Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-38863250-20190424145138

I think this is relevant. Maybe you'll agree? If you don't want to just throw it away and buy a new one, maybe you could fix it? Firstly, you'll need to carefully evaluate where and when the blaster fails. If your cylinder won't spin, it's a rotation mech problem, either broken part, slipping clutch, misaligned pieces, etc. Once you've done your own check, search YouTube. Forums or Instructables might yield some helpful info as well, but mostly just YT.

Next you'll want a small phillips screwdriver and a table. Or a floor. I've used both, as well as cardboard boxes on the grass and little red wagons.

You should then proceed to carefully remove all the screws, preferably keeping track of where the long and short ones go. If you mix 'em up it's not usually a big deal, but a camera or sharpie will be a help if you want them all back in correctly.

Now carefully pry the blaster apart and watch out for flying springs. Once it's apart and semi-stable, try to take tension off any volatile parts (mainspring, springs on the little orange bits of the tac-rail, trigger, etc.).

At this point you should be figuring out how the blaster works. Identify the plunger, and mainspring. Find the barrel/chamber and watch out for any connections between the plunger and chamber where air could be leaking. Find the priming mechanism and the trigger catch. Find the dart feed mech (cylinder, clip, magazine/breech) and figure out how it works in relation to the trigger pull/priming mech. Lastly, and hardest to understand, you've got locks and stuff. Don't just yank 'em out without knowing what they do. Pull out the mainspring and work the action a few times; find the half-cock lock and the trigger lock and such (assuming your blaster has them). Use common sense and good judgement. At this point you should have a pretty decent understanding of how the blaster runs and you can troubleshoot individual pieces, checking O-rings and seals and advance mechs and stuff. From here it's your project, your blaster; you should know your blaster now and you can figure out what's going wrong.

Learn as much as you can, then then, if you're still stumped, take some photos or a video and post it to a forum with some detailed info. If you think you have found the issue, put the blaster back together without forgetting the mainspring or trigger, and try not to put the plunger in upside-down. Put in a few screws and try to test-fire it. Take it apart again because you put the trigger catch in backwards. Put it back together. Test-fire before all the screws are in and if you haven't left anything out, you're good to go! Run more detailed tests and post your findings to a forum.

Worst-case scenario, the blaster isn't repairable and you've got some spare parts for your next project.

Also, it's really a shame you didn't remove the AR while you had it apart...

Or what if you clipped a little piece off that lock? That might help.

You might be able to cram another spring in for more power too.

Congrats, you're a modder now! 