Nerf Recon Dart Tooth Mod

Hello peoples,
Today, I present to you a Recon Dart Tooth mod. It was inspired by Calico's LS dart tooth mod (here).
Anyway, let's get straight to it. It's a very basic mod.

NOTE: Before you try this, remember to remove the AR completely, such that the plunger tube is completely clear. If it is not, this mod will not do anything, and likely cause more jams.

I apologise for not having before- pics - I was too much in a rush to take them. In any case, I didn't have a camera anyway.

Materials:
Recon Dart Tooth
Recon Barrel Nub (don't know actual name, is part dart tooth goes into)
Recon Boltsled
Hot glue sticks
Apparatus:
Sandpaper/other sanding tool
Drill/thin cutting tool
Hot glue gun

1) Open up your Recon and remove the aforementioned materials from the blaster.
2) Get your sandpaper, and sand off right side of the bolt until it looks something like this:

This will ensure that the dart tooth does not go down until the dart is pushed in as far as possible.
3) Get your dart tooth, and put hotglue on it like so:

Remember to taper the top part so the dart doesn't catch on the hot glue. I had many darts catch on the hot glue until I tapered it, at which point it hardly ever jammed.
4) Take your Barrel Nub thing, and drill/cut holes in the area where the dart tooth goes into it. Use your dart tooth as reference. The dart tooth must be able to slide in and out easily, otherwise it may cause jams.
Like so:

5) Reassemble your Recon, and enjoy!

I apologise for such horrid pics, but the built in webcam on my tablet was the only camera available. Hopefully you can still see what I've done.

Afterwords:
I've done this to my AR removed Recon, and it seems to increase range by about a metre, although for whatever reason accuracy is increased a lot (measured by how much spray the Recon had). After reinforcing the plunger, powerstocking the Recon, and extending the barrel (it appeared to increase accuracy), I was hitting a relatively consistent 20m+ range with stock streamlines, some reaching 25m. (the Recon in question looks like this:here)
This mod will likely work for all other reverse plunger blasters with the same dart tooth system, although as stated in the LS dart tooth mod thread, slam firing may be an issue. Note that this may not work for the AT, with it having a different dart tooth system.

From experience, most consistent results are achieved if you use a Recon Barrel Extension or LSFG (I don't have a Longstrike) as they (appear to) increase accuracy and reduce dart droppage (as in Streamlines swerving downwards).

EDIT: I just remembered, I shaved the inside of the breech very slightly with a drill. Before this mod, Streamlines were having a lot of trouble loading - I had to use as much force as possible just to get the dart tooth to retract, and for the bolt sled to return to its original position. Even after the shaving, I had some trouble chambering a dart.
I have no idea if this affects what this mod does. However, I do know that after this mod, darts chambered much more easily, which is another bonus.

Summary:
Pros:
-Slightly increased range
-Increased accuracy (further increased with a long barrel)
-Improved chambering (combined with breech shaving)
-Easy to do - requires very few tools and extra materials
-Slight increase in ROF - slide is easier to push to original position.
Cons:
-Irreversible
-Can take lots of patience to get it right (the shaving/drilling etc took about 5 min, the adjustments and measuring about 30min)
-Getting it wrong will mess up your Recon completely.

EDIT 8/12/11: I fired off 6 darts in the morning, without a barrel attachment. Although all the darts went to the left or right, they curved back to hit the front door (9m range) within a 1m diametre.
With the extended Recon Barrel (Recon Barrel Attachment with LSFG Barrel), the darts do not swerve and hit the door within about a half-metre diametre.

I'm definitely going to be trying this out, once I get a Recon off some guy of course lol. I'm quite interested how the simple 'dart tooth mod' can do so many wonders to your blaster.

Nice, glad it has benefits in a reverse plunger gun. I also found that changing the degree of the triangle part that retract the tooth to a lower angle made the tooth stay up longer making it push back the dart just that little bit more. Did you try a snap cap with this mod?

Calico wrote:Nice, glad it has benefits in a reverse plunger gun. I also found that changing the degree of the triangle part that retract the tooth to a lower angle made the tooth stay up longer making it push back the dart just that little bit more. Did you try a snap cap with this mod?

I'm currently fixing my dart tooth after a disagreement with my saw (woops). Anyway, I'll post back when it's ready. I've changed the triangle part, so I think (read: hope) it'll increase range and accuracy a little more.
I've had no trouble chambering Silis or Snap Cap darts - they chamber just as smoothly as Streamlines.

Lol disagreement with a saw. My finger lost to one of those, amazing how fast a circ saw can pop the top of your little finger. But anyway...what spring in in your recon?

Calico wrote:...But anyway...what spring in in your recon?

ATM I'm using a stretched Recon spring (stretched it when I was a n00b) and for the powerstock, some random spring. Melbnerf had it in the Scout when he sold it to me. I think it's a Spectre spring, but I'm not sure.
It's probably also worth noting that I am using a Spectre o-ring with a little tape underneath, lubed with fix a tap. The original Recon o-ring expanded so it wouldn't fit. The current air seal is quite good, as if I hold a Streamline in the breech, it takes some effort to push in the plunger.