tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74741118498505896802024-03-12T19:51:29.133-07:00Cartaya's Revenge Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-7531603494379550802016-08-15T13:24:00.002-07:002016-08-15T15:22:44.385-07:00The next year is an Aftermarket parts kit year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just when I thought it was going to be a dull year in Nerf.... well let's get back to that big news in a little bit....<br />
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First lets look at my prediction of the 4 Horsemen... It would seem, yea, not all that interesting, however man, expensive, a Mastodon, a Rival Khaos, a Tristrike, you really have to shell some bucks....<br />
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Remember...remember when a Recon was $20, an AT was $20, an AS-10 Magstrike...$20 a AS-20....$20 a Raven...if I remember right... $20....<br />
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Wow...back in the day.. You could get every cool blaster, or at least worth having...for $20 except the Raider, Longshot and the 'Pede, but those had obvious value above $20... Obviously....<br />
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But now, every cool blaster is at least $40, and I don't like the trend of Bigger, face sized Mags, Turrets that are as big as Pizza's, Useless HAMP Gadgets that make you wonder why you paid so much...<br />
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I saw a Modulus rear stock pistol on a Rampage on FB, Holy Shit, It's huge! The guy said that it's comfy... but shit man.. no wonder so expensive, using so much ABS plastic....... Go small, My BoP Type L is less than a pound without a scope.<br />
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And I got to use the Mastodon, yea it works, much better than I thought it would work, but it's still heavier than one of those steel Tonka Toys I grew up with...especially the cement mixing truck.... Anyone remember that one....? You really really might be able to sink a body in the East River in New York with one of these.... well I know it will work in Rio at least....... If a sofa will work........BUUUURRRNNNNN!<br />
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And the rebelle line, In serious trouble, the jewel/charmed/overly My little pony era of Rebelle, could it have sunk it... maybe...<br />
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Ok so your Longshot, elite colors, good move... now give it elite ranges.... better...<br />
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Blahhhhhh..... what can save this year..... SEALED BREECH BLASTERS BECOMING PRACTICAL....<br />
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When it started, you either were good with brass, or you had an Xplorer Breech and even me, good with brass, didn't like brass breeches. I went Xplorer, I still don't regret it, wow! Nothing like having a trooper spec Xplorer with a few touches....<br />
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But now... JET X Making the X Zeus Shell, for $150 USD "WITH" a Nylon Boltsled, only been badgering OMW to do Nylon parts for years.... well Jet X did it. <br />
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Right now they just have the shell and the sled, but hey, they are making internals, they might actually make more, maybe an entire LS kit, I hope they do.....<br />
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But we have other sealed breech kits and darts... and IMO, they are so half massed...<br />
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Worker darts with head to foam gaps that you might be able to fit a quarter in....<br />
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Worker breeches, with plastic barrels, Remember... I brassed a OMW stage 3 because the plastic barrel attachment was crap, maybe these are better... maybe.... A lot of worker stuff looks solid, the stock, the barrel, but breech, i'll wait for V2.<br />
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Speaking of V2, the Artifact breech looks better, but you need all the way forward Stefan mags, pak-d/Xplorer/worker are center, so it means reinvestment on mags. And then what about full draw spacing? if your pusher is back...like an inch from the dart when you draw your Longshot? How does the dart not slip out. <br />
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Still no dart finger, yes the breech on the Artifact/Worker breeches have tapers on the breeches and a bitchin seal. Xplorer Tried that with V3 breeches, but V5 clearly better with the dart finger, which maintains control of the dart in the mag holding the rest of the magazines darts down while loading the one on the pusher into your dart gate.... You have to use/own an Xplorer to understand, the parts and the action is so on mine that I do not have the jam door on mine. A trooper breech with a nylon pusher and a Hybred sled...Just looks that rad.... <br />
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And it "could" get more inexpensive and easier for the public to get their hands on with the New Jet X company forming.<br />
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So the big news.... This is a thing now.....<br />
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That's right, Me, Drac, Justin Wilkes, Nerf Boy, Rob Poole of SBNC, PDK and some of the most well known Giants of Nerf, 8 of us in all, going to Singapore to review this....<br />
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This is unheard of, a guy with a little blog, a You tube chan of 330 subs and a Facebook chan with almost 1200 members.... Is Going to Singapore with 7 other Nerfers that can outview me on youtube.... in a day!<br />
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But I have knowledge of Xplorer, experience modding, Very popular and a wide Facebook reach..... Still can't believe it....<br />
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I'll Keep you all posted.... So Excited!!!!!<br />
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--CartayaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-73422812798509065262016-02-07T12:37:00.000-08:002016-02-08T00:10:51.992-08:00Four Horsemen.I want to give credit to who posted it first, the 4 sure to be dud blasters of 2016, but I couldn't find the FB post this morning, but it's all I thought of this morning, these are the 4 hoursemen of the Nerfpacolypse.....<br />
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Yes yes! The 2016 Nerf lineup is not all that great. I see a few promising blasters, a move to make the Sharpfire Blue, Double dealer looks alright as a double barrel pump action clipfed but all the others seem doomed in their own right.<br />
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Nerf Rival Khaos:<br />
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Coop772 said it best when he said that the magazines won't fit anywhere. It uses a strange 4 chamber 10-12 round system that won't fit around anyones hands and/or anyone pouch. <br />
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Something I thought of The rival Zeus and apollo mags are small and round, this avoids cracks and breakage, but what if your mag is now like....a big clear ABS.....aquarium.... Almost certain to have problems, just look at it...<br />
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There is another issue...what if... people knew a full auto mod for the Zeus (like Lord Drac)...and then...came up with a feeding device... that can be tube fed with a blower....that can in fact feed 100's of balls....<br />
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Luke Goodman did. Now if I am a modder....which I am.... and I wanted high rof and unlimited ammo supply, would I fart around with clumsy huge mags....no.... I'de go tubefed....<br />
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Nerf Hyperfire:<br />
Once again....I hope for a selective fire Rapidstrike the Size of an Ingram, once again Nerf put up an oversized pile of shit! Hey, at least it's full auto, but it's weird looking....<br />
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...And not only weird looking there is one potentially devastating issue. Sure it comes wih a 25 round drum, sure I like the grip/trigger/mag release setup, But it shoots twice as fast as a rapidstrike, no not velocity ROF....<br />
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What happens when we try to do a Voltage mod? Oh shit? Is it going to be too fast?.....Yes!</div>
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And we all know Drums don't do well with high RoF's, why the hell give it a drum?<br />
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Destine to fail, you now need 2 voltages to mod this and it doesn't come with 1 or even 2 of those cool flat 18's...no thanks!<br />
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Nerf Mega Mastodon<br />
