Homemade nerf gun
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:03 pm
I wanted to show off my homemade nerf gun. It isn't no where as good as boltsniper's guns but it gets the job done. Also if you think nerf is childish you have to remember that we mod the hell out of these things. Especially the darts. Suction cup darts don't hurt. But stefans do. We call them stefans because the creator of these darts was named Stefan Moore. The darts are made of foam backer rod and can be found at most hardware store. You generally put 3/0 size lead fishing weights or 2-3 bb's in the head of these darts. Then you cover it in a dome of hot-glue and voila! You made a stefan dart! If you don't think these things hurt then think again. They can leave very large welts and bruises. I do know they hurt more than an airsoft bb. I haven't played paintball so I don't know if they equal up to it. Nerf is my biggest and favoritist hobby. I modify my guns a lot. I make homemade guns and darts a lot also.
Now, onto my gun.
It is called the FHG (first homemade gun)
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I have built a spring pistol completely out of scratch. It has a 1" diameter plunger tube. I used a peice of an arrow from a real bow and arrow as the plunger shaft. At the head of the plunger shaft, there is a paice of half inch cpvc. Then, I wrapped some masking tape until the oring that I got fit around it and made an almost perfect seal. Here is a pic.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... fb6360.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... e1c2df.jpg[/img][/img]
The gun uses Carbon's trigger since it was the only parts I had lying around. I say the gun turned out well. I realized that if I actually spend time on some of my projects they turn out better. Here is some pics.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... d60980.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... cf983a.jpg[/img]
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I got some bushings to make it cleaner looking. Here is the black paintjob I did to it. Nothing to fancy, just plain black.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 6d30a7.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 38aa08.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... f47afe.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 090dbb.jpg[/img]
I do believe that the plunger rod is carbon fiber. Yes it is extremely light. It made a perfect sized barrel for airsoft bb's but since it was the only rod looking thing I had laying around, I decided to use it. The only problem with it is that you can't drill holes in it. It will crack and break. So I put hotglue on it for a kind of grip so I can pull it back easier.
I did range tests on the barrel you see in the pictures. And another range test on a longer barrel.
Original Barrel:
72.7 ft.
75.8 ft.
72.6 ft.
Longer Barrel:
79.0 ft.
82.4 ft.
77.11 ft.
Remember, these ranges were shot at a flat angle. They could easily get 10 or even 20 ft. more if angled at a 45 degree angle.
My website can be found here..http://dungdude0.tripod.com/
I am not done with the site.
Here are some good links.
http://www.nerfx.net/smf/
http://www.nerfon.net/
http://www.boltsniper.com/
http://www.nerfhq.com/
http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?act=home
Here is alink for making your own stefans.
http://www.nerfhq.com/smf/index.php?topic=53.0
Now, onto my gun.
It is called the FHG (first homemade gun)
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I have built a spring pistol completely out of scratch. It has a 1" diameter plunger tube. I used a peice of an arrow from a real bow and arrow as the plunger shaft. At the head of the plunger shaft, there is a paice of half inch cpvc. Then, I wrapped some masking tape until the oring that I got fit around it and made an almost perfect seal. Here is a pic.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... fb6360.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... e1c2df.jpg[/img][/img]
The gun uses Carbon's trigger since it was the only parts I had lying around. I say the gun turned out well. I realized that if I actually spend time on some of my projects they turn out better. Here is some pics.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... d60980.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... cf983a.jpg[/img]
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I got some bushings to make it cleaner looking. Here is the black paintjob I did to it. Nothing to fancy, just plain black.
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 6d30a7.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 38aa08.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... f47afe.jpg[/img][/img]
[img][img]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f12/p ... 090dbb.jpg[/img]
I do believe that the plunger rod is carbon fiber. Yes it is extremely light. It made a perfect sized barrel for airsoft bb's but since it was the only rod looking thing I had laying around, I decided to use it. The only problem with it is that you can't drill holes in it. It will crack and break. So I put hotglue on it for a kind of grip so I can pull it back easier.
I did range tests on the barrel you see in the pictures. And another range test on a longer barrel.
Original Barrel:
72.7 ft.
75.8 ft.
72.6 ft.
Longer Barrel:
79.0 ft.
82.4 ft.
77.11 ft.
Remember, these ranges were shot at a flat angle. They could easily get 10 or even 20 ft. more if angled at a 45 degree angle.
My website can be found here..http://dungdude0.tripod.com/
I am not done with the site.
Here are some good links.
http://www.nerfx.net/smf/
http://www.nerfon.net/
http://www.boltsniper.com/
http://www.nerfhq.com/
http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?act=home
Here is alink for making your own stefans.
http://www.nerfhq.com/smf/index.php?topic=53.0