Carbon
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>== Profile == Carbon joined the NIC in January of 2006. Up until that point a casual collector of Nerf guns, he usually only bought guns which were good performers while stock (such as the Splitfire or Lock 'n Load). That changed when he got a twin pack of AT2ks at Goodwill, only to discover how horrid they are out of the box. Feeling confident that someone had probably figured out a way to make them better, he shortly thereafter discovered the NIC, and subsequently Boltsniper's work.
Carbon's work has been exclusively spring-powered, with no change in the forseeable future.
Notable Features
- Clothespin Trigger
The standard SNAP trigger is built out of a spring clothespin and a nail. The nail is inserted into a hole drilled through both clothespin jaws and into the side of the pressure chamber. The clothespin provides both resistance to the initial trigger pull, as well as firing pin return.
- Plunger seal
The SNAP plunger seal is situated at the front of the plunger head and employs a rubber washer. It screws together, and can be installed by drilling one hole, making for easy assembly and repairs.
- Plunger head
The plunger head can also be built using an expansion nut placed in the end of the spring guiderod. The rest of the seal and catchface are built as normal. This allows for a slightly shorter blaster body.
Body Of Work
Knowing the FAR was too complex to attempt as a first homemade, he took his understanding of the basic systems and made a much simpler test gun, with the goal of eventually creating a FAR that was much easier to build. The SNAP has since taken on several incarnations:
- The SNAP-1mk2 - a refinement of the original design.
- The SNAP-1 Stinger - Large tubing SNAP that fires Ballistic Balls.
- The SNAP-2 - plunger with a side-pull action.
- The SNAP-1.5 - a synthesis of elements from the 1 and 2.
- The SNAP-3 - side-pull plunger with a retracting handle.
- The SNAP-4bp - a "backwards" SNAP, initially with a 6-shot magazine.
- The SNAP-5
There have also been several concepts:
- The "Big SNAP" - Initially a test to see the difference a larger diameter PC could make
- The Syringe Popgun - A spring gun made from, well, a syringe.
- The Hopper Clip - This was an extension of the large capacity inline clip. Prone to jamming in this incarnation, the design was later used in a linear fashion by Frost Vectron. This led to the SNAP-1 Stinger, as well as the inline version of the SNAP-4.
