ANOTHER DL44 BLASTER-from a cheap BB gun

Nick K · Dec 11, 2013

Hello there. This is a thread that I thought I would share with you as I have been wanting to a DL44 blaster for a while. I thought it would be fun and I decided that it wasn't going to be 100% accurate as there are so many differences and subtle changes with each gun. Blaxmyth got the BB gun for me for $29.00NZ and I started from there. The first thing to do was to pull it apart, taking the compression spring mechanism out and adding some weight to it, to give it a bit of heft. To add weight, I filled it up with steel 4.5mm BB pellets and glued them into place with epoxy glue, making sure that any holes were filled first. The two halves of the gun were then glued together.

Nick K · Dec 11, 2013

Before I glued the halves together, I took the trigger out and filled in the recessed detail then filled with putty, sanded it smooth, and put back in position.

gunnerk19 · Dec 11, 2013

I used the same base gun for my DL-44. Wow, that's kinda pricey for it, about double what USD would be for one. But I understand you have to do with what you can...

Which version are you planning to build?

Nick K · Dec 11, 2013

The Return Of The Jedi Blaster. Mainly because Blaxmyth had a scope turned out in wood, so that was a good starting point.

HermesBlackstar · Dec 11, 2013

Wow--that is pricey!!!
You can get a metal airsoft Mauser here for half that.

Good luck with the build.

wobbler · Dec 11, 2013

Ah that'll be one of the "targetshooter" ones from trademe, I've been looking at getting one of those to use for a base for a bioshock infinite pistol. Looks about as rough as I was expecting!

Blaxmyth · Dec 11, 2013

Looking good, Nick!

As for the price, it's like most things here in New Zealand - they're a lot dearer than they would be in the States. But I guarantee that once Nick has finished this, I'll remember the quality long after I've forgotten the price!

Looking forward to seeing some more pics, Nick. :cheers

Nick K · Dec 12, 2013

Thanks for those comments guys. For what the gun is quality wise, I'll try my best to do a good job. I next started to fill in all the screw holes on one side, and modify the bottom of the mag holder. I also spent a bit of time on the ejector slide on top as well.

Nick K · Dec 12, 2013

There was a lot of filling and sanding to be done to get the sides smooth. This gun came with the cocking slide and rear sight chrome plated, so I sanded these down with wet'n'dry sandpaper and painted them satin black.

Nick K · Dec 13, 2013

I then primed the whole thing so that I could see where I needed to use filer. I also removed the bottom of the Mag Housing so that I could install weights to give it 'heft'

stromo · Dec 13, 2013

Great job so far, man!

Nick K · Dec 13, 2013

Thankyou Stromo

Nick K · Dec 14, 2013

I started detailing a Safety Lever for the gun, as it didn't have one. Initially I made the thumb piece from some grooved dowel, but it didn't look right, and then I found some grooved plastic tubing I had lying around and used that instead. It looks much better. The hammer was glued in the ****** position.

Nick K · Dec 27, 2013

I then filled the grip plates with steel 4.5mm BBs and made the Flash Hider from styrene and cut out a template for the scope mount. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics of the components for the Flash hider build. If you'd like, I'll dummy them up and post some pics here for you.

Nick K · Jan 1, 2014

The next part to construct was the flash hider. This was done using styrene sheet cut into a lot of tapered strips glued around a couple of plastic discs cut to the right diameter and glued to a shaft at the correct distance. The "hose fitting" was made by wrapping plastic round and round until I got the right diameter. Various details were then added to this from plastic bits again.

Blaxmyth · Jan 1, 2014

Great pics. A tutorial in themselves.

Broilermaker · Jan 1, 2014

Thanks for the pictures of the flash hider, on mine i am going to use a connector from some pvc, and a piece off of a fire extenguisher, i was going to carve all of the detail in but i think i like your solution better

stromo · Jan 1, 2014

Nice one, man! Love the flash hider. Here's what mine was made from (obviously not particularly accurate, though it looked OK once painted [the clear bit fitted over the barrel, btw]):

jkno · Jan 2, 2014

Excellent budget blaster!!!

Nick K · Jan 4, 2014

I then added pieces of plastic card, cut to size, to the knurled end and kept building up to the correct thickness. Once this was done, and the rest wrapped in a strip of plastic card, I put it on to the barrel to see what it would look like.

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