| I have received some requests for Crossbow mods. Here's my
tribute to everyone's favorite Nerf gun. The Crossbow I am using
had already been modded with the barrel relocation mod when I
wrote this. I tried to get some pics showing what you should do
to complete this mod. But, the main mod that I'm offering is the
PVC barrel mod. Everyone seemed to be saying that the original
barrel was better than PVC. For stefans, it's not. This mod
increases both range and accuracy with the gun.
Here is my gun before I started messing with it.
I originally used foam to keep my barrel in place. This is a
good idea.
To relocate the barrel, take it out of where it is originally
and remove the tubing from both the plunger tube and the barrel.
Take the spring out of the tubing and cut it to about one inch.
Slide the tubing back on the plunger tube and then onto the
barrel and point the barrel out the front. You may have to cut
some plastic to do this. Also you will have to remove the yellow
piece that normally goes on the front.
Now on to the PVC. We are going to glue the PVC directly onto
the plunger tube and do away with the original barrel and
tubing. See that thing sticking up in about the middle of the
picture? That blocks the PVC. I used a small saw on a Swiss Army
Knife to remove it. A dremel would work better.
Make sure your PVC will fit in. It looks good, let's go cut the
PVC! My barrel is 10 inches, because I didn't want it to be too
long. The plunger tube on the Crossbow is so long, I bet you
could almost use a 20 inch barrel.
Put hot glue on the end of the PVC and stick it on the front of
the plunger tube. I recommend you do this while the tube is
seated in the casing of the gun so that you can adjust the aim
and get it straight. Put a little hot glue around the outside to
reinforce it and put the gun back together.
Looks menacing, eh? :)
I recommend you reinforce the barrel exit with duct tape, as hot
glue isn't that strong and we don't want to put too much stress
on it.
This mod made my crossbow shoot a lot farther. As with many
other plunger guns, rubber bands REALLY make the gun better. Go
to an office store and buy the "big" rubber bands. The
ones I got were colored. Take five of them and loop them
together to form a chain. Put one end of this chain on the
barrel, then pass it through the plunger's eye and loop the
other end over the barrel. This lets you use more rubber bands,
it lets you get them straight, and it lets you hold the gun
normally. I actually recommend using two of these chains, but
more than that makes it hard to cock.
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