Using Airsoft Technology to Create a Custom Nerf Pistol
Nothing gets me excited like a good project. There is just so much fun involved in building something yourself, especially when it's an original idea or design. I have always loved Nerf, though recent cuts in build quality have me annoyed at the brand. Since I love Nerf and building things so much, it should come as no surprise to you that I have been involved with the construction of many Nerf blasters. The first nerf blaster I built myself was made from simple PVC parts and a bike tire valve. This design was a simple one-shot powerhouse, and it worked quite well. The design consisted of a PVC barrel, a PVC ball valve, and a length of PVC that had an end cap fitted with the tire valve on the end. To use it, one simply closed the ball valve, muzzle loaded a dart into the barrel, pumped up the gas reservoir with a bike tire pump, aimed, and opened the ball valve. This design was simple and cheap to make, but although it was not lacking in power, it was lacking in usefulness