Sixo
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Glock-like Compact Sidearm
29 May 2006 - 07:24 PM
First, and most importantly, when looking over this mod and write up, bear in mind that the main goals here were to make as compact of a sidearm as possible with the least amount of materials/complications. I say this because I really did not have any legitimate materials on hand when I went to make this, so I just made do with whatever I had lying around. Enjoy.
First, cut off the ammo holders and remove the slider like so:
Then, take the female part of the plunger and cut a small part off the front and replace it with 1/2" pvc that is of the same length so the total length of the male part is the same as before.
Next, cut a niche on opposite sides of the 1/2" pvc so that they are in accordance with the existing crevices. In other words, cut the pvc in such a way that the piece of pipe can fit in nicely with the track on the inside of the casing.
For the barrel, I just used a crayola barrel, and I also had no O-rings so I just used e-tape for a seal. Although you don't see it in the pic, there is also tape over the back end with a small hole punched in it to tighten up the air flow.
Insert sexual innuendo here. Whoops, I mean lube up the shaft and stick it in. Super glue the front end of the barrel to the inside part of the casing where it should fit perfectly/rest snugly.
Close it up and it'll look like this.
As you can see, I also made slightly smaller stefans to use with this, just because everything about it is so tiny. Also, in the picture, I haven't put on the zip tie yet, but for those of you who can't figure it out, just run it through that slot on the top in front of the orange part that sticks up. This will serve as your means to cock the gun while maintaining its compact size. Just as a disclaimer, this gun is really best for people like me i.e. people with tiny hands. Seeing as the ultimate goal here was to make a powerful sidearm as small as possible, this is not recommended for those of you who have dustbins for hands.
And for those of you wondering why I didn't just take off the slider and put on the zip tie: I wanted a better barrel (and one without air restrictors, for that matter) for a little more distance. Also, the original male part of the plunger had that retarded arrow like shape to the front of it and I didn't want anything sticking out of the front of the gun. Cutting that part off would have just made that part of the plunger too short and the darts still would have been sticking way out the front because I couldnt remove the barrel stem and restrictor, so I would be using only micros. This way, I can use either stefans or micros without anything sticking out of the front. Again, enjoy-
-Sixo
First, cut off the ammo holders and remove the slider like so:
Then, take the female part of the plunger and cut a small part off the front and replace it with 1/2" pvc that is of the same length so the total length of the male part is the same as before.
Next, cut a niche on opposite sides of the 1/2" pvc so that they are in accordance with the existing crevices. In other words, cut the pvc in such a way that the piece of pipe can fit in nicely with the track on the inside of the casing.
For the barrel, I just used a crayola barrel, and I also had no O-rings so I just used e-tape for a seal. Although you don't see it in the pic, there is also tape over the back end with a small hole punched in it to tighten up the air flow.
Insert sexual innuendo here. Whoops, I mean lube up the shaft and stick it in. Super glue the front end of the barrel to the inside part of the casing where it should fit perfectly/rest snugly.
Close it up and it'll look like this.
As you can see, I also made slightly smaller stefans to use with this, just because everything about it is so tiny. Also, in the picture, I haven't put on the zip tie yet, but for those of you who can't figure it out, just run it through that slot on the top in front of the orange part that sticks up. This will serve as your means to cock the gun while maintaining its compact size. Just as a disclaimer, this gun is really best for people like me i.e. people with tiny hands. Seeing as the ultimate goal here was to make a powerful sidearm as small as possible, this is not recommended for those of you who have dustbins for hands.
And for those of you wondering why I didn't just take off the slider and put on the zip tie: I wanted a better barrel (and one without air restrictors, for that matter) for a little more distance. Also, the original male part of the plunger had that retarded arrow like shape to the front of it and I didn't want anything sticking out of the front of the gun. Cutting that part off would have just made that part of the plunger too short and the darts still would have been sticking way out the front because I couldnt remove the barrel stem and restrictor, so I would be using only micros. This way, I can use either stefans or micros without anything sticking out of the front. Again, enjoy-
-Sixo
Scope Mod!
28 February 2006 - 02:30 PM
Okay, so this is a mod for a scope that can be clipped onto the top of all n-strike guns using that little raised track that they have.
While taking apart my crossfire, I noticed that the small green clip on top of the gun fell right out of the slider upon unscrewing it.
The color clashes horribly with the gun, it looks stupid, and its useless unless I get one of the big dart tag guns...and even then clipping them together is kinda stupid. So I was going to dispose of it. But then I also noticed that it clicks perfectly into the N-Strike tracks on the guns.
So I decided to make a scope, using that as the base so it could be detachable. For the lenses, I took one of those little "pocket explorer" things that little kids have (I dug mine up from an old toybox).
It's kind of a 5-in-1 type thing with a compass and a mirror and shit like that. You can probably find it at any toy or hobby store. But at any rate, I pulled off the two opposing lenses that you would look through to use the thing as a pair of binoculars.
Now, I used 1/2" PVC for the scope itself, but I actually found that the walls were a bit thick and, in the end, narrowed my scope of view when looking through it. So, you may want to use something with narrower walls or a larger size piece of PVC pipe. Anyway, because of the size of pipe that I was using, the small lens was the perfect size to be attached. As such, I did not need to alter it, but I needed to pop the bigger lens out of its plastic frame and file it down to make it small enough to fit nicely when attached to the other end of the pipe. Here's my filed-down lens:
Okay, nobody post please. Need to start a new post.
While taking apart my crossfire, I noticed that the small green clip on top of the gun fell right out of the slider upon unscrewing it.
The color clashes horribly with the gun, it looks stupid, and its useless unless I get one of the big dart tag guns...and even then clipping them together is kinda stupid. So I was going to dispose of it. But then I also noticed that it clicks perfectly into the N-Strike tracks on the guns.
So I decided to make a scope, using that as the base so it could be detachable. For the lenses, I took one of those little "pocket explorer" things that little kids have (I dug mine up from an old toybox).
It's kind of a 5-in-1 type thing with a compass and a mirror and shit like that. You can probably find it at any toy or hobby store. But at any rate, I pulled off the two opposing lenses that you would look through to use the thing as a pair of binoculars.
Now, I used 1/2" PVC for the scope itself, but I actually found that the walls were a bit thick and, in the end, narrowed my scope of view when looking through it. So, you may want to use something with narrower walls or a larger size piece of PVC pipe. Anyway, because of the size of pipe that I was using, the small lens was the perfect size to be attached. As such, I did not need to alter it, but I needed to pop the bigger lens out of its plastic frame and file it down to make it small enough to fit nicely when attached to the other end of the pipe. Here's my filed-down lens:
Okay, nobody post please. Need to start a new post.