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Nerf Rotofury, it's a hell of a blaster...10 rounds of slam, handy, decent velocity....but I knew it was only a matter of time till designers at Nerf lost their mind again and built something stooped...<br />
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Everyone knows me, big 6 foot tall guy still likes to battle with small pistols that can clear 50-60 yards flat and more. I like blasters that aiming doesn't take much effort, accurate, and hauling around isn't a chore.... But then they showed us this....<br />
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This looks like it weighs 15 pounds, that huge drum must weigh at least 2-3 pounds of plastic and by god, you could throw it into the East river in New York to weigh down a body! Forget cement shoes!<br />
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Lever action could be clumsy, just like some Hail-Fires and lo and behold...somehow...like the Hailfire....the Vulcan and the Rhino Fire....I'll end up with one collecting dust on my shelf. <br />
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Why does everyone think bigger is better? Longshot, roto fury, stampede, I can understand, but look at the BoP, I know many haven't fired one or seen one in play, but shit! Some times it's the sneaky little guys who win!<br />
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My complaint, one complaint and it's a dealbreaker, IT"S TOO BIG! Rotofury is gonna be way more effective in battle and Cyclone shocks....well there you go, much better...<br />
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We have seen 3d printed Rotofury cylinders, Cyclonse shock cylinders, but this cylinder, if someone wanted to waste 10 pounds of ABS plastic filament, IS TOO BIG FOR THE CYLINDER TO POSSIBLY FIT IN A 3D PRINTER!!!! That limits it's potential right there!<br />
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The Nerf Modulus Tri-Strike:<br />
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Firstly, I hate the modulus line, in 2013 it would have been cool, but not 2016 when I mainly shoot X-Darts. Overly gimicky, some attachments are cool, but the Ionfire is said to have less springs space than a Sharpfire.<br />
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....Sharpfire, a blaster I was able to clear 180 fps with....<br />
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The Recon MKII with the magbay incompatible with flat 18's and slow out of the box. Sure they fixed it with new versions, but what if I get stuck with one. the ECS 10, overpriced Rayven...and now this....<br />
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Once again a dodo blaster with neat attachment. Air powered rocket launcher, I like that, the HAMP rocket launcher shooting a more universal ammo format, Mega darts, cool.<br />
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But the bolt action, any place for a shotgun grip? Like a long barrel extention out of the box? no!<br />
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And what is this? like a longstrike? how well did the longstrike shoot?<br />
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Now what would be cool is if this was a Direct Plunger longstrike mech, still it would only do 130 fps max modded.....Like a retaliator...only that you can't use a shotgun grip with...<br />
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I am NEVER amazed at the obsession Star Wars fans have for Star wars merchandise. I can respect it, but when it is beyond practicality, that's where I wonder....is this bordering insanity?<br />
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The new Star wars DL-44 blaster, AKA the Han Solo blaster, Nerf made a blaster out of one, and how is it?.....absolutely sucks..... From friends who actually bought this blaster from FB forums....<br />
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*Uses a weird spring arrangement<br />
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Hasbro why? why did you have to give this blaster little or no potential? Here is what it would take to make the Nerf DL 44....decent...not great...great may not even be possible.... All of this...rebuilt from scratch.....<br />
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Even one made not from a Nerf blaster, the design for the DL 44 was built off a German C96 broomhandle. It's actually a very interesting gun, selective fire and until the FBI wanted Smith and Wesson to develop the .357 magnum in 1935, it was the most powerful pistol in the world.<br />
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Why is this important? Because this is a firearm cartridge, the design doesn't have room for a PT, best you could do is fit it in the frame, always makes for sucky Nerf blasters.<br />
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But could have Nerf built a better DL-44, hell yeah at least as good as a Retaliator. I haven't been amused at the Star wars nerf gear, The foam swords fall apart, the bow is awful, accurate, silent, I play with it with my sisters kids.......but awful. The Nerf cannon in the falcon looks like it was designed by former Ukrainian Nuclear power plant workers. What the shit man!<br />
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Nerf fans have been begging me to come up with a better design, but honestly I would need to gut it like a fish and I just don't have the resources to build a sealed breech for it. After all...I have my hands full with the Sharpfire, can hardly keep up with demand.<br />
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It's different than you would get from Xplorer, Let me Xplain ;)<br />
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Ok so, buy a complete blaster form Xplorer, Buy the Xdarts, make them and you will notice, It really is it's own system made from an independent mindset. It's not borrowed from Captian Slug or Boltsniper, For one, it is based on the Philosophy of low friction, in the barrel AND the plunger tube, some love it, some hate it. If you open it up, first thing you will notice is that the o-ring hardly contacts the Plunger tube, it is one o ring and they use a red grease that is o ring friendly on the inside. This does work actually, it's just that it's not very universal, what if you like tighter foam, tighter barrels, harder springs.....<br />
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I do not advise making #6 slugs to work in here, even at 35mm or my length I make my X-darts @ 1 7/16ths, stick with the Xplorer darts, the ACC darts are completely wrong weightwise and I can't vouch for domed FvJ's, they look decent, but remember you still have to trim them down, which is a ton of work anyways. I still use Xplorer heads and foam, simply because I want control of my darts, not some guy not watching the glue or the chance of having a bad day with an Xacto Knife.<br />
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Next, the breechfinger, small hole maybe 1/3rd of an inch, made to propel the dart, provide the PT with backpressure at the same time and make it safe(r) to dry fire. The next is the breech itself, it is an interlocking breech, kind of works like a wedge rather than 2 interlocking tubes. The rate of fire...is awesome, I have cleared 15 rounds in 10 seconds. <br />
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I feel people who don't own an Xplorer blaster just don't understand why it can't be full length darts, one feeding, two it's because the breech and magazines are set up for Stefan length and can't be changed and 3, the flight of the darts would just fishtail too much.<br />
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Anything I say here will void any warrantee you have, so don't bitch at them if it goes wrong. A lot of this stuff Dninja Heng would never do has said so on video's and to people in person and online. His system works, pretty damn great, so unless you just are a hot rod like me and "really" want to experiment on your own and willing to drop another $60 on a boltsled, $40 for a breech or replace the longshot shell if you mess up, don't, it's on you pal! Mod at your own risk. <br />
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Do remember that it take power to make power and that the springs you use should be balanced sets with flat ends not clumsy, wrongly fit springs that don't coil together well or have too much spring bias to make it so that the plunger rod catch hits the trigger catch every time.<br />
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Xplorer makes a decent 14 Kg spring, however 14 Kg's is not the best spring to use for dual springs. Think about it, add a century C-882 spring in there as a center spring with 14 coils, that's 25 Kg's. great if you have he man arms, not great if you want to go shotgun grips and have higher RoF.<br />
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The first 18Kg springs were short, on my spirit blaster actually only 4" I put an extender on mine and a stock Longshot spring on the outside, helped quite a bit, but that's still not as nice as it could be.<br />
