Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-46538893-20200804173728/@comment-27306930-20200805023230

I'm here JM. Welcome to the wiki.

FIrst, you don't need the o-ring and padding (aka damper). And the silicone is just for lubing the plunger/tube. They're all good ideas, but not absolutely necessary. The catch spring is sometimes needed with higher power springs because you need to apply a little extra pressure to keep it from misfiring. But frankly a 7kg spring is borderline, so you might not even need that either. Bottom line, you should be able to put just the 7kg spring in your BASR-L with no other mods. So that's not your problem.

As far as getting it apart again, the shoulder stock will come off if you remove the top shell. Simply take out the screws and butterfly the blaster. The stock will slide up and out. The bolt handles are another story. They have locking tabs built in.

Using a standard claw hammer you can pry them off with a bit of force. But there's no way around it, you're going to break the locking tabs, and reattaching them is going to be a chore. Depending on how badly mangled they are once they pop out, you'll have to assess the damage and figure out how to get them reattached. Sorry I can't be more specific, but every case is different. Sometimes they pop right back in, and sometimes they need to be filed down and hot glued back in place. It's a crap shoot.

But before you do any of that, you should be aware that a major complaint about the BASR-L is dart compatibility. Many nerfers complain that the BASR-L doesn't like most non-Elite darts. Specifically waffle heads, AccuStrikes, and Adventure Force darts. Anything with a fat head. So if that's the true problem, then there's not much you can do about it. Just stick with crappy old Nerf Elites. Sorry.

Our comrades over at BlasterHub put out a great video showing how to mod and fix the BASR-L. You can find it here. Look, if you don't have to disassemble your blaster, then don't. But if it's totally screwed up and won't even fire Elite darts, then maybe something else is wrong. Let me know what you think after you read this and maybe I can help steer you toward a permanent fix.