Longshot Brass Alignment [kinda pics heavy]

Hi All,

This is a write up extending from the brass breech mod because I'm not smart enough to some up with my own original mod. I added the brass and did not know how to align it up properly and have it look neat awesome. There was space around the nozzle it would not sit stable.

I had the option of e-tape but that was stupid ugly and not 100% enough (for me).

So what I did was go to the best shop in the world Bunnings to pick up these.



These can be found in the hose/irrigation section and are about 97c and $1.08 (you will need the 8mm and the 10mm (they only had 8mm, 10mm and 13mm).


Back to action. Measure up the brass on your Longshot. You don't have to do this but it is good to have a general idea of where things are when disassembled. Note the green. make sure your clip can feed into the brass properly, and if you are readjusting - measure thrice cut once!! I made this mistake and have a really, really small gap in the brass when its closed. #sadface


measure and mark


sadface gap

Cut about 5mm to 1cm of the 8mm and 1cm to 1.5 cm for the 10mm and soak them in hot water and place on brass as follows. The 8mm will have to be stretched but it will sit nicely in the clip/breech holder (orange thingy in the middle of the Longshot - don't know what it is called) the 10mm will sit in front and will have to be stretched also. Be careful of the sharp brass (it be at this point where I cut myself).


as follows

Test if everything fits well. You will have to unscrew the nozzle of the Longshot. Reassemble it to make sure everything fits correctly it will be good to check if your darts will feed at this point.


assembly order


Now just epoxy the inside of the nozzle. I just did the nozzle for easy dis-assembly just in case I needed to in future. To neatly epoxy, I wrapped some masking tape around the nozzle and just filled it up (be careful not to bump/drop the assembly after you put the epoxy in because it will be really annoying to try to realign it with epoxy dripping from it).


masking tape action!

Once it has dried, rip of the masking tape and ta-da. Nice and neat!


It will be the prettiest thing your enemies see before they get shot =]



Real Life Scenario #thatdidnthappentomeoranyonebutitcould've

Enemy: I've got you now... oh, what a nice longshot...

You: BOOM!! Headshot!

Referee: SIN BIN! Close range Headshot!

(it happens)

This also makes sure everything is as straight as an arrow so no more alignment issues.

Hope this provides some form of communal value.

-Jay

nice clean writeup. might try this for my upcoming longshot build

Made me laugh.

Sorry mate,

But with regards to your finger...BooHooDiddlyBooHooHoo.

If you're going to show off an injury, please make it a real one.

I did this:



While cutting a length of aluminium in Bunnings (the worst shop in the world) with a hacksaw yesterday.

It squirted blood all over the place and the lady almost fainted.

Funny as hell, but hurt like shit.

As we love to say in Central QLD, "harden the @#$% up!"

Cheers, LOL,

oznerfnerd wrote:

While cutting a length of aluminium in Bunnings (the worst shop in the world) with a hacksaw yesterday.

It squirted blood all over the place and the lady almost fainted.

Funny as hell, but hurt like shit.

As we love to say in Central QLD, "harden the @#$% up!"

Cheers, LOL,

Looks like nikko pen to me mate.... have a spoonful of concrete!!

On-topic - that looks like a good option. I'll give it a whirl on my next LShot.

Cheers,

clunk07 wrote:

oznerfnerd wrote:

While cutting a length of aluminium in Bunnings (the worst shop in the world) with a hacksaw yesterday.

It squirted blood all over the place and the lady almost fainted.

Funny as hell, but hurt like shit.

As we love to say in Central QLD, "harden the @#$% up!"

Cheers, LOL,

Looks like nikko pen to me mate.... have a spoonful of concrete!!

On-topic - that looks like a good option. I'll give it a whirl on my next LShot.

Cheers,

You reckon I'd better practice what I preach Clunk?

Now where's that teaspoon and my bag of conckers...

oznerfnerd wrote:Sorry mate,

But with regards to your finger...BooHooDiddlyBooHooHoo.

If you're going to show off an injury, please make it a real one.

I did this:

While cutting a length of aluminium in Bunnings (the worst shop in the world) with a hacksaw yesterday.

It squirted blood all over the place and the lady almost fainted.

Funny as hell, but hurt like shit.

As we love to say in Central QLD, "harden the @#$% up!"