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Personally I like the idea of 2, weaker but fast action longshot springs, different Diameters (7/8" and 1.125") and combine them. The Century Spring Company C-882 is an 8" 22 coil, 1.8mm gauge spring. It has 2 closed ends, you have to cut some coils to make it fit (6 of them) and close the cut coil, if not grind them flat, it's worth it, because now you have a nice 5.75" spring that will match that OMW 8Kg Longshot spring that is 5.5" long. Lots of slap, tons of air compression at the end, make the best use of that 100cc's of air I say so it don't slow down the dart at the end.<br />
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Keep the plunger padding, but make sure the PH is not hitting the tube and round the PH head with a file, not much, a few fractions of an inch, but enough that it's not square. Put in both springs, tighten the PH all the way to the Plunger rod and blammo! Nice power!<br />
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If you are out thrifting and you find a Thunderbow, take out that spring, it's 11 Kg's and fits in a Longshot, that will work too as a center spring.<br />
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Seals are dual o rings, one smaller than the other, never contacts the PT the other one contacts in the last 2 inches and has a trimmed Ziploc bag over the plunger... I use Normal lithium grease but if you want to use White Lithium grease, knock yourself out.<br />
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I don't recommend a stock longshot boltsled, If you want only 14Kg's an xplorer composite sled like what comes with the Trooper kit will work, some use the OMW boltsled, but then it's not quite an Xplorer anymore. Roboman makes a machined aluminum boltsled for $100, but honestly if you know what you are doing, the Eco Hybred sled Xplorer makes for $60 will work just fine within 26 Kg's, given a few perks....<br />
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The Hybred Boltsleds made by Xplorer depend on one thing, the Breechfinger pin. As long as that holds together, so will your sled, as soon as playing, vibration or wear and tear breaks it loose, the composite pieces in the center will snap. My solution you ask? A 4-40 grade 5 stainless 1.5" screw and a 4-40 nut that is threadlocked with a #6 washer on the other end but not tight. Result...never breaks.....<br />
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Breech.<br />
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If you have a fighter kit, glue that sucker on there good because if it comes off, you're in trouble. If you break that breechfinger, goodbye feeding. You want the breech to clear the magazine while priming, however, not so far that it doesn't seat the dart at full back draw. Too far forward and the dart won't go up into the breechfinger and jam. On a trooper breech it is usually pinned, I chose to tap, screw, seal and glue it with a 6/32 stainless steel screw and the file it smooth on the other end.<br />
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To make up for the screw going though the breech I enlarged the breech hole to 9.5mm's<br />
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The breech was made airtight 100% by moving the breechfinger forward 1.5mm and by adding go2 glue to the breech and wax in the breechgate, molding in seals.<br />
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The plunger padding was actually put on the middle of the trooper breech and a piece of .5"od .430 ID of 6061 aluminum was put in all the way to the Breechfinger. This shortens up dead space and gives the breechfinger another surface to push off of. It had a marginal impact on Velocity (3-8 FPS gain) but the solid feel was more what I was after, 2 interlocking pieces of aluminum.<br />
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Stock. and accessories<br />
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Nothing fancy, the stock is held in with a stronger stock release button spring and a tube of aluminum. It has a neon Green Xtrigger and quick release finger as well as a black Xplorer shotgun grip with the Xplorer X ainted Gold and 13 coats of hand sanded gloss to seal it. Also My X mags are painted with gold lettering.<br />
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I have 2 barrels and 2 Gates. One is a 11" Aluminum Xplorer barrel, one is a glued 12" 17/32nds brass barrel glued into the breech with the barrel adapter glued and sealed with Go2 glue so the barrel doesn't flop around.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-18866071656640785392015-09-27T13:25:00.003-07:002015-09-27T15:46:11.949-07:00All Ultra Match Pistol Specifications so far.......Most don't realize it's not just a silly name of a blaster series or a brand name but that "Ultra match" Is an actual specification, just like a Plusbow or a Rainbow snap for example. The reason I give my mods that term is because the mods are specific to what I build and not found most anywhere else in the NIC.<br />
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So I was asked to post in my rules the specifications so here we are...<br />
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Cartaya Mod Works: Specifications for High end Modded Stock Pistols AKA Ultra Match.<br />Sept 27th 2015<br />
== Revisions==<br />
The improvements of the Ultra Match pistols are specified as "revisions" or "Rev" for short. Several exist and are still being used to accommodate the needs of modders and players alike.<br />
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***All brass 17/32nds, all couplers 9/16ths and Ultra Match Chokes 1.125 long @ 9/16ths, No PETG or CPVC except muzzle brakes**** <br />
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***All effective Brass barrel length, .503 ID except timing rings, all barrel crowns must be .503 +/- .002 and deburred 30 degrees inside crown of bore muzzle. Ultra match choke's also deburred @ 30 or 0 degrees.***<br />
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***ZDS must be proven by loading a dart plunger forward and grease from the plunger visible after dart removal***<br />
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***All springs unless otherwise specified, Black Tactical V1, V2 retaliator, OMW swarmfire and retaliator, HPI hellfire red on firestrike models, #62 Hilman for spec 2.0a, spring usage is open for UM Rev 2.0 spec***<br />
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***Ultra Match refers to a countersunk barrel used as a Choke to stabilize darts, but is in general the name specifications of all Cartaya's modded pistols in excess of 12 Kg's draw***<br />
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***No clipfeds, no hoppers, no RSCB's, no airblasters except barrels for clipfeds, Hopper and RSCB blasters, can be called Ultra Match***<br />
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***Cartaya's Short Pistol Ratio is not required but it is encouraged for all blasters above 18kg's the ratio is: "1.7 cc plunger volume per 1 cc of barrel area at and above 18 Kg's spring yield" ***<br />
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*Rev 1.0: R-Spec Firestrike, 12-16 Kg's 5" brass barrel, 110-140fps. Specification calls for the barrel to be hammer tapped and metal spacer used between the spring coils as a springplate and that the barrel is glued solidly to the plunger tube.<br />
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Yields below 12 Kg's-8Kg's are considered R-spec but only if it has brass.<br />
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*Rev 1.1: Zero Dead space assembly glued to AR housing, spring plate/separator (used in Rev 1.0 also to date) Barrel counter Return Spring, up to 23Kg's and includes Star Shots and, Pink Crushes into the designs, Stage 3 Firestrike got up to 206 fps @ 21 Kg's<br />
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Yields below 16 Kg's not recommended.<br />
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*Rev 1.2 type-M: same as above using a Magnus PT system, in excess of 170 fps<br />
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Yields below 18 Kg's not recommended.<br />
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*Rev 2.0: Type-L, R, LT (Type L Turreted or Short Barrel) and RT (Type R Titanium) specifies the usage of Star shots with longshot PT's and PH's, That a Bird of Prey is only derived from a Star Shot Rebelle pistol, whith exceptions to Machined replicas like the Type RT, but still must be a Bowcaster carbine or Boswcaster pistol. Typically around 28 Kg's, up to 40Kg's of yield, although diminished returns were seen past 32, ZDS-C system (brass coupler) and speeds in excess of 250 fps. As of May of 2015, The Bird of Prey Type-L is the fastest Spring Nerf pistol in the world without a PT that extends past the front of the shell and even faster than most singled air-blasters. <br />
