TulipMama

Hello,

This will be my first post on Nerf Haven, though I have been wandering around on here for the last couple weeks, so please be gentle with me.

I have been trying to design a nerf blaster with the following requirements in mind:

Compatible with standard purchased Nerf Magazine/darts

Easy to build ie, dremel and hand tools only

Low Cost

Mechanism easily modded between pistol/rifle/shotgun

With these thoughts in mind, I did my research and managed to come up with the following:

The bolt (highlighted in green) is pulled back by a pair of screws that are slotted in the 1 1/4" pvc body. I'm using an F.A.R. trigger system that catches on a 1/2" washer built into the end of the plunger.

The bolt has to be pushed forward to seat the nerf dart in the barrel, and right now this end of the bolt is a simple tube (up-cycling the body of a bic pen) but I think I'll try and find a way to put in a hollowed out 5/8" dowel to push the dart and make a seal on the barrel.

When the trigger is pulled, the plunger is sent forward and the air is forced through the tube and up the back end of the dart. The next dart moves up into the chamber when the bolt is pulled back again.

I'm hoping to get some advice from people more experienced in making nerf blasters. The first design I tried to make failed horribly in part because I attempted to make something I didn't have the tools for, and partially because of assumptions I made in my design. With this, I'm hoping some noble members will be able to point out some design changes that can help that I haven't seen.

Thank you in advance,

Sincerely;

Tulip Mama