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by barnes on June 23, 2006 Table of Contents Nerf Gun Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro: Nerf Gun Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Making Darts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Modifing the dart gun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 3: Converting Water Guns to Nerf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 4: Playing with friends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 5: Learning more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5

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Author:barnes
Computer Engineering Student at Drexel University, Intern at NextFab Studio.

Intro: Nerf Gun Modifications.

Nerf guns are not just for kids any more. In this how-to, you will learn how to make home made darts, modfy your nerf gun, and convert a watergun to shoot nerf darts. Mod a few guns, call up the friends, and shoot each other like your 10 again!

Step 1: Making Darts

This is the simple really. Materials are more the issue. You will need: -Foam Backer Rod. Its found in a hardware store. It looks like the above. A big coil of foam. Try get 1/2" - Fishing Weights. Ofcourse BB's, old nuts, anything that is small and has some weight to it will work. -A glue gun and glue. First, take the FBR and cut a small piece off. Use the glue gun to bore a hole in it. Now that you have a hole, drop your weight in it. Now alll you have to do is cover the hole with hot glue. Don't be afraid to lick your fingers and push the glue down for a better fit. Repeat this for a good 50 darts and your in business.

Image Notes 1. Fishing Weight 2. Foam Backer Rod

Image Notes 1. Glue covering weight.

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Image Notes 1. Small cut of foam. The glue gun is melting a small hole for the weight.

Image Notes 1. The weight inside of the hole.

Step 2: Modifing the dart gun.

Now, just as easy. Concept is, replace the stock barrel(s) with a new tighter fitting barrel. Here is a list of type of barrels... -1/2" CPVC (Yes, CPVC.) -1/2" K&G Brass Barrel (The best of the best. Found in hobbie shops. They are used for making train tracks.) 1/2' Brass I reccomend CPVC. Its easy to find and worksa great. But, if you know of a hobbie shop, get the brass, its amazing. Now, its simple. Find the barrel(s) that the air comes out of, and get rid of it. Replace it with CPVC or Brass. Remeber, the shorter the barrel, the moer stable it will be, but you may loose some distance. The longer it is, the less stable, etc. Take a look at the pictures for an example that I did. That gun is called the Night Finder and is 5 bucks in stores. Shoots a decent 50 feet.

Image Notes 1. Hot glue holding the CPVC on.

Image Notes 1. Open Gun 2. Tony Hawk sticker I put on the ground when I was 10. It came with my Tech Deck halfpipe. :)

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Step 3: Converting Water Guns to Nerf.

This is SIMPLE. Just strap on a barrel to where the water flows from. This is probably the easiest thing to do, and the most effective. My water guns shoots a good 150' feet. Its absoultly scary to be honest. These aren't your old nerf gun, this thing will hurt. Alot.

Image Notes 1. Me holding the barrel on. 2. Wristband from a carnival.

Step 4: Playing with friends.

Now, modifing the guns is the boring part. Playing is the fun part. Call up your friends and tell them your gonna play nerf. Toss them one of your guns, or just play tag if you only have one gun. Get them intrested. If they like it, tell them to go buy one and mod it. Just keep doing it until you have like 15 people to play with. Worked for me, until everyone got bored, but theres always someone else willing to play. When you do play, wear some eye protection. Sure sounds stupid now, but wait til you see the guns shoot.

Step 5: Learning more.

There is a large community of nerf modifiers. If your intrested in learning more, check out Nerf Haven. www.NerfHaven.com - They have lots of modification how to's that are more detailed then mine, and even a home made section. I take no credit for what I made, I'm no innovator, its all the people at NerfHaven, and other fourms like it. Have fun!

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salazam says:

Nov 12, 2010. 8:50 AM REPLY 1/2 inch is too small for mine and 5/8 is too big. I've wrapped the ends of the 1/2 inch with a cloth tape, one time around, and it works but I have to find a good balance now maybe make the tips heavier because now they warble in flight.

burning-ice says:
What is your barrel? 1/2" cpvc works great for 1/2"fbr....