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Blaster Can only Be a Type L or LT if PT is derived from a Nerf Longshot, otherwise, it's a Type S or RS if it's a Carbine. Yields below 24 Kg's not recommended but can be dialed down to 16 Kg's and 150 fps for lighter shooters or to train in tighter quarters.<br />
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Adjustable Plunger heads recommended but not required to comply with UM Rev 2.0 standards.<br />
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*Rev 2.0a: Specifies Sharpfire mods with rear loading brass barrel sealed breeches and usage of a Hilman #62 spring, 140-165 fps and is to date the most popular of the Ultra Match mods. Pusher is optional but is made of 1/2 OD Aluminum, brass or Stainless Steel. The barrel must be laminated to the barrel attachment and barrel attachment must be glued to the rest of the blaster making the mod permanent.<br />
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Minimum yield is 16 Kg's, must have a brass loading breech finger, slide assembly/bolt must be laminated together past 18 kg's. Maximum Yield is 21 Kg's, past that is not recommended.<br />
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Trigger finger must be cut down or the blaster will be difficult to fire since the trigger catch will not properly engage with enough travel to fire properly.<br />
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Yields below 16 Kg's to 8 kg's are considered R-Spec.<br />
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*Rev 2.0b: same as 1.1 but with a ZDS-C System yet to be built. Will also cover mods to the Nerf Spitstrike pistol.<br />
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*Rev 2.0c Calls for specifications of a Nerf Bigshock to use the HPI hellfire Red outer spring and either the OMW 5kg, BT v1 or V2 inner springs producing 16, 19 or 21 Kg's respectfully. A 1.5" 9/16ths brass coupler and a 17/32nds brass barrel. Velocities vary from 130 fps to 165 fps.<br />
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Mod at your own risk.<br />
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--CartayaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-21006541619877345472015-09-26T17:12:00.001-07:002015-09-26T17:23:13.309-07:00My Inventory.3 Caches of blasters, mainly home, trunk and the majority in storage, they are<br />
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Well start with what I take to wars....<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bird of Prey, Ultra Match 2.0 series (Primaries)</span> <br />
Often referred to as "my flock", "my harem"," my ladies", "my girls" or "my daughters".<br />
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Blaster Average Velocity Quantity own/built<br />
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BoP Type L 260 fps 1/1<br />
BoP Type R 270 fps 1/3<br />
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BoP Type LT 220-250fps depending on springload 1/1<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ultra Match Series 1.1 and 2.0a/b/c</span><br />
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Bird of Prey Type M (in storage) 180fps 1/1<br />
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Bird of Prey 21 kg's (original, in storage) 140 fps 1/1<br />
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BaJ 21 Kg's (Series C) 160 fps 1/5<br />
Ultra Match Sharpfire (series A) 160 @18kg's 1/11<br />
<a href="mailto:185@21kg's">185 @ 21kg's</a> Many more as kits<br />
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Stage III UM Firestrike #013 180 <a href="mailto:fps@21Kg's">fps@21Kg's</a> 1/9sold as 16kg<br />
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Panther with Brass Coupler 210 fps @ 14 pumps 1/1<br />
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Ultra Match 1.0 spec blasters<br />
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12 kg R-Spec Firestrike 130 fps 1/19<br />
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Troublemaker Triad 110fps 1/3<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Xplorer Blasters</span><br />
Spirit of Xplorer, Singapore eXpress 210 fps 1/1<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Modded Stock</span><br />
R-Spec Retaliator 125 fps 1/1<br />
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Super Veloce Retaliator 110 fps 1/5<br />
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Super Retaliator 92 fps 1/47<br />
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Mega Magnus 7.5 Kg's 93 fps 1/8<br />
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HvZ Spec Elite Alpha Trooper 91fps 1/1<br />
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Crimsonstrike Recon OMW 1+2 kits 82 fps 1/1<br />
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HvZ spec Firestrike (26 kills one round) 93 fps 1/1<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Common Blasters:</span>AS 10 Magstrike 71 fps 3/3<br />
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AS-1 Titan (no rocket) ----- 1/1<br />
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Rapid Madness Boomco 1/1<br />
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Firestrike elite velocities 8/8<br />
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Nitefinder n strike velocities 4/4<br />
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Rhinofire 1/1<br />
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Longshot (Blue) (storage) 2/2<br />
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Nerf Rayven 1/1<br />
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Vulcan Cannon 1/1<br />
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Big Blast 2/2<br />
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UMB 2/2<br />
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Rangemaster 2/2<br />
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Hailfire 1/1<br />
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Farshot 1/1<br />
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N strike Game blasters 2/2<br />
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Barron 1/1<br />
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Raider (Clear) 1/1<br />
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Pyragon 2/2<br />
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Lumitron 1/1<br />
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Recon 7/7<br />
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Stryfe 2/2<br />
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Centurion 2/2<br />
And a whole bunch of other blasters I don't even rememberAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-47600236788962068782015-09-02T13:25:00.002-07:002015-09-02T16:17:00.642-07:00High Pressure Air and the War of Change......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The first time I played Paintball was in the 90's, and I absolutely hated it. The markers were top and back heavy, two bad combinations, I hated that the markers were not Magfed, but hopper fed (still dislike wye hoppers today for personal use). And the ammo, suck suck suck and I knew it. Not only were they too soft to hold aerodynamic form, but they were .68 inch balls, large air footprint and bad aerodynamic drag from being a BB.<br />
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This is somewhat of an arrogant opinion I agree, But put in mind also from a shooter who was hitting a golf ball sized area of a target from 100 yards (300 feet) with a Model 29 Smith, that's right...a .44 magnum pistol back in 1999. I'm fussy to say the least of what I spend my time and money on shooting wise.<br />
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I started modding Nerf blasters again in 2008 and never looked back until my friend Liam Davis, nailed it!<br />
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Instantly, I was in love and the NIC was in a panic as all sorts of new, unexplored dangers, competitiveness and benefits were now tossed in the air like a double headed quarter. No seriously, this is a big issue, I mean fear that this can get NIC blasters banned from public areas like parks, fairness, police brutality, you name it, all valid concerns but...<br />
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This is like everything I wished Paintball was that day, I myself wouldn't play with one of these at parks, but I'm 40, and I know better, I can't speak for everyone. But I can say this, this is the future, will it eliminate the NIC, no but stubborn shit like this won't help....<br />
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It's fear of change, yes, but also fear that our hobby might get unwanted legal attention as well, I get it Langley, Spoon, Slug, Ice9, all you cats, love you all but...... <br />
