To anyone who loves the ANH blaster, you all should know pretty quick what this is.
Having spent the better part of the last decade or so slowly toiling away and tinkering with Blaster Factory's steel C96 kit, I eventually hobbled together the best thing I'd ever made.
The result is a hybrid ANH style blaster with a significant number of improvements made, along with accurizing the base C96 to more closely match some of the specific nuances and quirks the original C96 had.
The original sleeve barrel was chopped off completely and replaced with a threaded bull barrel made by Todd's Costumes; something I know only a couple of other people on this forum have attempted.
The sand cast steel scope mount was laboriously ground down into shape, smoothed out and sharpened, and modified to accept the set screw without fully tightening flush—just like the original.
The trigger system was carefully modified to remove all looseness and better match the pull of a real C96, and even the trigger itself was carefully filed into shape so that it would properly sit forward at the correct angle.
Much like how a Denix C96 has the upper sit too far back, the rail system was modified to allow the C96's upper to rest in the proper position.
A real Mauser C96 hammer was modified and added to the blaster.
Much like how the original, screen-used C96 was made out of at least two separate C96s, the upper and lower have received two separate serial numbers to more accurately reflect this tidbit.
Even a spring was added into the hollow magwell to prevent the magazine floor plate from rattling, much like how a real C96 has a spring and a cartridge follower.
The walnut grips had their lines widened with needle files, and were also weathered to more accurately match a real C96 grip.
The steel scope is a hybrid of Blaster Factory's elite scope and a Todd's Costumes scope—the scope tube itself is from Blaster Factory while the windage knob, lenses, brass lens components, and even the internal optics and crosshairs are all taken from a Todd's Costumes scope. And if you've been around the block, then you know that these components do NOT easily fir together. A significant amount of time was spent getting everything to work with each other, which I managed to pull off.
Every part that should be blued is blued. Every part that should be painted is painted. Everything is accurately fire blued such as the trigger, bolt stop, ejector, and sight ramp. The correct 2813 serial number has been added to all of the upper components, along with all of the accurate Mauser proof marks, courtesy of Scottjua, who did the final assembly and finishing.
Just about the only part that could be upgraded is the heatsink grill; as I am currently using an anodized aluminum replica. I personally preferred to use as many metal components as possible, although if you would prefer to use real tomtit cylinders to make a screen-accurate grill then the option is there, as I have not glued my grill in place.
Everything was then painstakingly weathered with a meticulous attention to detail.
I really hate to let this one go, but a new car and some mounting troubles have forced me to at least begun putting some of my trophy pieces up for sale.
For the sake of being able to crosspost, I've replaced the flash hider with a 3D printed orange one to comply with more strict replica firearms, though rest assured that this will ship with a blued and correctly weathered steel replica MG-81 Flash Hider.
I'm open to offers.
Thank you.
Here is Scott's video showing my blaster, though I have since upgraded the scope, replaced the flash hider and had Scott create a magnetic sight.
Having spent the better part of the last decade or so slowly toiling away and tinkering with Blaster Factory's steel C96 kit, I eventually hobbled together the best thing I'd ever made.
The result is a hybrid ANH style blaster with a significant number of improvements made, along with accurizing the base C96 to more closely match some of the specific nuances and quirks the original C96 had.
The original sleeve barrel was chopped off completely and replaced with a threaded bull barrel made by Todd's Costumes; something I know only a couple of other people on this forum have attempted.
The sand cast steel scope mount was laboriously ground down into shape, smoothed out and sharpened, and modified to accept the set screw without fully tightening flush—just like the original.
The trigger system was carefully modified to remove all looseness and better match the pull of a real C96, and even the trigger itself was carefully filed into shape so that it would properly sit forward at the correct angle.
Much like how a Denix C96 has the upper sit too far back, the rail system was modified to allow the C96's upper to rest in the proper position.
A real Mauser C96 hammer was modified and added to the blaster.
Much like how the original, screen-used C96 was made out of at least two separate C96s, the upper and lower have received two separate serial numbers to more accurately reflect this tidbit.
Even a spring was added into the hollow magwell to prevent the magazine floor plate from rattling, much like how a real C96 has a spring and a cartridge follower.
The walnut grips had their lines widened with needle files, and were also weathered to more accurately match a real C96 grip.
The steel scope is a hybrid of Blaster Factory's elite scope and a Todd's Costumes scope—the scope tube itself is from Blaster Factory while the windage knob, lenses, brass lens components, and even the internal optics and crosshairs are all taken from a Todd's Costumes scope. And if you've been around the block, then you know that these components do NOT easily fir together. A significant amount of time was spent getting everything to work with each other, which I managed to pull off.
Every part that should be blued is blued. Every part that should be painted is painted. Everything is accurately fire blued such as the trigger, bolt stop, ejector, and sight ramp. The correct 2813 serial number has been added to all of the upper components, along with all of the accurate Mauser proof marks, courtesy of Scottjua, who did the final assembly and finishing.
Just about the only part that could be upgraded is the heatsink grill; as I am currently using an anodized aluminum replica. I personally preferred to use as many metal components as possible, although if you would prefer to use real tomtit cylinders to make a screen-accurate grill then the option is there, as I have not glued my grill in place.
Everything was then painstakingly weathered with a meticulous attention to detail.
I really hate to let this one go, but a new car and some mounting troubles have forced me to at least begun putting some of my trophy pieces up for sale.
For the sake of being able to crosspost, I've replaced the flash hider with a 3D printed orange one to comply with more strict replica firearms, though rest assured that this will ship with a blued and correctly weathered steel replica MG-81 Flash Hider.
I'm open to offers.
Thank you.
Here is Scott's video showing my blaster, though I have since upgraded the scope, replaced the flash hider and had Scott create a magnetic sight.
