Nite Finder Modification

-- Exterminator

Image 1; Stock Nite Finder	Image 2; Modified Nite Finders

1. Open the gun

Remove the screws and pull the gun apart.

Image 3; Opened gun

2. Remove the barrel assembly

Remove the two screws holding the plunger shaft and pull out the whole barrel and plunger assembly, which will separate into 8 pieces (numbered in the picture). You're not going to need pieces 3, 4, 6, and 7. You can remove the aiming light if you want to; I took it out becuase I find it useless.

Image 4; Removed and separated barrel assembly

3. Remove barrel post and air restrictors

Drill a hole in the center of piece 2, and snip the six prongs that hold the barrel post on piece 5.

Image 5; Plunger shaft endpieces

4. Glue pieces 2 and 5 together

Hot glue those two pieces together so it looks like the picture.

Image 6; Glued endpieces

5. Glue that to the plunger shaft

Then hot glue that part onto the plunger shaft. The bump on piece 2 must fit into the notch on the plunger shaft.

Image 7; Plunger shaft with endpieces

6. Make barrel

Cut a 2-inch length of 1/2-inch PVC and a 3 1/4-inch length of 1/2-inch CPVC. Then file the outer edge of one end of the CPVC so it can fit in the PVC. Hammer the CPVC into the PVC until the CPVC is about a quarter-inch from the end of the inside of the PVC. Dremel the inside edge of the PVC (the left end in the picture) so it can fit over the bump on the plunger shaft cap. Finally, file the inside of the CPVC (the end not in the PVC) to make it easier to stuff darts in.

Image 8; New Barrel

7. Glue the barrel onto the plunger shaft

Hot glue the barrel onto the plunger shaft, making sure that it's straight.

Image 9; Plunger shaft with barrel

8. Trim the case to fit the new barrel

You're going to have to trim edges off the case to fit the new barrel (they're the edges cut off in the picture). You can cut them off with a hacksaw or band saw or you can Dremel them. We used a band saw.

Image 10; Trimmed case and the edges cut off

9. Screw the barrel and plunger shaft into the case

Next you need to put the plunger back into the plunger shaft and return the plunger shaft and its new barrel to the case. In order to do so, however, you may need to trim some hot glue off the top of the plunger shaft where it connects to the barrel with a knife or melt it off with the glue gun. Then screw the plunger shaft back in.

Image 11; Barrel and plunger shaft back in the case

10. Put the gun back together

Screw the gun back together, and Voila! you now have an excellent gun with great performance for a pistol.

Image 12; Finished!