Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-28773666-20160903022804/@comment-27306930-20160905063322

Ohhh BigS, my friend. I'm sorry to break it to you. There is nothing you can do to that old Mav to get it to Elite / Elite XD performance levels. Trust me, I've tried.

There are some basic issues that just can't be overcome without some sophisticated modding that makes it impractical. The first being the volume of the plunger tube. These newer blasters have much larger plunger tubes, and move substantially more air. That's how they're getting 50, 60, and 70 foot ranges, stock. The Maverick, what 25, 30 feet maybe ? With the wind at your back 😉

Next you've got the design of the Air Restrictor. In the golden days (and by golden I mean yellow) the AR was designed to limit the velocity and make blasters "safe" for kids. Today's ARs are designed to optimize the performance of the blaster. I've actually reinstalled Air Restrictors in several blasters (eg. StrongArm, Centurion) because they just plain work better with them. Yeah, go figure.

Ahh, but I hear you saying "''Just put in a bigger spring Elliott ! That'll fix it." ''Hate to disappoint Big, but the trigger/catch assembly of the Mav just isn't sturdy enough to support the kind of springs that modern blasters can handle. The Mav already has a 4Kg stock spring, so doubling it produces a whopping 8Kg. Egad. Not only is it impossible to cock, it'll wear out after a few hundred shots. Been there, done that, bad idea.

Long story short, just give up on those old Mavericks. They were fantastic in their day. So were Dodge Darts and Volkswagon Beetles. But you don't see those on the road anymore either now, do you.