Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26431461-20180125011445/@comment-26431461-20180125165645

Elliottw wrote: I've thought a bit about this too Flat. It is frustrating not to be able to remove the clip while the bolt sled is in the forward position. It's kind of a weird Nerf thing. Most real guns don't have this problem.

Without redesigning the blasters, there might be two solutions to the problem. The first would be to have spring loaded magazine lips that pivot outward, allowing them to glide over the outside of the bolt mechanism. Due to the tolerances, it might be tricky to incorporate this type of mech into the current clip design, but certainly not impossible. You whippersnappers can work out the details between snapchats.

My second idea was to make the magazine lips out of hard rubber, similar to the material they use on the corners of many CS-10/12/18 clips. It's a stiff, flexible ABS that could easily flex around the bolt. With the right shape, I'm sure it could be easily reinserted to facilitate a "wet reload" (which is actually called a Tactical Reload)

But your idea is sound. I'd buy one of your improved UltraClip CS-18s as soon as they hit your Etsy store. Go make some money already !

(And for the record, shouldn't they be called Clip Lips ???) Haha, I don't think I would have the budget to have custom made magazines, at least not good looking ones. The only thing I really see myself doing is cutting off the clip lips (it's too good of a name, I gave in) and attaching some torsion springs to them (the pivot thing that you mentioned was what I was going for, but the flexible plastic thing might work as well, perhaps even better and more cost effective). A bit hard to explain how they would look, but I can imagine them clearly in my head. As for the Etsy thing, unfortunately it might not happen. I welcome anyone else to try it tho.

There are actual guns that have this problem in real life, where full magazines can not be inserted due to the bolt being in the way, such as on HK roller-delayed blowback firearms like the G3 rifle or MP5.