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Hello once again everybody.
So the DTG2 line was just released afew days ago and I have been waiting and waiting for the Sharp Shot.
Honestly they remind me of the Spectre... It's my personal opinion, but I just love the aesthetics of the Sharp Shot (DTSS for short)
I know that you guys have not yet got the new Dart Tag line in your country, but I know that some of you probably already own this blaster.
So anyways I fired it and it was working alright, but you all know me, I could not resist the temptation to crack this guy open and work on some improvements.
What I will be covering in this writeup:
- Rebarrelling of the DTSS (which also means the removal of the AR and getting rid of quite a fair bit of deadspace)
- Double Spring Setup
Other "standard" mods performed, but not covered are:
- Plunger Seal Improvement via e-tape under the O-Ring
- Catch Spring upgrade due to stronger plunger springs
- Plunger Padding due to removed AR
Very simple, basic mods that boosts the performance of the DTSS greatly.
Let's begin!
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Things you will need:
- about 10cm length of Barrel Material (I used my favourite Europet PETG but you can use any barrel material you like.)
- Goop / Superglue / Epoxy Putty
- Dremel with Sanding Bit / Sanding Stone / Cutting Bit
- Cutters (optional)
- Pipe Cutter (optional, for cleaner cut around the stock barrel)
- E-tape (optional, for plunger seal improvement)
- Small foam bumper sticker (optional, for plunger padding)
- Small little spring for the catch (optional, for catch spring upgrade)
- Strikefire Stock Spring (this is what I used. Use whatever spring you like.)
- Time (Please, be patient and let your adhesive cure properly.)
Opening up the blaster is easy. There's no need for a pic of this.
Start by unscrewing all screws that are in the YELLOW areas of the blaster.
Remove all the yellow areas first, then unscrew the rest of the screws to get the blaster apart.
First, let's start with a quick pic of the internals!
Just lift up the plunger tube and take the plunger out.
Now get your pipecutters. If you don't have a Pipecutter, just use a dremel with a cutting bit. Cut off the tail end of the plunger.
In this pic, I show you where the AR is located.
However, you only need this part:
Flip it around, and get your dremel and sanding bit:
Test fit your barrel material as you widen the ID and try to get a nice, snug fit. Dremel slow, this way you'll end up with a more "rounded" circle. Get your barrel material and goop it into the widened "tail piece".
The total length of the current plunger tube should be about 10cm from head to the end of the orange tail. Mine is currenly about 9.7cm because I have a 3mm space to accomodate my plunger padding foam.
Europet PETG nests perfectly into the stock muzzle of the DTSS.
You might need to do some minor dremelling for your barrel material to fit into the stock muzzle.
I used goop as an adhesive to hold the muzzle to the barrel. You can use Super Glue, or Epoxy. Just use something strong. Araldite works too. Then, let it fully cure. I cannot stress how important you need to wait for it to cure properly. You need them to hold together well because you're using a new barrel. The original stock barrel has 2 nubs sticking out to hold them in place via a slot in the DTSS shell. Rebarrelling gets rid of this so you really need something strong to hold it in place.
Now, onto the plunger tube.
I got my cutters and cut a shape like this:
This is so that the outer layer can still hold the stock spring in place, while the new notches I cut will hold the additional spring I will be using.
I used a stock Strikefire spring in this setup.
After your adhesive has fully cured, perform whatever other mods you want, like plunger padding / e-taping under the o-ring / upgrading your trigger catch spring, and then fit everything back together.
Firing and comparison video coming soon... give me awhile to get it done
I'm getting easily over double of the stock range out of this fella now.
Note that if you use too strong a spring or a spring setup, you risk either bending the bar of the priming handle, or breaking the bar slots totally.
Of course, you can take preventive measures!
anyways, video!
So the DTG2 line was just released afew days ago and I have been waiting and waiting for the Sharp Shot.
Honestly they remind me of the Spectre... It's my personal opinion, but I just love the aesthetics of the Sharp Shot (DTSS for short)
I know that you guys have not yet got the new Dart Tag line in your country, but I know that some of you probably already own this blaster.
So anyways I fired it and it was working alright, but you all know me, I could not resist the temptation to crack this guy open and work on some improvements.
What I will be covering in this writeup:
- Rebarrelling of the DTSS (which also means the removal of the AR and getting rid of quite a fair bit of deadspace)
- Double Spring Setup
Other "standard" mods performed, but not covered are:
- Plunger Seal Improvement via e-tape under the O-Ring
- Catch Spring upgrade due to stronger plunger springs
- Plunger Padding due to removed AR
Very simple, basic mods that boosts the performance of the DTSS greatly.
Let's begin!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Things you will need:
- about 10cm length of Barrel Material (I used my favourite Europet PETG but you can use any barrel material you like.)
- Goop / Superglue / Epoxy Putty
- Dremel with Sanding Bit / Sanding Stone / Cutting Bit
- Cutters (optional)
- Pipe Cutter (optional, for cleaner cut around the stock barrel)
- E-tape (optional, for plunger seal improvement)
- Small foam bumper sticker (optional, for plunger padding)
- Small little spring for the catch (optional, for catch spring upgrade)
- Strikefire Stock Spring (this is what I used. Use whatever spring you like.)
- Time (Please, be patient and let your adhesive cure properly.)
Opening up the blaster is easy. There's no need for a pic of this.
Start by unscrewing all screws that are in the YELLOW areas of the blaster.
Remove all the yellow areas first, then unscrew the rest of the screws to get the blaster apart.
First, let's start with a quick pic of the internals!
Just lift up the plunger tube and take the plunger out.
Now get your pipecutters. If you don't have a Pipecutter, just use a dremel with a cutting bit. Cut off the tail end of the plunger.
In this pic, I show you where the AR is located.
However, you only need this part:
Flip it around, and get your dremel and sanding bit:
Test fit your barrel material as you widen the ID and try to get a nice, snug fit. Dremel slow, this way you'll end up with a more "rounded" circle. Get your barrel material and goop it into the widened "tail piece".
The total length of the current plunger tube should be about 10cm from head to the end of the orange tail. Mine is currenly about 9.7cm because I have a 3mm space to accomodate my plunger padding foam.
Europet PETG nests perfectly into the stock muzzle of the DTSS.
You might need to do some minor dremelling for your barrel material to fit into the stock muzzle.
I used goop as an adhesive to hold the muzzle to the barrel. You can use Super Glue, or Epoxy. Just use something strong. Araldite works too. Then, let it fully cure. I cannot stress how important you need to wait for it to cure properly. You need them to hold together well because you're using a new barrel. The original stock barrel has 2 nubs sticking out to hold them in place via a slot in the DTSS shell. Rebarrelling gets rid of this so you really need something strong to hold it in place.
Now, onto the plunger tube.
I got my cutters and cut a shape like this:
This is so that the outer layer can still hold the stock spring in place, while the new notches I cut will hold the additional spring I will be using.
I used a stock Strikefire spring in this setup.
After your adhesive has fully cured, perform whatever other mods you want, like plunger padding / e-taping under the o-ring / upgrading your trigger catch spring, and then fit everything back together.
Firing and comparison video coming soon... give me awhile to get it done
I'm getting easily over double of the stock range out of this fella now.
Note that if you use too strong a spring or a spring setup, you risk either bending the bar of the priming handle, or breaking the bar slots totally.
Of course, you can take preventive measures!
anyways, video!
Last edited by psyk on Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:01 pm; edited 1 time in total