Jan 8, 2011. 9:33 PM REPLY

salazam says:

Jan 8, 2011. 10:45 PM REPLY Maverick stock barrel are the primary weapons of choice, then they also work in the clip loading ones, but aren't as powerful. What I have is caulksaver from the Home Depot and maybe that's why the circumference is insufficient. Nov 13, 2010. 10:33 AM REPLY

HeckHawk says:
Nice gun dude ! awesome !

sonofstone says:

Oct 19, 2010. 1:37 PM REPLY are you sure about the 22 inch barrel? i just modded my supersoaker just by hotglueing on a nitefinder barrel, but the darts spin out of control, and the darts go anywhere except for the point i'm aiming at. i know thats because the barrel is too short, but isnt 10 inches long enough? thnx Aug 23, 2010. 12:35 AM REPLY another way to get some extra kick, stretch the spring that forces the piston into the barrel or replace with a stronger spring. also by using the "buzzbee toys" darts (cheaper brand) they are slightly bigger and harder darts, force them into the barrel, cock the gun pull the trigger. the dart wont come out but a nice whack on the cocking mech and these darts hurt. i got hit in the mouth and had my gums split

ghoru says:

tifrankvl says:
Sorry, but stretching the spring just weakens it.

Sep 23, 2010. 5:22 PM REPLY

jamesalex55 says:
Do these darts hurt more than normal darts and where can you get backer rod in the UK?

Aug 25, 2010. 6:42 AM REPLY

TheMadScientist says:

Aug 18, 2010. 9:57 PM REPLY cant find any record of a company referenced as K&G selling hobbyist metal products. closest i could find is a hobby specific company called K&S http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/index.php/hobby-products-tools-paints-wood-metal-plastic-hobby-supplies/metals-tubing-strip-stock-sheets-rods-brassaluminum could original poster confirm/deny weather this is the brand he was referring to?

sneakpeak123 says:
epic fail your cut is bad

Jun 23, 2010. 5:23 AM REPLY

Innocentassassin says:

Jun 18, 2010. 2:04 PM REPLY ihave this old toy crossbow that i got for 10 bucks and i am tryin to make a bolt action airsoft gun out of it. get back to me if u can help. i has a groove down the middle that can fit the barrel from the extender of a longshot and i was going to try to use the same mechanism as the longshot but i dont no how to fit an airsift barrel on it......

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NerfModder1212 says:
does it matter how long the barrel is?

Jun 14, 2007. 1:29 PM REPLY

VersatileHobbies says:
barrel length matters for modded water guns i recommend a 22inch barrel

Jun 8, 2010. 9:05 PM REPLY

weponary101 says:
the longer the more accurate u get

Dec 19, 2007. 11:04 PM REPLY

SHADOW HUNTER ALPHA says:

Aug 31, 2007. 5:02 PM REPLY Yes. Extremely strong air-powered guns such as this will benefit most from barrels about 2 feet long. The barrel should also be a loose fit on your darts, but not loose enough that they can fall out on their own. Also, you may want to open the gun up and see if there is an "Over-Pressure Release Valve," what we in the Nerf Internet Community (NIC) abbreviate as "OPRV." An easy way to tell if a gun has one is to pump air and listen for a difference in tones in the later pumps. If there is a drastic difference, then there is an OPRV, which you can plug with hot glue or epoxy once you find it. They are usually located on the pump itself, and if not then somewhere nearby.

nerfer192 says:

Nov 12, 2007. 1:13 PM REPLY oh yeah? i have the internals of an at3k modded to be a 1pump yes i said one pump 60 foot super pistolthat gives welts and rips darts as thyer comin out the brrel that only sumtimes though but it makes my unweighted stefans wobble. SUCK!

CapnTac says:
Awesome! Un-weighted stefans? WTF? They have to be waited if you want them to be of any use.

Aug 5, 2008. 10:07 AM REPLY

nerfer192 says:
yes i know my mom is anti bb gun so i don have bbs

Aug 5, 2008. 6:32 PM REPLY

CapnTac says:
Oh. You can use metal washers, too. They work pretty good.

Aug 7, 2008. 8:17 AM REPLY

milsorgen says:
use small rocks

Dec 27, 2009. 1:22 PM REPLY

Evilthingamabober says:
I have no idea what you just said

Jul 17, 2008. 4:28 PM REPLY

weponary101 says:
do you have a site where i can get step by step instructions on how to make this gun?

Dec 19, 2007. 11:07 PM REPLY

nerfer192 says:
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nerfhaven.com">click here, itl help.</a><br/>

Dec 20, 2007. 12:05 PM REPLY

nerfer192 says:
whoops that comment was to mykaihlo

Nov 12, 2007. 1:20 PM REPLY

ty.tdog says:
could you please possibly post a video of this gun shooting??

