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Crotalus

Member Since 23 May 2005
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Superheated Proton Pistol

16 October 2011 - 05:17 PM

This is a simple cosmetic and safety removal mod for the Nerf Vortex Proton pistol.

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My camera is over-exaggerating the lighting effect; it's about 25% less bright than it seems.

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The Proton pistol is styled as an energy weapon; the lighting effect emphasizes this.

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The lighting effect is also visible from the rear breech. This adds a nice touch.

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The lighting effect is turned on and off with a small rocker switch in front of the trigger.

DISASSEMBLY

Pistol Frame
Front Cowling
The frame of the Proton pistol is held together with twelve screws. Ten screws are located on the side of the pistol while the other two are on the front of the pistol. Remove these screws with a size 0 Philips head screwdriver to avoid stripping the screws.

Opened Frame
Remove the front cowling of the pistol and carefully pry the frame apart. You don't have to worry about any secret pegs, springs, or glued joints; the frame should easily separate with a bit of patience.

Spring Module
Remove the spring module. It is attached to the frame with two screws. Fortunately, the Proton pistol seems like it was designed with modification in mind.

SAFETY REMOVAL

Fire Control 1
Fire Control 2
Carefully remove the covering of the fire control module. Some spring might pop out of the module if you aren't careful. It is held together by six screws; two of which are not black. In the picture, the trigger and one of the safeties is removed. Notice how sturdy the mechanism is; the Proton pistol doesn't rely on tiny pathetic nubs of plastic to retain the spring. It's likely much more resistant to wearing than most N-Strike blasters.

Fire Control Safeties
Along the top of this picture you will see three components. The leftmost T-shaped component is responsible for the slick reloading action of the Proton pistol. Keep this component. The middle component prevents the weapon from firing at certain points of the reloading process. Although it is not necessary, I prefer to keep this component. The rightmost component prevents the weapon from firing if there is no disk loaded into the pistol. This component is unnecessary; removing it will allow you to fire non-standard ammunition.

Upper Rail Safeties
In this picture you can see two components removed from the frame and upper rail. These components prevent the weapon from firing if there is no disk loaded into the pistol. Remove these components to provide room for the internal LED wiring.

INTERNAL LED WIRING

You will need two 5mm ultra-bright LEDs (~3V, ~20mA), a ~10 Ohm resistor (brown-black-black-gold), two AAA batteries, a small toggling switch, a battery case, wire, and solder. The battery case shown was scavenged from the "Red-Dot Sight" module of the Nerf N-Strike Recon. Use fine grade sandpaper to sand the LEDs; the LEDs will provide a diffuse light that allow it to blend very well with the orange plastic. Use a soldering iron to build the circuit and use a glue gun to glue the wiring into place. If you cannot find a battery case you can try soldering the wires directly to the batteries, wrapping them in foam, and stuffing them into the pistol grip.

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Wiring 1
Wiring 2
Wiring 3
Wiring 4
Wiring 5

Shaved Peg
You need to remove a small portion of this peg to give the wires enough room to squeeze through the upper rail.

Lower LED
Be very careful with the LED mounted under the front cowling. The slide will interfere with the LED if it is not mounted forward enough.

RANGE

~60 feet. Theoretically better with safety removal, but probably unnoticeable.
~2 ricochets in a 3 feet wide hallway.

Need Help For A Quick And Easy Homemade

28 May 2005 - 09:54 PM

I've decided to try to make my own homemade, but not the FAR, I'm to
inexperienced to do that. So, I wanted to make a nice and easy single fire
breech loading spring rifle. What type of loading mechanism should I use?
I've heard of a rotating type of breech, and a break apart breech. The
break apart breech would be a barrel attached to a hingle, you would snap
the barrel off.

The At2k Or 3k

26 May 2005 - 03:21 PM

I live in Michigan around Detroit.
Unfortunately, I have bad luck looking for what I need, it seems
they always don't have what I want. I'm looking for an AT2K or
3K. The local Toys R' Us has nothing, does anyone know if
Targets or Meijers carry them?

How Good Is A Big Bad Bow

25 May 2005 - 04:37 PM

I can get a Big Bad Bow from my friend, but how effective is it? I heard
It is used as a loser weapon, what are the average ranges for a modified
BBB? Also, how hard is it to mod one?

New To Nerf

24 May 2005 - 10:15 PM

Hello, I just found this website after hearing about "Nerf modifications" when I bought an N-Strike and Maverick a week ago. For the past week, I've been learning about weapon modifications. The only thing left for me to do is go and purchase an appropriate gun for my play style, but the problem is, I don't know which one to get. Unfortunately, getting ahold of any old guns is going to be hard for me so I would need something fairly recent.

I've played paintball and airsoft; I find myself not assaulting the enemy, but not losing them either. I need something for short to medium range combat. I can get a hold of "Big Bad Bow" from a friend, should I choose this as my primary gun?