Elite Draw Extention & Spring compression (with recon to retaliator conversion)

These mods will cover how to:

• Remove ARs
• Increase usable volume of the plunger tube
• Preload the spring
• Install the Retaliator internals into a Recon

The power mods have this blaster (Retalicon?) hitting about 75ft flat as long as the darts don't swerve into the ground out of the barrel.  Angled the ranges are over 100ft.

To install Retaliator internals into a Recon shell Very little work needs to be done.  It only needs some of the ribs to be ground down and a plate in the back to hold the spring in while allowing the plunger rod to go through.



Power Mods:
AR removal-

  The tube can be removed from the breech.  Remove the plunger tube and you can drill out the air restrictor from the back.  This distance is short enough so that you don't need the super long drill bits needed for this in the past.
There are also 3 plastic nubs holding the AR spring in.  You can either leave the spring in and drill through the middle, pull the spring out with some jeweler pliers or grind down the nub so the spring falls out.
Tube Volume

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First you need to grind down the small ledge on the inside of the tube.  It's right where the plunger head rests in the first pick above. I just used a round utility bit.

<----I've seen people removing the orange ring on the tube.  This isn't needed, if you angle the rod you can pull it out without having to deal with the glue on the orange ring.

After that you need to grind down the first ---->  lip of the plunger head.  make it so the outer ring is angled so it will help guide the head into the smaller portion of the plunger tube.



Spring compression

 Build up some hot glue around the base of the rod.  This pre-loads the spring and makes it so it can push the whole length of the increased plunger tube distance.  Note: more glue would be needed for a retaliator shell, this is done for a recon conversion.












 
Retalicon!:

 I was pretty mad that I bought this clear recon on super clearance right before elites were announced. I thought that I would try to make something cool out of it rather then let it sit in its box.

Grind down where the green marks are on both sides of the shell.  do not cut through where the screw ports are for the butt cap.

Make a plate that fits in the back of the back of the blaster where the stocks attach.  The plate needs to be shaped like this with the round areas clearing the screw ports and the angled corners clearing the angled edges of the shell.

A hole needs to be drilled out in the middle allowing the plunger rod to go through so the blaster can prime.

Glue the spring into place on the plate.  The spring serves as a guide for the rod and this makes it so the spring is always centered on the hole.

This small piece on the tube need a very small amount of this rib to be ground down to allow a good fit..

Just about perfect compression.
This area is actually the limiting factor for the retaliator and rampage.  The springs have to compress to a very small length or the catch wont engage.
Also, If the spring is a bigger diameter it wont be able to clear the catch .
Between these two things the springs you can use for the Elites are very limited.