Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27985798-20200604030210/@comment-30049823-20200607193705

The AR has to open and close, obviously. If you force it to stay open, it'll perform as though the AR isn't there, without actually going through all the trouble of removing it.

Most ARs have a spring-loaded tooth that gets pushed in by the dart when it's inserted, to open them up. Elliottw's suggestion is to shove a sliced-off butt-end of a dart down in there (the barrel) to make the AR think there's ALWAYS a ghost dart there, and stay open all the time without even disassembling the blaster.

If any of this is confusing, go ahead and open up a blaster to see how an AR actually works, then this will all make sense.


 * EDIT: Well duh, in your original post, you've already got the plunger tube removed. To see what the AR does, blow on the open end (back side) of the plunger tube like it's a tuba (no pun intended) and see what happens.  Nothin', right?  The AR is closed so no air comes out.  Keep blowing and push the tooth in at the front of the AR, as though there was a dart there.  NOW air comes out! Simple.  That's what the AR does.  Lets air out when a dart is present, doesn't when there isn't.