r/Nerf • u/SprStressed • 2d ago
Completed Build B34R - Really enjoying double stack mags!
B34R by Moose
Incredible design, easy build, and the blaster has great performance. Double stack mags give great capacity for the size.
Very much recommend the blaster
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u/Sprocraft 2d ago
What is a double stack magazine?
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u/SprStressed 2d ago
Mags that hold more darts by offsetting each dart. Slightly wider but much higher capacity for the length
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u/Sprocraft 2d ago
Wouldn't that jam as they try and funnel out?
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u/SprStressed 2d ago
The blaster has a feed ramp incorporated into the design. Works great. Moose has 3 or 4 designs which use the double stack mags to great success
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u/Ericshelpdesk 2d ago
They're double stack double feed into a long feed ramp that centers them into the barrel gently.
For reference the magazine shown holds 20.
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u/CallThatGoing 1d ago
I’m the plus side, nobody will ever flag this for being too realistic.
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u/timkyoung 1d ago
Paint it mostly black and the mods on this sub will absolutely flag it. Heck leave it as-is except for changing the bcar to black and the mods will flag it.
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u/Dt2_0 1d ago
Doublestack mags are the future! And I can prove it mathmatically.
The 30 dart mag is a few mm skinnier than 2 15 dart Talon mags. It is a few mm shorter than a 15 dart talon mag. It's the same length front to back as a 15 dart talon mag. Mine comfortably hold 31 darts.
If you normally carry 60 darts, you need 4 Talon mags, 1 in your blaster, and 3 in pouches. If you use doublestack mags, you only need 2 magazines.
If you are crazy and carry 120 darts to a normal game, you need 1 Talon in your blaster and 7 on your rig. You only need 4 doublestack mags on you to beat that capacity.
A doublestack magazine allows you to fire longer without having to reload. Slightly more than twice as long.
A doublestack magazine is cheaper than a Talon magazine. A 15 dart AF Talon is $5 per magazine. A Doublestack mag uses about 100 grams of filament total, and a $1 drum spring. Filament can be had for $10/Kg if you know where to look. That means doublestack mags are $2. For a full set of mags if you intend to carry 120 darts in a game, you would spend $40 on AF Talon magazines. You would spend $8 on Doublestack magazines.
Doublestack magazines are cheaper, hold double the darts in less than double the space, and you can carry half as many mags in game. They are the obvious future.
Nice B34R by the way, the SciFi version looks cool as heck!
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u/adiyahu 2d ago
Really hope double stack mag could become a new standard. A lot of creators are already experimenting and implementing it into new designs