at HD I know there's a 4-spring pack, two of which work wonders in reinforced NFs, or BBBs. Perhaps you should grab that for your next attempt at a homemade that's easy to get all the parts for assembly!

I'll have to check back to see if they got more springs in. Though I went to Ace and they had a wonderful selection of washers, o-rings, and springs. I got my parts for my second homemade there