Hi, I'm Andrew, and this is Blaster Breakdown. Today I'm going to show you
inside one of my newest HPA blasters; a Spexbz Sonic Ice Rampage.
This one has a sliding brass breech, side loading of course, Spexbz in the
back, remote line attachment, and of course a BlasterTECH adjustable scar up
the front. I'm really a fan of the Sonic Ice range - it goes awesome with the
Worker transparent blue pieces: picatinny rails, stock. And this one is a great
companion for the Sonic Ice Retaliator. Let's have a look inside. OK so here we
start with everything in pieces, almost. We've got the shell, the breech and barrel
assembly, we've got the pump grip, rails, talon adapter, pneumatics, and of course the Spebz
itself. The method i've used here of installing the Spexbz in the stock
was first done by Cobba - click the card or use the link below to check out his
prophecy build video from a little while back. Briefly there's a hole cut into
the stock that the front coupling piece of the Spexbz slots into, and then
brass is glued in place. The inside diameter of the Spexbz coupler is 9/16
of an inch, so I've got short lengths of 9/16 and then 17/32 brass
glued in place, with the longer piece of 1/2 inch brass glued inside that,
extending forward. That brass will then slide into my breech and barrel assembly.
There's a hole drilled in the base for the 6mm line to slide through, which
means these tabs get cut - they're a bit floppy but they still work. And then the
6mm hose slides through the base and connects to this elbow piece at the back.
I've used a larger elbow piece at the back here that is not the Legris brand,
and this means that the fittings will be held in place a little bit better
against this notch that I cut into the plastic there to keep it nice and firm.
With the shelf itself I just removed any pieces relating to the plunger assembly,
locks etc, only making space for the MJVO-3 to fit in place, and the trigger
itself of course. With just a little epoxy putty to hold things in place. And
just standard 6mm push-fits and hose. I'll just show you the method I use to
fix my airline connectors in place. This is a Foster's piece that matches the
remote lines I use, with a straight push-fit piece. As you can see it doesn't
quite fit into the dart hole piece at the base of the hand grip, so I grind it
out until it's more of a hexagonal shape. When that piece goes in nice and snugly,
I then fill the thing up with two-part epoxy, and that hardens to form
a good secure attachment. So that all fits in nicely, and there's a small hole
at the back for that longer piece of hose to exit the shell and run to the
back of the Spexbz. And the left side of the shell just has little space
made for the MJVO-3, and any other locks or bracing pieces removed. Now the breech
and barrel assembly consists of a single long piece of 17/32
brass extending from the stock attachment location all the way through
to the front of the blaster ,where I have a BlasterTECH
SCAR attached. Inside the front of the blaster the brass is fixed
inside this metal 19mm faux barrel piece, and that is glued into
both the front attachment and the dart gate piece. This will keep the brass nice
and steady and minimize any movement. The breech is sealed by a piece of 9/16
brass that is glued into the sliding bolt piece which i've cut down a little.
That fits into the original bolt sled, and of course the rampage has the metal
internal priming bar that is attached to the foregrip. So that means that when in
use there is only a single moving piece: the 9/16 brass that opens and closes the
breech. I've wrapped a little electrical tape at the rear to prevent this moving
too far backwards, meaning there's only about 4-5cm of
movement to chamber the next dart. And because I have 1/2 inch brass
attached to the Spexbz in the stock, this easily slides into the 17/32
at the rear when assembling. And here is how the internals all go back
together. And now we can attach the Spexbz and the air bottle itself, and test it
out.
Nice. Now the stock cap goes on, and we can attach the Spexbz. First the 6mm
hose goes through the hole in the attachment piece then we carefully
line up the half-inch brass to slide into the 17/32 inside
the blaster. Make sure the securing tabs are in place on each side, and then
connect the hose to the fittings at the rear. And test it again - nice. Now for the
foregrip. I've painted this Worker piece white - that goes on top of the stock. And
the transparent blue Worker picatinny rails to finish it off. Don't forget to
grind out the tabs inside the Nerf rails so that these fit. And last of all are
these rubber hand grips, front and back.
And there you go. I've got the talon adapter in place, and you can see the
breech opening and closing very nicely.
So, they have it. That's my Sonic Ice Rampage - a remote-line, HPA, Spexbz
pump-action blaster. Thanks for watching. If you have any questions or comments
please leave them below. Drop us a like and subscribe. See you next time.