Modified Air Zone Quadshot/ Tripleshot

The stock Air Zone Triple shot/ Quad shot is a terrible blaster in it's stock form. The darts barely shoot 2 feet (if they leave the barrels at all). But modifying this blaster makes it a very worthy NIC primary indeed...

I built this with the Intention of using it as a primary at my first NIC nerf war. It wasn't very difficult at all to mod, especially for how awesome it turned out to be.
Modifications done:
- Four 9" CPVC barrels
-Rear loading
-Dremeled out rear of barrels to ease rear loading
-Plunger tube to turret seal improval
-Raider spring added to stock spring
-Reinforced/ removed safety lock from catch
-Made raider stock compatible (using pvc attached inside shell and pvc coupler inside raider stock
-filled empty spaces with foam backer rod (to improve feel and dampen sound and vibration)

I improved the seal from the plunger tube to turret using the useless rubber piece on the end of the plunger rod. Others have done this and been able to retain the rotation mechanism, but mine no longer worked. After trying many other things, I gave up and now I have to manually rotate the turret.
Here is the blaster without the stock attachment:

With the stock attachment:

Close ups of the connections:

The section of PVC inside the shell has been attached with Super glue, liquid epoxy, hot glue, and has also been mechanically fastened on both sides of the shell with screws. I don't think It's going to go anywhere.
The coupler has been attached inside of the raider stock with hot glue. 

Ranges with very inconsistent padded darts that I use at wars:
Fired parallel-to-ground:
80-100 feet
Fired Angled-to-ground:
90-110 feet

Ranges with single BB hot glue domes:
Fired parallel-to-ground:
90-120 feet
Fired Angled-to-ground:
120-140 feet

So if you want an excellent primary that works great for almost no work at all, (and a very good price) GET AN AIR ZONE TRIPLE SHOT/QUAD SHOT NOW! :D

Please leave any comments/ questions below!
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Marshmallow Crossbow Review!

I bought this with the intention of modding it to shoot darts, but I decided I would do a review of it in it's stock form first. So here we go:
The marshmallow crossbow is actually powered by the bow arms, unlike other similar blasters like the Nerf Big Bad Bow that use spring plunger systems and have bow parts that are only for decoration. It has a breech in the very front where large marshmallows are loaded into. You then close the breech, prime the blaster by pulling the priming handle back, and pull the trigger to fire. It has quite a bit of power to it. Here are some pictures:
Marshmallow crossbow (rest):

Marshmallow Crossbow (primed):

Breech closed:

Breech Open:

Ranges (it claims ranges up to 30 feet):
Parralel to ground: 18-22 feet
Angled to ground: All landed within a foot of the 25 foot mark

*Note- Your results may vary depending on brand of marshmallows used, age of the marshmallows used (mine were quite old and starting to get stale), and weather conditions (Heat may affect bow arms and marshmallows, wind may affect ranges). Also, Performance decreases somewhat noticably every time you re- use a marshmallow due to the marshmallow changing shape when being chambered and fired.

Overall, I think it's a really cool blaster. It's fun and comfortable to use, and it performs well for a marshmallow shooter.

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3DBBQ Darts!

Here is the thread on NerfHaven about these: http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21282

... And so I decided to make some. I went to Lowes and got some wire, and Made a calibration set.
Here is the brand of foam I use (I have an earlier post about this):

Here is how I made the darts.
First, Cut your blanks, and wrap the desired amount of wire TIGHTLY around the blank, leaving the desired amount of foam for padding at the tip:

Wrap the exposed wire in E- Tape TIGHTLY:

... And you're done!

Before you mass produce them, you will want to make a calibration set to determine the optimal amout of wire wraps so that the darts perform well in your modified blasters. I made a few darts with different amounts of wraps and determined which ones worked the best for me. (your results will vary depending on your materials)

Here is the wire I used:

Close Up:

Please comment with any questions/ tips that you have for making these!
I'm going to continue to pursue optimal performance with these darts.

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My first homemade! (sneak peek)

I'll post about this in the next few days once it's finished and I've completely fixed any problems that pop up. I'm using SG Nerf's trigger catch design.

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