Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20200204035729

I found a beautiful metal upgrade kit for the Caliburn at Monkee Mods. It includes a metal plunger, catch, trigger, guard, mag release, and breech, plus improved springs and a complete set of gaskets and O-rings. All for 35 bucks.

Replacing the trigger, the mag release, and the guard is more complicated than I want to deal with after four vodk at this hour. They're held in place using rolled metal pins. They need to be extracted by tapping them out from the other side. But the catch is held in place with screws and easy to swap out. And the plunger is simply held in place by the main spring. Honestly, these are the two most important parts from a functional standpoint. I'll just hold on to the other parts in case I have to replace them in the future. Or 'till I feel more ambitious.

Unfortunately, the sequence of events that led up to this evening's project wasn't exactly pleasant. According to Slug's user guide, I broke the Ram that pushes the darts into the breech. I was using those new Adventure Force waffle head darts, and one got badly jammed during the priming cycle. Technically, it wasn't even me. A coworker was trying my Caliburn for the first time and the ram just snapped. But I don't blame him in any way. Friggin' turd brained noob who shall remain nameless. Steve 🤬

So after a lengthy disassembly, I used some ABS epoxy and welded it all back together. I was quite liberal and applied a little extra to the weak sections. Hopefully that solves the problem  🤞

Off to the Proving Ground tomorrow after the epoxy cures, for more testing. 