Sithslayer78
Active Member
PICTURE HEAVY!!!
After I had thought I had gotten everything I could out of a Nerf recon, I randomly noticed something else. It appears that a lot of people assume that longshots are the only guns that qualify as snipers or long range guns, but I noticed that a Nerf Recon looks A LOT like a Halo sniper. Originally, I was going to make a Halo 3 Sniper, but as I started i noticed it would be much Easier to make a Halo: Reach Sniper rifle. I plan on making more broad details out of cardboard, and making the scope and barrel attachment out of a pepakura that has yet to be made. the rest, ill scratch build. At First, I wanted to make it functional. I doubled the rage of the standard Modified Nerf Recon, and things looked very good. I even managed to get a successful test fire out of a 3 foot barrel, but recently its all gone FUBAR. Oh well, I'd love to have a Reach sniper prop, Functional or not.... Here are my pictures, and i warn you, its no LeeKeegan Masterpiece.
Plans:
The Modified stock: I installed a guide pipe that utilized a firing spring from an old Airsoft gun I got in China a while back. The Airsoft spring accelerates the speed of the plunger, greatly increasing the range, power, and speed of the Nerf.
The barrel is an Approx. 3 ft length of clear piping i found in my basement. I installed it into the standard recon attachment with some removal modification.
The "Grip" and the rest of the gun put together. (Sorry for the flip, My cell phone iz weird.)
I have something Very special in mind for the scope. Ive been looking into my MW2 Night vision goggles, and i discovered the toy company that makes them has their own line of night vision goggles. (pics of similar internals below) I plan on installing a night vision goggle into a shell of a sniper scope. It should work, but I still have a long ways to go.
After I had thought I had gotten everything I could out of a Nerf recon, I randomly noticed something else. It appears that a lot of people assume that longshots are the only guns that qualify as snipers or long range guns, but I noticed that a Nerf Recon looks A LOT like a Halo sniper. Originally, I was going to make a Halo 3 Sniper, but as I started i noticed it would be much Easier to make a Halo: Reach Sniper rifle. I plan on making more broad details out of cardboard, and making the scope and barrel attachment out of a pepakura that has yet to be made. the rest, ill scratch build. At First, I wanted to make it functional. I doubled the rage of the standard Modified Nerf Recon, and things looked very good. I even managed to get a successful test fire out of a 3 foot barrel, but recently its all gone FUBAR. Oh well, I'd love to have a Reach sniper prop, Functional or not.... Here are my pictures, and i warn you, its no LeeKeegan Masterpiece.
Plans:
The Modified stock: I installed a guide pipe that utilized a firing spring from an old Airsoft gun I got in China a while back. The Airsoft spring accelerates the speed of the plunger, greatly increasing the range, power, and speed of the Nerf.
The barrel is an Approx. 3 ft length of clear piping i found in my basement. I installed it into the standard recon attachment with some removal modification.
The "Grip" and the rest of the gun put together. (Sorry for the flip, My cell phone iz weird.)
I have something Very special in mind for the scope. Ive been looking into my MW2 Night vision goggles, and i discovered the toy company that makes them has their own line of night vision goggles. (pics of similar internals below) I plan on installing a night vision goggle into a shell of a sniper scope. It should work, but I still have a long ways to go.
