Kingboy

I have another question for you, Talio, if you would be so kind as to inquire about it as well: Can the shield fit on to most any rail?

That's a very good question. I don't have an answer, but i'll find out.

I second that request for information. I look forward to hopefully being able to mount the shield on my Vulcan, not because it is useful, but because it (like my Vulcan) amuses me.

It's such a shame that nerf has been making their blasters more realistic.

I think I'd rather spend $50 on pvc, goop, fbr, and such.

That is why there is a plethora of information made available in the Homemades section. If you want performance, you likely will get a better return on $50 by making your own than purchasing a blaster from Nerf.

Maybe someone used the plunger tube as a cheek rest or put the end of the tube against their cheek and pulled the gun back while firing, having the gun slam into face.

I can guarantee that that's what happened in at least some of the cases. I was joking about this yesterday while over at a friend's house, and he mentioned that it had happened to his son. His son is 5-ish, and the Recon is a pretty decent sized gun for a kid that age, especially with the ARMED tube fully extended. Five year olds are also not exactly known for thier extensive grasp on physics nor thier forethought on the consequences of all of thier actions either.

So yes, at least for my friend's son, the ARMED tube was being used as a stock/cheek rest, and pinched his cheek at least once while he was using it. Note however, this incident did not prompt my friend to immediately call for Hasbro to fix the "problem", it just made the son more careful when using the Recon in the future, a situation I wished happened more often with this sort of thing....

a PULLSAW is what you want and everyone should at lest try one.

Hobby pullsaws like this are handy as well, especially for making straight cuts in Nerf blaster shells:


Hobby Razor saw.

I use an el cheapo Atlas Super Saw, and it works great, unless I have to work in really tight areas. For that I have a saber saw set, for which I need to get some of the razor saw blades.

On the matter of adhesives, I have a recommendation and a question.

For joining plastic to plastic, cyanoacrylate (a.k.a. Super Glue/Zap-A-Gap, etc.) is alright, and handy to have around, but it can't compare to this:


Plastrust Plastic Weld brush on liquid cement.

Seriously, this stuff is amazing. It chemically melts the two plastic pieces together, often forming a stronger section than the surrounding stock plastic. Some of you really need to give this stuff a try so we don't have to see Longshot front integrations held on by great gooping wads of hot glue anymore...

Now, as to the question—does anyone have a good idea what sort of adhesive Hasbro uses for the internals of some of their pump air guns? I'm thinking specifically about the Titan air tank and Hornet internals I have lying about at the moment. I'd love to have a better idea of what sort of glue that is before I go hacking into those parts.

One thing I need to add to my kit is a set of screw extractors. Ideally you'd never need these if you're using a properly sized screwdriver for opening up blaster shells, but stuff happens. All I know is that if I ever want to get into this Disk Shot sitting on my desk without destroying the shell, I'm going to need some of these to remove the couple of screws I stripped.

Very little shrinkage. And where would I get a bigger head?

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