megadarren

Idea:

Maybe it's the fact that the spring doesn't look cut-down at all. Also, the combo of the glue and use of e-tape to get a perfect seal could have something to do with it.

Here's my question: Was your stock dart rammed into the barrel, or just sitting in up to the suction cup? If it was all the way in, then I'm calling this confirmed- the rubber would make massive air resistance, causing the pressure to build up to insane levels behind the dart before it takes off.

Also, it gets HOT in CO Springs if I'm not mistaken, and as we all know, the hotter it is, the further the ranges generally go.

The spring is not cut at all. I push the dart down the barrel with my pinky finger as far as it can go. It takes a bit of force because the e-tape around the rubber suction tip makes for a very tight fit.

It does get kinda hot, but I think the dart may fly farther because the air is thinner at this altitude. I am over a mile above sea level.

deaddumpster, I honestly don't remember the name of the spring I used. I bought it from Lowe's though, so I suppose you could take the stock spring to the store and just pick the spring that is a little bit longer and with a larger diameter.

Blasphemy, YES! That is the glue i used...Ultimate Glue. Man that stuff is pretty strong. When I think Elmer's I think of the white school glue, but the Ultimate Glue is no joke. The bad part about it is that it takes so long to set...it takes like a full day for it to fully harden. You know its ready when it expands and starts to look kinda bubbly. Maybe its the altitude or the weather here in CO Springs that makes it take so long, who knows.

Ok, I opened up my NF to take pictures. I forgot how that little spring just flies out at you...what a pain.

[PICTURES MOVED TO MAIN POST]

Heh, I melted away the case with a soldering iron so that the pieces would fit. I wish I had a Dremel back then, as it would have been a lot easier.

As for the spring, if it doesn't sit in the slots, it would interfere with the catch mechanism of the NF; how did you get around that issue? I'm interested to see how you did that (internal shots if possible).

~ompa

The plunger tube is correctly placed in the back of the gun, but the end of the tube goes all the way to the end of the gun casing in the front. Normally, I think there are two tiny screws that keep the plunger tube fixed inside the gun casing. I did not do this because the new spring was too firm and didn't like being compressed that much.

Edit: OOPS!!! I MADE A BOO-BOO!

So with this doubt about the ranges I tried to re-measure as best as I could. I originally stated that my paces are roughly equal to 3 feet. In actuality, they are closer to about 30 inches. tee-hee!

This means that my claim that my gun shoots 150 ft is actually more like 125 ft. The shot at 0 angle that traveled 117 ft is actually 97.5 ft. And when I shot Niko Bellic from 60 ft I was closer to 50 ft away.

Ah, all in a days work. Piss off an entire community because of my ignorance. Oh well...so long!

Alright, you all will love me for this one. As suggested, I went out and measured how far my gun will shoot FLAT instead of angled. The results? Well, I picked the dart up about 117 feet away.

First let me make something clear; I am not claiming that my gun can shoot 117 feet flat. This is a very rough measurement just to get an idea of how well the mod works.

There was virtually no wind outside. I can't promise that the shot was exactly 0 degrees but it was as close as I could make it. I did not see the dart bounce forward very much, but I am sure that you all know when a dart hits the ground it doesn't really skid but kind of just flies upward a bit and dies. But just to be fair lets just say that the dart bounced forward 15 feet (though in reality its nowhere near this far.) I measured my paces, and each step I take is roughly 3 feet. I am 6' tall, if you doubt the accuracy of this you can measure yourself against a yardstick. Obviously, this method of measuring is not very accurate at all. But I'd like to reiterate that the main point of my post was so that you all can get an idea of the success of my mod, and NOT to brag about firing distance. I had no idea that claiming a gun could shoot 150 feet would be so farfetched. I actually thought there would be some hardcore modders here who got insane ranges out of their NF, like 200-300 feet. lol.

This is what I WILL claim though. My modified NERF Nite Finder shoots at LEAST 90 feet flat. I am sure by watching the videos you can all agree that this is reasonable. I own the gun and have fired it many times and I know I am not making it up.

Also, I'd like to add that the dart I used to shoot the target 60 ft away does not fly as far as the dart I used to shoot 117 ft. Why? Because the second dart has more electrical tape around it and fits tighter in the barrel. I have tested both darts, and the second one flies MUCH farther. It is true that different darts fly different distances.

For the mod, I can't tell you specifics as this was done a long time ago, I just took the videos recently. I do know that the spring was bought at Lowe's, it might be called the Handyman spring. Whatever it is though I'm sure it can be found in this forum because this is where I got the idea for the mod anway. I did not cut the spring at all. I somehow wedged it in the casing. It goes all the way to the end of the gun case, it doesn't sit in the slots like the original spring did. Regular PVC pipe for the barrel, reinforced the end of the plunger with some spare plastic parts from inside the gun, and glued the heck out of it with some super strong orange-colored Elmers Glue and a little hot glue.

Ok, here is the latest video.

[VIDEO] Nite Finder shoots 117 feet flat