Cheers, LOL,

LOL, mine was spitting blood too but I only decided to take the pic of my finger after I cleaned it up. Just wanted to make safety a mention. It wasn't really that big of a deal, just annoying to finish the rest of the mod without getting blood on everything or an annoying sting on the tip of my finger.

In my defense, it looked worse in person than on cam. :p

I'd go the tablespoon ONN... haha - show these Southern guys what we're made of!!

But, yeh, brass breeches are pretty notorious for causing injuries to digits. Have had quite a few myself in the past..

Cheers,

To the OP: its possible to get the boltsled to travel further forward by removing the jam door and extending the slots where the priming bar travels. This will help you to get your breech to seal.

lech wrote:To the OP: its possible to get the boltsled to travel further forward by removing the jam door and extending the slots where the priming bar travels. This will help you to get your breech to seal.

Thought about it but i have no room to move.

This diagram should explain it...



I would have to compromise the longshot internals. If I have totally misinterpreted what you have said, please let me know (diagrams/pics help).

=]

JayDesu wrote:

lech wrote:To the OP: its possible to get the boltsled to travel further forward by removing the jam door and extending the slots where the priming bar travels. This will help you to get your breech to seal.

Thought about it but i have no room to move.

This diagram should explain it...



I would have to compromise the longshot internals. If I have totally misinterpreted what you have said, please let me know (diagrams/pics help).

=]

This is the exact reason why I stopped epoxying in the barrel. It is possible to separate the pieces after gluing, but I've only been successful in doing this with 5 min Araldite, not 72 hour. But, that's what you'll want to attempt imo. That way you can tap the barrel back down, and eliminate the gap in your breech.

Cheers,

Oh yeah shit, I forgot my brass came unstuck from the black piece. Mine sits about 5-10mm forward of the rear of the black piece now.

Sorry mate!

clunk07 wrote:

JayDesu wrote:

lech wrote:To the OP: its possible to get the boltsled to travel further forward by removing the jam door and extending the slots where the priming bar travels. This will help you to get your breech to seal.

Thought about it but i have no room to move.

This diagram should explain it...



I would have to compromise the longshot internals. If I have totally misinterpreted what you have said, please let me know (diagrams/pics help).

=]

This is the exact reason why I stopped epoxying in the barrel. It is possible to separate the pieces after gluing, but I've only been successful in doing this with 5 min Araldite, not 72 hour. But, that's what you'll want to attempt imo. That way you can tap the barrel back down, and eliminate the gap in your breech.

Cheers,

I actually used sealant (I think bathroom tile sealant) on the inside where the brass sits in the black... 'thing'... so it MAY be possible for me to fix it... I just don't want to break the plastic or break the plunger system all together.

I ditched the orange middle bit and the orange muzzle & used string to tie my barrel in, because I don't understand longshots.

True Story.

Seriously, you'll want to attempt to fix it by re-aligning the barrel, not the breech. Move the breech forward, you'll need to trim more out of the half-pipe, and, depending on how close your 1/2" brass is, you may end up with all sorts of issues...

Cheers,

mister_elliott wrote:I ditched the orange middle bit and the orange muzzle & used string to tie my barrel in, because I don't understand longshots.

True Story.

Woah.. pic/link?

clink07 wrote:Seriously, you'll want to attempt to fix it by re-aligning the barrel, not the breech. Move the breech forward, you'll need to trim more out of the half-pipe, and, depending on how close your 1/2" brass is, you may end up with all sorts of issues...

sorry mate, a little confused. "Realign the barrel but not the breech", "Move the breech forward".

If I'm correct... I want to... remove the brass on one side (plunger side I presume) then move it forward... yes?

Haha... sorry mate, I'm talking in riddle's... that's what night shift does to you.

Personally, I'd opt for re-aligining the 9/16" barrel, and leaving the bolt alone. It's pretty easy to crack the black nub that the bolt sits in, and you may end up with alignment issues with the clip.

If you can free-up the epoxy at the front of the blaster where the barrel rests, then it's easy enough to tap the barrel back towards the bolt, and then just re-glue the barrel in place. It will all come down to how good the adhesive is. I've had to do this on a couple of BBLShot's, but I only use e-tape and a bit of crazy glue to hold the barrel in, so it's not too OP if I need to re-align anything.

Hope you get something sorted mate.

Cheers,