Dartsmithing

I had a request a while back to post a dartsmithing guide. For those of you who don't know, dartsmithing is the process of making your own darts. Typically, these homemade darts are cheaper and more accurate than stock darts, but your range might drop. I was able to find everything I needed to make these darts at my local hardware store. I also found the same items at Lowe's. Full list of necessary items, and the dartsmithing guide after the split.

Clarification.

As you may have noticed, we recently lost four authors: 1337Wolf, Shadow_Blaze, Plopper4568 and Portal. A comment on plopper's ''I quit'' post (Which was deleted by Icicle for unknown reasons) said ''I fear this is the beginning of the end'', I can assure you that it is not. Although the start of Universal Nerf has dealt a blow to Arctic Nerf, we are not going to shut down simply because we lost authors. AN started with three friends who wanted a place to share their mods.Although we have grown since then, our primary purpose has stayed the same. We have deleted all authors other than myself and Icicle. The remaining authors were deleted because they had not posted yet. We are still open to anyone who wants to join. We don't ask for any more than a post per month. The one advantage we have to offer is that Universal Nerf only posts what they like, we allow anyone to post anything about Nerf. Also, a new bonus: If you are a good author, you will receive Administrator status and an @arcticnerf.com email address.

Again, AN will survive, we're just back to where we started. Thanks for reading.
                                                                                                                         IceCubed

Awesome stampede deal

Hey, DarthRambo has found an extraordinary deal on the Nerf Stampede at Target. It's only available online. It comes with a tactical vest, for a total savings of $60 compared to buying separately. Here's the link: Nerf stampede bundle.

Manta NiteFinder and more

A few weeks back, I found a twin NiteFinder pack at Aldi for $10. I couldn't decided what I wanted to do with them though. I was considering making a new, longer plunger tube to increase the range (People have reported up to 120' ranges!). I also considered making another minimized gun. But then, Icicle found a better idea, so I got to work.
(For those of you who missed it, here was my original post about modding NiteFinders: LINK)

Nerf Rayven Price

As most of you know the Rayven is now for sale at amazon.com, but there is a cheaper way to get it than the 40 dollar price tag that amazon has on their's.Toycountry.com has one for 30 dollars.  http://www.toycountry.com/store/Rayven-CS-18-N-Strike-Blasters-Shooters-Guns-Foam-Dart-Play-Sets-Accessories-NERF-Pretend-Role-Outdoor-Play-Sets-Toys-Games-by-NERF.html
So if you're tight on money choose the cheaper site, or if you want the more reputable dealer choose amazon.

Review: Modded Whiteout Nitefinder

This is my modded nitefinder. The title says all. Check the pics after the split.

Reveiw: Modded Quadshot (5) *update*

Hey guys, its Plopper. I'm a new author on this blog. Here are some pictures of my modded quadshot, check it out after the split.

Nerf Jolt Review and Mod Guide

I'll start off today's review with this: this little sucker packs a punch! It comes with the Nerf Jolt EX-1 and 2 whistler darts. Very good blaster for the price. $5 for a springer single shot that shoots 20-30 feet. To cock it you pull down the priming handle and pull the trigger to fire. Very nice single shot blaster. I'd pick one up if you can get one. I'm putting mine in my Nerf Nova Rev-10,an upcoming mod, so be sure to watch out for it. I rate the Jolt a 4 out of 5. Very nice range and is quite cheap. I'd get it ASAP.

Modding tutorial after the split.

Nerf Vortex Lumitron

First,thanks Jetcell for finding the link. I'll have it at the end of this article. This is the Vortex Lumitron. A recolored Praxis with a 10 shot clip. This gun features glow in the dark tech similar to the Rayven. I honestly hope Nerf doesn't continue this idea. The Praxis ( err,I mean Lumitron)looks nice in those colors and the rayven also is pretty cool but I'm not a fan of this glow in the dark stuff.
Vortex Lumitron

The description on Amazon says "Glow-in-the-dark blasting action takes disc-blasting to a whole new level! Lumitron features a 10-disc Firefly Tech magazine which charges 10 glow-in-the-dark discs (included). Also features unique Firefly inspired deco."

Universal Nerf

Bazookafied, Triangle and JetCell have come together to make a new blog, where you are the author! If you're interested, check out http://universalnerf.blogspot.com/

In other news, the Zeus punched a hole through a two-liter bottle filled with water. Definitely not a gun for wars. If you make one, don't shoot it at people. Ever. 

Opinions and Thoughts:Longshots;Why are they so important?

The Longshot. One of the best Nerf blasters. Or supposedly. You may have one and think to yourself,"It's just as good as my other Nerf blasters." Well,it turns out that from what I've read they can be very powerful modded. But if you don't mod,I understand. I got a yellow one before. It's a nice blaster. Adjustable stock,front gun,bipod, and it looks like a sniper rifle. The only main thing I don't like is because when you fire it it makes a sproing sound. There are many mods for the longshot,but as I said before,if you don't mod,it's of no use. I have to agree with UT on this one,it may be a sniper rifle but unless you can mod or attend nerf wars, you're better off with a Recon. Sure it's a sniper rifle,sure it has a bipod,sure the stock is nifty,sure it comes with a front gun, but unless you use it in a large space,it just doesn't matter. It's a nice gun,but for some it doesn't work. It's the second longest nerf blaster. You do an inside nerf war,and it might hinder you. So unless you do outside wars or mod, this blaster ain't that special.

Nerf Firefly review

 Since I'm giving this to a friend for Christmas,I thought I would review it. So here you go!

Nova to Dark Horizon

I am very sorry to say the Nova has been merged with the Dark Horizon. Due to complications with the barricade barrel it will now have 2 mav barrels. If you have seen drac's shadow spectre you'll know what I'm talking about. I'm sorry for the dissapointment. It's just too much work and not enough experience.The Dark Horizon will still have the Jolt integration but a different paint scheme.

Modding.Why?

This was first written for my dad. It was first not supposed to be on here until I read it and thought it would be good. I thought it would be a good article for Arctic Nerf. It is also on Nerf and Stuff. Please tell me if it sounds like a kept repeating stuff in this. So without further adeiou here is the article.

Recent Projects (WARNING: Picture overload)

Hey guys, just wanted to share some pictures of new projects as well as improvements to past designs. Also, for those of you who have wanted to see my old Pump-Action longshot, there are a few pictures of that too.

Pictures and descriptions after the split.

We burnt a hole for the charger port here.

This is the actual battery pack we added. It was around 4.7v. Icicle still uses the stock battery pack with it.

Minimized Scout

Primed

Sanded off the logo and "Do Not Modify" stuff

Pump Action Recon. I used half of a broken recon on the pump, the other half will go on a clipped Barricade.

Primed

Primed, zoomed in.

Special raised coloring technique. All those splashes rise up from the gun.

The other side.

Longshot, I ran PlexiGlass from the handle of the front gun (Integration) to the priming area. I then secured it with a 8-32 rod. I also had to drill out some of the rail so that the front gun handle could move back far enough. Writeup for this coming soon. And no, that is not me in the picture. That would be my sister, who used this gun for a photography project. These were the only pictures I could find of this gun.

From this view you can see a small red button on the handle, that activated the three blue LED's I had on the front of the gun. Why blue? Blue LED light makes the Nerf orange faintly glow in the dark. So at night, you could find where people are hiding by scanning with the lights.

That's all for now, might post more pics soon as well as a large guide to modding your longshot! Including CPVC breech and pump action mods.

From the *coolest* guy on the internet, 

                                                    Ice³