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You can't stop progress, we need to keep doofy kids from misusing them in the first place, not discourage progress. I don't see this taking over NIC battle, I see it taking down my old nemesis...............PAINTBALL!!!!!!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-83967785912416082152015-08-31T16:48:00.002-07:002015-08-31T16:52:50.462-07:00A Declaration To The NIC.1. Putting mod limits on my blasters does not disqualify me from wanting to go to a meet, but it's a discouragement. My absolute ground floor is 120 fps or a Retaliator with a Black Tactical V2 spring, I got no problem toning down, especially for an HvZ event or a meet in excess of 50 miles round trip, this floor is solid.<br />
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2. No I don't pick up people for rides anymore, if you are like on the way there and back, sure, but not 20 miles in each direction.<br />
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3. My stuff takes time to build, some kits have large backorders and priority 1 is that it functions well, if you don't like it, I will gladly give you your money back, but you do go on a list after that and it is indeed black.<br />
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4. If you borrow a blaster, you are responsible for it, if a catch goes out or something wear and tear related, even sucking a dart into the PT, understandable. Stolen, no.<br />
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5. Do not, under any circumstances, grab one of my blasters by the scopes or scope bases, that is just asking for a backhand and at least 10 minutes of me recalibrating them. Not fun for anyone.<br />
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6. If people in your HvZ group are gonna act like dumb fucking monsters, drama and headgames, especially not call when they get hit from long range or when the mod limits are Elite ranges where a player cannot reasonably shoot down Zeds from 80' or more out? just don't bother asking me to go.<br />
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7. I drink, yes, smoke, very occasionally, My YT channel is adult oriented (TV 14ish), but never at meets. If you gotta problem with that, you know where the door is.<br />
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8. Chris Hardwick is a bitch, seriously a bitch, never invited me to any games despite knowing who I am from several Nerf circles, that's fine pal.<br />
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9. Hasbro, OMW, and other entities in Nerf who fail to even acknowledge my presence, I give you one last chance. Hasbro can use my input, OMW seriously needs my help, (however they have been better lately) Xplorer already knows how valuable I am and is free to use me as a consultant to bounce ideas off of. I am much more the guy in the shop making Nerf better than the popular Nerfer on YT, most greatly deserve it, but with the right gear, I can learn that also.<br />
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10. I know Nerf Modders Welcome and a lot of the NIC can be a tough crowd, but buck up and stop acting like you don't expect it when you post too much, too many "self proclaimed" credits (and yes, I know from making that mistake myself) or having to deal with trolls and people get butthurt. NMW made me who I am today, credit comes from not only "saying it" but also going to meets like Apoc and/or Armagedddon and "bringing it", if you don't like that, leave.<br />
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--CartayaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-41320916565251774932015-08-15T12:17:00.002-07:002015-08-15T14:49:45.042-07:00How to avoid a modding Lemon.Ok so as we all know, blasters work well for modding, and certain ones suck! Some will get you above 100' flat modded, some are impossible. So let me give you some criteria of what to look for.<br />
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Plunger system:<br />
My pistols disprove the myth that a small Plunger Tube area will never get you sufficient power, but only to some extent. Anything below 20cc's (like Ix-3 scout for example) will never be able to work in past elite velocities. But a Firestrike with enough yield, pretty good speed but not 200 fps range. Volume wise, anything past 28cc's can get you above 140 fps no problem, if your willing to extensively mod it, ....and if that's your cup of tea.<br />
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Hammers: <br />
They lack that direct transfer of energy that a straight plunger system has. Also, past a certain yield of spring, the are impossible to 1 hand prime. The PT's are also small so the most you will get out of one continuously is probably 75-80 flat, which is not bad, but it's not great either. This is largely why most of my modded pistols are draw handle pistols.<br />
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Low inertia pistons: <br />
Pretty good bonus, but not everything, for example a Magnus can't prime past 10kg's for the reason that the trigger catch can't hold it. However, I have gotten a Sharpfire to hold 25Kg's because of it's better plastics it uses and the fact the trigger catch is wider, but 21kg's is most effective at it volume of 34cc's.<br />
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Revolver's: <br />
Bane to a good sealed breech pistol, absolute poison. Not the end of the world but it basically says to me when I see it "forget this one being a 150' flat blaster." Even the Cyclone Shock, I have never seen one do better than 130 fps. Revolver mechanisms in nerf blasters also aren't accurate enough to take advantage of long range either.<br />
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Soft plunger rods and weak trigger catches: <br />
Like the Firestrike that can only take 16Kg's reliably, but 16 may be all you need. The Rebelle blasters like the Pink Crush and Star Shot are made with a higher density soft plastic, as a matter of fast the Bird Of Preys use this. Not the end of the world, people make replacement plunger rods (like Ve Nom) and one can make one out of Delrin or HDPE with some machine tools.<br />
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Spring Clearance: <br />
The Pink Crush is awesome for example, but you need to use a 7kg OMW Strongarm spring and a black tactical V1 because it has less spring clearance. Personally the freedom to use a full 8Kg swarmfire spring and a Black Tactical V2 spring makes all the difference in the world if sticking to a stock PT on a Firestrike which has a fill inch of spring clearance in full prime. Others much more limiting, like the Strongarm with only 1/2 inch of solid spring clearance.<br />
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Too little spring clearance prevents a modder from being able to use heavy gauge springs (1.7mm and above), hence less potential for power.<br />
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Slam mode: <br />
Slam mode hates spring upgrades and can't take serious yields easily because it's one more thing that can go wrong trying to make it work. <br />
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One problem you may see is the phenomenon called "auto-slamming" that happens when you prime a blaster like the EAT forward too fast and it fires even when the trigger is not pulled. Xplorer, for example bastes their kits on Longshots and Retaliators with no slam mode for a good reason and a decent shooter should be able to pull the trigger just fine every time the breech is moved forward in rapid sucession without any issues, just takes practice.<br />
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Open breech: <br />
Refers to an unmodded nerf breech, and at some point if you wanna climb past 10 Kg yields, you just need to buck up to some brass or sealed breech kits.<br />
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--CartayaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-60732277360436141512015-07-24T16:39:00.001-07:002015-07-24T16:39:10.828-07:00Why I didn't go to HvZ this year....One day, I was messaged by Evan Ovadia's sincere and kind brother Jacob about coming back for HvZ. I really wanted to, I debated all week to myself, tried to fight it, the drama by the players that off court said bad things like I have "stink dick", mod blasters "to show my mom," make fun of how old I am, stuff like that, and never to my face, just behind my back.<br /><br />All week I try to shrug it off, I try, It is not Evans fault, Camarillo HvZ, with some of the best missions, play area and games I have ever seen, I just couldn't....The ghost...is still there...what good would it do if I showed up anyways?<br /><br />I am no stranger to drama in the NIC, I know I'm sensitive, I forgive those who got on my goat on range claims, trying to keep their Nerf Internet Community free of falsehoods and showing me the ropes. There is a difference... These guys gladly play wars with me, accept my help and I accept theirs.<br /><br />2 Years of Arguing with the NIC, off and on, I must have had the hardest start of anyone, but I stuck to it and it paid off.<br /><br />But make it personal, not about modding...well.<br /><br />And also, my old crew, Norwalk league, totally no collaboration. I have no clue why? I wanted to rally the troops and hit Cam this year, but nothing.... I would have gone for them, o'well.<br />
