Today we are going to review my entry for the Mother of All Modifications contest.
I wanted a challenge, something that would give me an edge, so I could truly be able to say, my gun owns. The Longshot is one most difficult current gun to mod so here is what I did. (Note: an angel breech will negate this mod which allows it to fire any kind of dart.
You will need…
A Dremel
A drill press (Optional)
2 feet of CPVC (2nd half only)
A Long shot
A spare spring form ex-6, recon, or BBB
A small hardware store spring (optional)
A spare internal LS barrel
The following attachments for your Dremel: cutting, grinding, and drilling
Epoxy putty (2nd half unless you break the plunger in first half)
Hot glue and hot glue gun
Plastic epoxy glue (2nd half unless you break the plunger in first half)
A dart of every kind to test with
Screw driver
Pliers
A thin tool such as a tiny screw driver
First, open up the long shot by removing all screw so it looks like this
Next, take out the plunger and bolt sled; this is what we must work on. The pieces I am talking about are the large orange tube and the blue L shaped piece attached to it. Knock out the metal pin holding the plunger the bolt sled with a thin tool and pull it out all the way with pliers.
Now, unscrew the back of the plunger. There are two screws holding in the black piece.
Take the plunger head off and put on an ex-6 spring (What I use); a recon spring; or a BBB spring. I also threw in a small hardware store spring because I have a newer Longshot which came with a weaker spring.
Now, using a Dremel or drill press (preferred), bore right through the AR so you can see straight through the plunger tube.
Now, fill the dead space cavity in the plunger head with hot glue. Put a dab of hot glue in the hole in the black part of the plunger tubes side.
Now, take a Dremel and cut off parts of the bolt until it looks like this. Be careful, I it can break while you are doing this. Trim down to the tube and up to the nub that hold the bolt sled to it.
Now put it back together and if you want to use the front gun you will have to replace the barrel of it (the one from the main gun) because it impedes micros and taggers. You may now reassemble here are the internals again
I kept going though, I added a CPVC barrel made from a foot of ¾ inch CPVC and trimmed one end’s wall so it fit snugly into the muzzle.
Next, I noticed how weak the plunger to bolt sled assembly had become. I remedied it as follows: first, I cut off the nub that holds the two pieces together. Next, I cut 1 inch of a spare LS internal barrel. Next, I put it on my plunger’s barrel. I proceeded to trim it to make a mini bolt as shown. I then attached the nub back on with three things, gorilla glue, hot glue, and epoxy putty. It looked like this.
Now I realized it would not fit in the receiver so I took another piece of ¾ inch CPVC and made a homemade one. I took a 3 inch piece, and made the hole in one end bigger. Then, I made 3 holes with my Dremel: one for the clip, one for the bolt nub, and one for the dart tooth. I attached the end of the original receiver in the un-trimmed end. It looks like this.
Now I trimmed the shell to accommodate the bigger receiver.
Now the innards should look like this. Note that the black piece on the right of the gun was left out. You don’t need to leave it out; I did to allow the clips to be changed easier.
Here is the finished gun.
