Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160109065227/@comment-27306930-20160113204857

I finally found a few minutes to disassemble my EAT and see if I could figure out what's going on with the inconsistent ranges. Visually, on both my EATs, the dart tooth appeared to be protruding into the shaft of the barrel in a way that impeded the darts. Of course I couldn't really prove that without a high-speed camera and a lot of time, but I suspected there was a problem simply because it didn't look right.

So after taking it apart, I discovered there is a post extending from the front of the bolt sled that pushes the dart tooth out of the way when the priming handle is all the way forward. But due to loose tolerances, it doesn't really do a good job of pushing the tooth completely out of the way. So I put a dab of epoxy on the side of the post that faces the tooth and let it dry. This extra material effectively pushes the tooth a little bit further out of the way, maybe an extra millimeter.

The results are fairly profound. I don't get any more duds. The range on all shots is now as consistent as any other blaster. So I think this simple fix has transformed my EAT from something a really hated, to a blaster I kinda like.

Here's a picture of where the post I'm talking about is located.