Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-31076655-20180817195343/@comment-31076655-20180818094805

Well, I was a bit impatient, and I started modding before I got these replies, so I ended up using a piece of some packaging material. It was sort of sponge-like, white and slightly transparent. I ended up cutting off a 4mm or so thick circle, and glued it to the plunger rod with a hot glue gun. It stayed on fine, so I used this to fill the deadspace too. (Also, I noticed that the temperature of the glue gun melted the material, so I had to put the glue on the plunger head, not the foam thingy). It looked to cushion fine, but I don't know if  crafting foam would have been better.

Anyway, my very first mod was a success; I opened the blaster with a few scratches, (but then again, who cares?) removed the locks, switched out the components (including the whole plunger) for the stuff from OMW (I'm just wondering, is it sturdier at all?), cut out the AR, filled in the deadspace, padded the plunger head, and closed the blaster without any trouble.

But, when I fire it, it emits a really loud and powerful (and "dangerous"), long "twang" sound, however I have heard somewhere that this is normal. The FPS and range got increased significantly, but I'm worried that if I continue using my Longshot, it will break. (I fired it five times so far, and one of those five was dryfired (accidentally, I know dryfiring is very bad)) The "twang" sound really sounds like there is a lot of stress on the plunger; you can hear the 8kg spring vibrate for a few seconds after each shot. I was wondering if this could be because since the padding is not really near the edges (so it doesn't interfere with the plunger inside the plunger tube), and the AR is removed, so the plunger collides with the sides of the thing where the AR was, causing an un-padded collision.

So I assume that the smartest thing to do now is take apart the gun again, check for structural damage, remove the old plunger padding and put in the foam padding, while making sure its as close to the sides as possible. However, as I said, this is my very first mod, so I don't really know how to do this kind of stuff.