Jun 18, 2009. 4:46 PM REPLY

VersatileHobbies says:

Jun 8, 2010. 9:04 PM REPLY go on youttube and type SS Flash Flood Nerf gun and theres a vid of a guy shooting it it is'nt this guy but the gun was modded similarly

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deadpyro says:

Nov 8, 2008. 11:18 AM REPLY Would the kind of water gun that shoots water every pump work?Appreciated if you have an answer because i want to get into Nerf.

VersatileHobbies says:

Jun 8, 2010. 9:02 PM REPLY any water gun that is a supersoaker product dat requires pumping and then puling the trigger will work cut of the nozzle and glue on a barrel or coupler =)

geodez says:
super soakers?

Jun 22, 2009. 9:04 AM REPLY

nerfman44 says:

Nov 14, 2008. 12:21 PM REPLY Uh ya i guesse it could my friend has the one you are talking about and it is a little bit worse then the other ones that you pump and then shoot. but it will work over all i helped my friend with that and he loves it. oh and the dude below my comment it will shoot water.

AJBrawlLvr says:
Does it work w/ a SS max-d 5000? thats the type I have. also-what diameter should the barrel be?

Jun 14, 2009. 9:46 AM REPLY

VersatileHobbies says:

Jun 8, 2010. 9:00 PM REPLY any gun from the supersoaker that requires u to pump it then pull the trigger will work cut of the nozzle that restricts air flow and glue a 1/2 inch diameter barrel or coupler for interchangeble barrels and longer barrels for water guns work the best i would recommend a 22inch long barrel =)

zwhipple says:
7/16th inch brass tubing works great for stefans

Jul 30, 2009. 2:45 PM REPLY

travis_bickle says:

Apr 16, 2010. 6:35 PM REPLY 7/16 is not an available size of brass tubing. what you must have meant is 17/32 (works for stock darts, and very narrow fbr) or 9/16. ready to help as always :)

benbarrett says:
also...if i cant find unhallow fbr what should i do?

Jun 6, 2010. 3:50 PM REPLY

benbarrett says:

Jun 6, 2010. 3:48 PM REPLY if you use the unhallow fbr do you need to pull out the orange pin thing in the gun, like in the maverick for instance. because you cant put the bullet if that orange plastic is in the place where you put the bullet. please answer... Jun 1, 2010. 5:04 PM REPLY or you just ripp off the head of the dart and tape it in to the barrel and stick the bb in there. and it wont fall out to so you can have it loaded all the time. and plus this way your not hurting your gun.

mattbomb says:

billybenj says:
What is the duck tape for? just to hold it in place?

Mar 28, 2010. 10:49 AM REPLY

mattxc says:

May 22, 2010. 7:40 PM REPLY Looks like the duct tape is to keep the barrel from moving around when you put the case back on the gun, if that makes sense. The plastic is narrower than the hole in the casing, so the duct tape just makes it bigger and keeps it from going crooked, I believe

billybenj says:

May 22, 2010. 8:06 PM REPLY yeah that makes sense, i just sanded off some of the inside of the orange ring that was on the old barrel and it fits perfectly though.

zack attack says:

what's the range with the barrel mod??

May 11, 2010. 4:46 PM REPLY

rocketpro says:
Wait, I've seen this before. How do keep the BB's from falling out of the Barrel?

May 7, 2010. 10:07 AM REPLY

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Sir spicious says:

5 bucks!?!?!?! r u kidding!?! its 12 , mabye 15 down at toy world! and i cant find that foam stuff they dont have it at mitre 10 does any one have any suggestions 4 an aussie?

Jan 19, 2010. 3:47 PM REPLY

sonofspikerr says:
Got my nitefinder for $8...Go Walmart!

Mar 19, 2010. 10:40 AM REPLY

octo137 says:
I went to wal-mart and they were on sale for $5 so i just got 3 whil i can :)

Apr 17, 2010. 6:02 AM REPLY

Sir spicious says:

also in berri we only have mitre ten but wego to adelaide lots (-_-)

Jan 19, 2010. 3:49 PM REPLY

mod586 says:
does any one how long your suppose to cut the foam to to work the best?

Aug 29, 2009. 9:42 AM REPLY

travis_bickle says:
i've experimented with all different lengths, and 1 1/2" seems to be about best for range and accuracy.

Apr 16, 2010. 6:24 PM REPLY

clemsonguy1125 says:
I cut them the length of a double a battery

Dec 27, 2009. 9:30 AM REPLY

barnes says:
I usually cut them about an inch or 2. Not the length of an original dart, just a little more then half that size.

Sep 7, 2009. 7:22 AM REPLY

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