Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-31076655-20180817195343/@comment-27306930-20180818043701

As a resident modder, I guess everyone is waiting for me to reply. So here goes.

I like your idea about doubling up 2mm foam. That's the perfect amount of padding. The trick is what type of glue to use. You are absolutely right, if you use something that hardens, or soaks in and makes the foam stiff, you've defeated the whole purpose. Right ?

Hot glue is the first thing that comes to mind. It doesn't soak in, and it doesn't ever really harden. The bond with the plunger head won't be super strong, but this is not a situation where tensile strength is important. It just has to be strong enough to keep it connected to the plunger during the priming cycle, which is minimal. You'd only need a small dab in the center.

The Mega dart foam might work, but you would have to securely glue it to the plunger head. It's going to want to curl and there's a limited amount of flat surface area on the Stage II plunger head to glue it to. Trust me, if it ever came off and curled up on one side, the next time you fire it you'll crack the plunger rod. So maybe let's skip this idea for now.

If you don't have access to hot glue, there are a bunch of other sources for good padding material like adhesive felt furniture pads, garden hose gaskets, high density foam packaging material, and old automotive seals and gaskets. Maybe ask around and see if somebody's got anything like that.

Look, anything is better than nothing. And the LongShot is really tough. It's the Jeep of blasters. I doubled the spring on one, removed the AR and didn't use any padding. It's still working fine.

Let us know what you decide to do.