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So maybe this winter, we'll see what everyone's attitude is like then....<br /><br /><br />--CartayaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-84135878343478236432015-05-09T16:00:00.003-07:002015-05-09T16:03:52.929-07:00Fun with Chronographs.Chronographs are the way, unfortunately I have never been able to afford one, always something else to buy always something else to do.<br />
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Well, I hosted a Nerf war on the 25th of April, and a player Named Donald "The Punisher" Carey, big guy, 6'9" tall, offered to sell it to me....for $20, literally donated it.<br />
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As many know, my pistols have been of speculation since early 2013, and as many get serious into this field, if they don't have the tools to prove, people simply heckle you in the NIC. These tools can be a troublesome pain in the ass, just try firing a Draw pistol with a camera in your hands, hard.<br />
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And even then unless you have a damn Film crew, your pretty much sunk going this route. If You claim a range, "film it", you filmed it, "get a tape measure", you measured it out, oh now it's "put a bubble level on the blaster", oh no it's not on grass, on grass the ground cannot be level and Blah blah blah blah.....<br />
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After awhile, I respectfully declined to be like some slave and appease these pain in the ass requests.<br />
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Range test honestly in hindsight, are better for testing accuracy and darts. I tried at one point to work backwards, funny so in terms or recent events, it was the same math formula Ryan Gilles used in backwards that only works with #6 darts, yeah Mr. math who heckled me one day and got blocked from my facebook profile for being a bitch. So this is why I basically had a fuck off Ryan attitude.<br />
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And according to that formula, my Firestrike that was "then" doing 141 flat was going 276 FPS, in actuality it was doing 141 fps at that range. Meaning if he did his math with my blasters, he would be 60 feet short of the actual result flat, glad he only works on Bi Planes and not spy planes ;)<br />
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Velocity is velocity, no doubting that. You can go round and round, unless you got the numbers. And here they are...... Exactly measured on a Chronograph.<br />
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In 18 Kg's it does 150-155fps, what a difference OMW and 3Kg's make, like 40fps difference....<br />
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The BoP Type-L, what a fucking monster! and yes, it is not an air blaster, it is a springer!<br />
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1. Sharpfire, $15 Target.<br />
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This pistol is a marksmans dream in the right hand, sure the plunger volume is only 34cc's but the blaster easily can take 18 Kg's the barrel interlocks into the frame, the frame to the slide, the slide to the plunger tube and with my new kit coming out on the 15th, a brass barrel too. It is possible to get nuts on accuracy. <br />
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The range is decent 120' flat is easy to hit with some 130's, 75' to 85' with #6 slugs, not Bird of Prey ranges but better than most sealed breech retaliators and longshots I have seen out there (save Xplorers, those are the best).<br />
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Every blaster has a limiting factor, this one is the priming handle, if you go past 18kg's you need to glue the slide to the barrel with crazy glue or it will snap off. My personal one is 21 Kg's.<br />
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Bigshock, $8 target.<br />
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A little harder to get up to code. Limited to 1" of solid space so you need a spring set like the Ultra Match Firestrike, which I put on there, 19 Kg's but it needs something else....<br />
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The Geniuses at Nerf decided to put 2 channels limiting the plungers ability to draw air past 1". If filled like I filled it (Krazy Glue, bondo or epoxy recommended) than it will have as much Volume as a 3.5 inch draw nitefinder. They also riveted the plunger, but nothing a # 8 flathead and a #6 washer can't fix ;)<br />
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It's worth the trouble, this one is stashable, if you remove the barrel, it fits perfectly in the cargo pants and is 20-30 feet more powerful than a troublemaker triad.<br />
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Cycloneshock, $20 Target: 70 cc's and a nice revolver action, lots have modded them, Drac, Rob at SBNC, go troll at their vids, I hate revolver blasters.<br />
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The others are just DAHHHHHHH!!!!!!<br />
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4 victory, flipfury, not enough yield potential<br />
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mini mischief, one way hook would break past 11Kg's, but I might try it.<br />
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Sharp fire, see Lord Drac's vid<br />
Double Down, like the doublestrike, no rubber sealed AR's and it's just fugly!<br />
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White Triads, leakage.<br />
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Secret shot, not enough yield potential, brass barrels would obstruct purse mode.<br />
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Knock out gallery set, typical Jolt mods, but nicer grip.<br />
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I added a 1 power red dot, just look.<br /><br /><br />And check out the big spring on Brad, you're a smart motherfucker, that's right ;)<br /><br /><br />
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<br /><br />I have been working on this blaster for a few months, getting it just right and Yes, I have been reluctant to post this, why? Because the build components just yells Blaster suicide.<br /><br />25-32 Kg's of spring force.<br />
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Seriously, I believed I pushed the Star Shot to it's limits with the Type M (Magnus tubed Bird Of Prey)....I was wrong. I still didn't want to post it one week and then find the next it cannot work more than a week.<br /><br />But here it is!<br /><br />It can shoot darts as far as 200' flat, but dialed down to 160'-180' it is menacingly accurate! More so than it's power, is it's accuracy really sets this blaster off.</div>
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<br />The other thing is, it's hella light, just over a pound with a 3-7x20 scope, it fits in a notebook computer bag with the barrel and stock removed and the last battle I played, nobody could even land a dart on me when I was using it.<br /><br />More on this beast to come. Until next time, Uzi Suicide time!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
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There is no way around it, it's a revolver and like any Nerf revolver, it has a front crane limiting the 6 chambers overall barrel length. I have seen attempts to make the cylinder mounted at 1 point but I often see issues with air pressure at the chambers. So no more than 4" of barrel, which should be fine unless you are fighting me. However the barrel length limits the potential this blaster has and as it moves more air, it needs a longer barrel to make the best use of it at higher yields.<br />
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Max prediction for speed looks to be around 130-140 FPS with most pulling off 100-110 FPS if they mod it, which is hells better than a JT Spat! X Darts highly recommended. Which is decent, but my Studies are going well beyond that.<br />
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First off, this trigger catch is very similar to a Magnus. I'm sure you saw what happened when I twin sprigged a Magnus with half a Centurion spring. Snap! The catch came apart. Now this one does look like the catch is made from strong Derlin plastic rather than ABS, but it still has a small contact point.</div>
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According to the Pictures from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Fxf3IF9H6BZ_WGy0hP_hg" target="_blank">The SBNC,</a> The other issue is that Telescoping Plunger rod, on the Predator buzz bee, it is the weak point, I suspect the same here, one bad hard pull and SNAP! You are going to have a bad day. However the plastic looks much stronger and better, only testing will truly tell.<br />
