Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-3362895-20160205095707/@comment-3362895-20160207091912

A couple of thoughts in reply to both:

- The original HyperFire ergonomics are already uncomfortable enough, IMHO, so I don't any qualms about trying a few radical alterations.

- You'd have to see this blaster up close to understand why the shortest path isn't necessarily the most direct one. That big turret requires some major contortions if you want to keep a short distance, even around the exterior.

- One of my main beefs is that I just don't feel a secure grip on the priming mechanism with the original slide. I could just replace it with a Longstrike-style dowel protruding through either side. That would fix one problem, but I'd still prefer an underhand layout.

- I may well give up eventually, but not before trying something. There's just an indistinct charisma to this sucker I can't clearly identify. Maybe it's just that it's not YASSML.

- That trigger could also be handled by dremel. I have everything I need for the job... except for the correct size of collet to hold the disc cutting tool. |-P