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    Longshot Aluminium Barrel Modification

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    Post  son of eevil Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:21 pm

    So I was looking at the disassembled Longshot and was putting a dart into the barrel and I noticed an awful lot of room in between the dart and the barrel and I remembered I had some aluminium rod laying around size is 16mm X 1.0mm after slotting a dart into it I noticed it was a much more snug fit. Other size tubes may fit better but this is what I had.
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    So next step was to assemble the barrel and breech and slide the aluminium tube down the muzzle and into the barrel and mark the end with...something...
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    Longshot Aluminium Barrel Modification Image


    Cut the aluminium rod, a Dremmel would be easiest but I didn't find my cutting bit until after I'd already cut it so I used a hacksaw instead.
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    Unfortunatly I can't cut worth a damn so I ended up with a bit extra and it was a bit crooked. I'm unsure if an uneven cut will skew the dart because my haven't had a chance to reassemble it yet.
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    Tidy up the inside of the end you just cut I used a sanding attachment on my Dremmel to keep it easy then using a buffer attachment I buffed the inside to make it smooth and rubbed the inside using a sock for the bits my Dremmel bit wouldn't reach so it offered as little resitance to the dart and airflow as possible.

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    That's the end of the photos but using some epoxy slather liberally it around the outside of the aluminium tube and slide it down the orriginal barrel, be careful not to stick the new barrel to the muzzle, the breech or the breach attachment.

    DISCLAIMER:
    I've not tested this yet as my longshot is still being painted. Do this mod at your own risk I will report when I get it all together and working. To the best of my knowledge this will work perfectly fine unsure if it will work the Angel Breech or the Singled Mod but will be testing it with an Angel Breech in the coming days but I can't imagine that it won't. Also may want to test fit any Stefans to ensure they'll sit in here a different sized rod might be better for you.

    Hope this has helped someone!
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    Post  boodley Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:08 am

    would it be possible to maybe give measurements of what length is needed

    thanks
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    Post  chrisb Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:49 pm

    Where did you get the aluminium tubing?
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    Post  ShootEmUp Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:51 pm

    chrisb wrote:Where did you get the aluminium tubing?

    Bunnings sells alu tube.
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    Post  chrisb Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:20 am

    How much does that cost?
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    Post  son of eevil Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:57 pm

    Length was 18cm and the cost of the aluminium I think $15 or so? probably less.
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    Post  chrisb Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:43 pm

    Thats expensive
    I'll get back with the price for 15.88mm x 1.22mm..

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    18cm or 18in?

    You can buy that from me and including shipping it is still cheaper
    alu tube would be about $2 per 300mm and shipping is $8 for that little amount

    you could buy 4 x 300mm long barrels shipped for $16
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    Post  son of eevil Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:19 pm

    I think you have me confused. I brought in a 1M length for $15 and I cut it to 18cm to fit the barrel.
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    Post  chrisb Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:10 pm

    very confused, it sounded like you said $15 for 18cm
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    Post  Khail Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:51 pm

    Chris is still cheaper, $2 for 300mm or ~$7 for 1M. Half price compared to bunnings.
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    Post  Biggles Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:54 pm

    Uhm, where I get my alu it's arond $5 a meter.

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    Post  chrisb Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:31 pm

    its actually $6.66/m and if youre using the discount, $6/m

    would you then sell your $5/meter alu tube for $5/m?
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    Post  Khail Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:19 pm

    I would still be interested in your Alu as you have sizes that bunnings dosnt have.
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    Post  chrisb Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:55 am

    I'll be getting some eventually

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