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No reason why you cant do this. I don't know how I am going to glue these barrels in yet, but I am centering them with guides for the love of God and all that is not Richard Nixon!<br />
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This will be much like My Messenger From hell, with 6 barrels. I see it as a great decent range blaster in its potential, especially slam mode 6 shots over 120' flat, maybe 130' but IMO, a Magnus has more potential.<br />
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My experience building the Scaramagna Firestrike and the Bird of prey Type-M, Both had Magnus PT's and only 2.125" of plunger length, they got over 160' flat and the type M got over 170 FPS. However that required a 7" barrel, a "sealed" 7" barrel straight to the PH without dead space with no leaks.<br />
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Even the Ultra Match Firestrike @ 18 Kg's requires a 5.5 inch barrel just to convert that power to speed in the dart. If left at 4 inches, it was no better than a 12Kg Firestrike.<br />
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Verdict: A Cyclone Shock needs longer barrels to live up to it's potential, a singular mounted cylinder turret that hugs the PT seal nicely is my advice. I already see several weak points that I have pointed out and also lest not forget..... <br />
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It's going to have trouble with high pressure air leakage at higher yields because it will always have a gap between the PT and the cylinder. But I'll get one and see what I can do.<br />
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Well Until next time, I'll see you in Disneyland.<br />
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Yes be mindful of them, I hate them absolutely never have I injured a person in battle with an Ultra Match or a Modded Reatliator, and I am 39, but still stuck like everyone else, under the umbrella of around 90 flat or under 100 FPS and that is only on a good day, the admins may bitch and make you go lower. Be ready and willing to change that 12 Kg Retaliator into a 5 KG one on the spot.<br />
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The New XD Elites, if they can truly pull 60 flat as I hear sound good right out of the box for backup blasters, but not great, typically I consider any match under 80 flat to be "ha, nice driving to Camarillo for nothing" and find a nice bar so the trip is not a total loss.<br />
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Seriously, the ones who fall first are the ones who have all N strike, Maverick's, Recons, Deploys, ect.<br />
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2. Backup blasters are a must, plural intended. <br />
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Triads, V1 Black Tactical Retaliator springs, excellent backup blasters, especially a pair in your pockets, I go as far as use quick draw holsters on Storgarms, Firestrikes, Magazines and a backup Recons/Retaliators.<br />
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Magnus blaster are great, but only if they are shield busters, modding them is simple, calculate the solid height of the outer part of the plunger (3/4ths) and put in a 7/8ths ID or so spring, major performance boost. Here is one that had Half a Centurion spring minus1/2 coil added.<br />
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4. Carry lots of ammo, Cheap ebay ammo. <br />
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1. MUST have a clipfed as a backup, Preferably a backup primary as well, especially when you are taking that long learning curve on how to shoot Old'e school again. My recommendations are the Stryfe and the Retaliator on a holster type rig like I carry. If you need the clipfed every battle, your still learning in my book.<br />
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5. Your blasters better be solid, no play in the barrel, no catch issues, no air leakage, no shitty darts and a way to tell yours apart from everyone elses quickly in battle (e.g. Shorter domed darts looking different than Elites).<br />
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It could outdo the Magstrike and maybe even...I dare say it...A Rapidstrike!<br />
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Possible, all depends on the plunger rod material, plunger head and trigger catch. I like that it can fold and be concealed (My mom just notions to me, "Crap, trouble at Knotts Berry Farm, please not again Chris!")</div>
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This blaster should be an entry level stefan blaster to get people into better performing blasters, capable of being bought Turnkey minus for $40 and above. If I had a practical way to offer this as injected molded parts with control of the materials used, It can be done. Right now they are hand built, hand machined modded blasters that even the springs because I am not buying them in bulk cost $22.50 on an 18 Kg Pink Crush alone.</div>
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Well Today I made a new addition, since lately I am mainly picking people off with long range pistols, I decided I needed a 1 handed firing backup weapon to use. I hardly ever need one, I am usually covered by people like who made this Minimized RapidStrike, Kyle Pettigrew, but you never know. So here is a pic.</div>
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It works so good too, the vids how to make em are long, sorry, but this is no rush job, labor intensive and detail oriented. Here is part 1, enjoy. I will post part 2 when the upload completes.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-15668575590159274802014-05-24T14:08:00.002-07:002014-05-24T14:15:07.831-07:00When Zeee' Germans Lose, Look What Happens!Murphy Ranch, back in the late 30's the Murphy Ranch was built by the Silver Legion (silver shirts) to wait for the Nazi's to take over Los Angeles. They poured 4 million bucks of post Depression dollars to build a compound 1 mile from what is now Will Rogers Park. The secret camp, was found not so secret because the day after pearl harbor, the mad men building this compound were taken away. Spy's were all over this from day 1 as it would seem. What was left was used by Hartford university for a time, later that grant was revoked and the rest burned down in 1978. So me, Basic Nerf, our mutual friend Fujio (who scored me a Hydro Cannon and a UMB, to be seen later) Decided to see if it would be appropriate for an HvZ game. Here is the video hosted by Basic Nerf's channel.<br />
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We had some fun, went down and back up several hundred stairs and had a battle to be seen in Part 2.</div>
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#1. If you can't hike, you ain't tough, distance will weed out all the non hackers, I played HvZ 3 hours and 22 minutes with a Dislocated ankle for fuck sakes. Part of the challenge in my opinion and possibly a great element of endurance for an HvZ game.</div>
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#2. We can volunteer to clean some of the junk the week before to sweeten the deal with the Park Service.</div>
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#3. We can bring camping toilets.</div>
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#4. The place has a SERIOUS potential for a great "The Hills Have Eyes" kind of story to use in HvZ gameplay.</div>
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#5. Some places will have to be called out of bounds or "no zombie zones" so people don't run in dangerous areas, e.g. the stairs straight up the mountain.</div>
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#6. We can also make a deal with the camp up the road, in return maybe they can help with a better place to get down the mountain and or supplies like toilets and heavy stuff like tables.</div>
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And...I didn't bring any booze to the hike, despite having a flask of Jack Daniels in the trunk, damnit!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10147575725159061789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7474111849850589680.post-80394723039672374932014-05-04T15:06:00.002-07:002014-05-05T11:45:47.769-07:00New Blaster Configuration, Is It Time?So I have been to myself a lot lately, not much has there been to report till now, except the new trends in modded stock and homemade blasters. The one annoying trend I see in modded stock, Flywheel Rapid Fire. Yesterday I was in Fullerton playing with the SCUN group, even there I saw a Stryfe used...as a backup blaster nicely used in it's role. Same as I intend to use a Minimized RapidStrike. However most of the blasters fire came from Airguns and blasters that use hoppers. I quickly found that after the wind picked up, Elite darts just couldn't cut though the wind. Yes the Elite blasters were excellent for cover fire, but the heavier #6 washer felt tip slugs and my Soft Poly MHA domes were what got the kills. <br />
