Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160819015044

Many of you are acquainted with Becky, my OMW speedload StrongArm. Well, Becky hasn't been herself lately. She's suffered from some chronic misfiring problems, the handle not engaging the priming catch, and general fatigue due to prolonged abuse from her owner, combined with some inherent design flaws. Yup, I've not been immune to the chatter that StrongArm internals are "weak". I've just been ignoring all you haters, hoping you'd eventually go away.

Well, it got really bad day before yesterday, and she finally died. I found out through meticulous forensic dissection that the nubs in the priming handle had severely worn down, and the part of the upper half of the shell that forms the end of the plunger tube had disintegrated, it's remnants nowhere to be found. The end of the spring was essentially protruding into the space behind the plunger. The net result was that the plunger did a 15 degree turn on every shot, and the stems and nubs in the priming mech no longer lined up.

But good news, I've got a horde of StrongArm parts and after a few select transplants, Becky is back in working order. The problem at this point is trying to distinguish the original Becky from the current day Becky. She's more replacement parts than original blaster. But does that even matter ? After all, I'm not the same ElliottW as the guy from the 80's, yet we're one and the same, right ?

So we're back in the game my friends. Hittin' bullseyes and takin' names. Nerf on my brothers. 