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"MY" trend lately has been, as you know, use a mean single shot Firestrike as a primary and leave the Retaliator as backup. It has been working my last 3 or 4 meets. Yesturday even without a hopper, I faired well (covered by 2 very good teammates with Hopper blasters of course). My point is that it is the Fidelity of the shot, skill of the shooter and abilities of your blaster that is going to get you to clip someone after yelling...<br />
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Fire, and win the round, rather than that winning dart, dancing all over the air and losing the round.<br />
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Fishtailing has been an issue as blasters become more and more powerful, the darts get wilder and wilder. I find on mine, domes have worked best. Recently in depth threads in Nerf Modders Welcome on facebook basically lead to the idea that compression of the dart as it flies out of the barrel make the surface jagged and thus, fishtail. The faster you shoot it, the more air pressure it took to get it there, makes sense.<br />
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So you have to ask yourself, Is it time for a new blaster loadout? You know, one where you don't just give up and pack some Trustfire Batteries, a Rapidstrike, 12-18 round magazines and just throw away ammo saying the hell with it? <br />
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I say that is dumb, work on stability of your shooting platform, your aim, why do you "need" to throw away 200 rounds of ammo when Cartaya can bag just as many fools with 15 rounds and an Ultra Match. You don't "Need" to have that much firepower. However, the RS and Stryfes are great blasters and some people I know, "Want" to and are great at it.<br />
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My friend Kyle Pettigrew, my favorite player because he is serious and damn good at Military Navy Seal type tactics. He makes a great teammate for a guy like me who likes to pick people off from +100. So there is a place, if you're good like Kyle with a FA or a Stryfe, go for it.<br />
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My problem, everyone thinks that's their place lately. I have seen rounds where over 2000 darts are fired most hitting nothing but air. I mean even Kyle owns an Ultra Match and can appreciate it, once made an awesome singled Longshot, had one for awhile now. Wouldn't you know it, Singled Longshots are just now starting to be trending in NIC forums again.<br />
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The result is lots of air 2.6 cubic inches rather than 2.1 compatible with the same plunger with a new O-ring. But there is more to this falls new versions of Firestrike insanity, let me explain.<br />
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First off, this prototype is using a brass coupler prototype for use with thinner grey darts, the new version will use a 9/16th brass barrel all the way to the Plunger tube but allow a 17/32nds coupler to be used for rear loading as this video shows.<br />
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It pulled about 80 flat each dart, not bad, but that's not all campers.<br />
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I am currently in talks with Master NIC Modder Ven om to help make the ultimate Firestrike yet. 3 types, the standard Veno-Strike which is his kit as he originally intended, The Cartaya Veno-Strike which uses the Ven om kits and possibly higher yields with an Ultra Match Firestrike and a new custom version which uses the largest plunger length a Magnus tube can be used in a Firestrike called the "Cartaya Magna Veno-Strike." I am giving him proper credit and fair share part of the commission if it becomes a reality that they are to be sold as finished units.<br />
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But speaking of that, now were talking expensive, springs, taking apart a Mega Magnus Blaster, Ven om's commision and mine. But think of it, no longer stuck to 1 yield of springs once installed, possibly more power (21 kg's or better) and a HELL of a lot more range with a system that is more user friendly and holds up better over time.<br />
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At what point are the blasters going to meet opposition and why playing in public parks. What I have seen so far is in general not opposition to Nerf blasters, but the commotion such an event with almost 100 people battling with them can make. One such scenario has been the ban of Humans Vs. Zombies from Mission Oaks pa<span style="font-family: inherit;">rk in<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Camarillo</span>, CA. Th</span>is park is a nature area between housing tracts, perfect for an HvZ game. Residence around the park got alarmed at people running around with technicolor blasters and getting too close to their fences trying to avoid Zombie tags. It is a park, it is a public place, we don't get mad at softball games that can draw 100's of fans, do we?<br />
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As single shot pistols reach in the future much easier to attain 100 foot ranges, we could see more controversy.<br />
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It used to be, before the Air Zone Panther came out, the smaller the blaster, the less potential it has for power. Well the Panther, made all blasters, at one point, that came originally as stock, equal, Small or large. This of course included ones kids can pack in their lunch boxes. It was the cheap, small, easy to mod 100+ blaster of it's day. Efforts were made to make the tanks smaller, but so many of them were made already.<br />
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This didn't seem to ban small blasters, or put ridiculous limits on them but one has to wonder, if they ever will. Remember the origins of Nerf blasters were originally single shot pistols, there is nothing more challenging and fun than fighting a war with a single shot that can do above 130 flat. Even if we don't want to terrorize the teachers, students, Disney employees, movie theater patrons, ect. With the advancement of Nerf modding techniques, we could see more trouble on the horizon.<br />
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Blasters get more and more powerful the more meets I go to, mine do, but so does everyone elses. Trustfire batteries are all over benches, Few Retaliators and Rampages have stock springs anymore and the color of white PVC and gold Brass appear more common every meet I go to. Seldom to I see an injury, or someone bitching at me that the blasters I have are too painful, but is it on it's way? <br />
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Why do I mod? to have better tactical advantage in a stock or modded stock war. Obviously, if mod limits get tighter, less modding is done. This could lead to a lack of development in Nerf mod technology. What this could do, is make Airsoft and Paintball more feasable and Nerf to become unpopular. This is why I dislike Mod limits, even in a HvZ game.<br />
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I hear it every day "hey, the Firestrike is only a $10 blaster, why do you charge $89.99 for a 16 Kg Ultra Match". I see many cave in, with great ideas and products sell for too cheap or barely enough to pay the shipping. This is a move to keep things reasonable, cheap. The problem is if you do that, the modder making the great blaster, isn't supported to keep doing his work and make a career out of it. What usually happens is that they guy who could have made blaster parts with a CnC for much cheaper, keeps having to do it by hand, it isn't as good as it should be and eventually it doesn't go anywhere.<br />
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The idea needs to not just be development, but also reward. For another type of market does exist that is not accessible to the everyday consumer unless they are members of Nerf Haven or various Facebook forums. My goal is to make these available on Big 5 and Wal-Mart shelves, the only way to do that, mass production. A mod company must make a fair margin to stay in business, or else.<br />
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When does a blaster stop being a toy? Start being an action sport weapon purely? An extremely grey area. One that comes up with my firends, family and fellow Nerfers every day. But no body has the answer. For now, the Ulltra Match according to Manhattan Beach PD is a Toy, misuse and bored housewives may change that one day. And how much of that would be the Modders fault, or the people taking shots at lifeguards with em :) (All full of ideas today ain't I :) )<br />
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