Great Video Bradley. I have one of these Blasterfy Scars and compared it to the BlasterTech with two identical Omega Kit Zeus's on Gen3 Workers. I got an fps boost when I installed this Blasterfy to either Zeus, over the BlasterTech Scar. On each blaster it gained roughly 15fps boost, bumping both blasters up to just over 300fps, which breaks the FPS caps most of the clubs here have. I solved this problem by shortening the barrel length from 35cm to 32.5cm and this got them back to an average of 285+fps but never going over 300fps. The BlasterTech averaged 263+fps. At 30m there was not a huge difference in accuracy, but when you start looking at longer ranges like 50-60m the Blasterfy Scar definately out performs the BlasterTech with its accuracy and range. My maximum range with lob shots with the BlasterTech scar is around 80m/262f, but with the Blasterfy scar, I am now able to get to 110m/360f and its still a straight shot. I tested this at a soccer club that was marked up fro a Gridiron game in yards and how I love to do conversions, so here I go... The BlasterTech was averageing around 55 yards/50m on flat shots, into a 10-15 km head wind on the day on either Zeus. The Blasterfy was averaging 82 yards/74m on flat shots on either blaster into the same head wind. I put the difference down to the way the Scars are made. I measured the inner diameter of both and they have the same diameter for the dart to pass through. The BlasterTech is printed and the dart has to move through the Scar against the print grain and the fishing line causing additional friction, where as the Blasterfy is a completely smooth and polished allowing the dart to exit more easily and allows the fishing line to do its job better. I will be running the Blasterfy Scar on my Zeus loadout from now on as I believe from my testing, that it is superior to the BlasterTech and adds to extending the range and accuracy of your blaster, and its tough as hell, it wont break like a printed scar can. Its a True Sniper Scar Barrel!
I hadn't really considered the lower friction from the aluminum compared to a print grain but that makes sense. I've experienced similar differences going from 3D printed rifling like Accuratio to string based rifling like Blastertech. 3D printed plastic is not an ideal material for barrels.
I just got one of these scar barrels. I went with a 9/16", because I didn't want to damage the 17/32" barrel. With a small piece of 9/16" brass to use as a sleeve over the 17/32". You can tighten it down with out damage.
This is genuinely a lot more interesting than I thought after seeing this video recommended to me. Never been much into Nerf myself but this just proves how dedicated some like yourself are to the hobby. Keep up the great work 👍
I’m outside Australia, and shipping is extremely expensive, so this is the price plus shipping. BlasterTECH charges decent shipping prices, so I’ll probably going to stick with them. And also their SCAR performs well. I’ll stick with them :) Thanks Brad. Stay safe :) Btw who’s the Cali keeping up? Anymore air leaks now?
The Caliburn seems to work great with both of the Dart Zone darts. Also I'd say Blastertech performs about the same as this so you're not missing out on anything.
Bradley Phillips Thats my point, paying $620 (HKD) is like extremely expensive just for a SCAR. I can get a lot of stuff from BT and only pay $800. Btw how’s the Cali, any air leaks?
How has someone not made one of these scar's or a full barrels like they do with real steel and push a button through to form rifleing? Great in depth vid as always.ThankQ.TkEZ UK
@@BradleyPhillipsYT that's most likely correct. Small arms and artillery rifling works by actually cutting into the round (either lead or some kind of metal) and that cut combined with the high heat and pressure forms a seal and cuts the track into the round, and the gas pressure drives the round. With softer materials for sport, that's just not an option. We can't afford to have those levels of forces occuring in our hobby grade tools, not only because they won't withstand them without significantly increased cost, but because of the injury such a projectile would do, not to mention the dart, gel ball, airsoft BB, or paintball simply wouldn't survive. So, we've had to go back to the drawing board on ways to induce rifling spin and here's what we've got for elongated projectiles (hop ups are an option only for spheroid projectiles).
@@BradleyPhillipsYTWould drilling a hole into the main aluminum barrel and 3D printing a piece to make a screw fit into it, to clamp onto the brass, that would be reliable, right?
Blastertech which I have a video about from years ago. It's what I have always used for the past few years up until now and I have to say performance is the same.
Hi Bradley. I’m an Aussie looking to buy a hobby grade 3D printed nerf gun. Would you recommend full spec caliburn or FDL or is there something better?
Fdl and other flywheel operation blasters do not have the accuracy of a spring powered or air powered blaster so it's up to you whether you want rate of fire or precision.
Bradley Phillips Thanks for replying so fast. One more question is the rate of fire of the caliburn fast enough for a relitavley close fight. Do you recommend a secondary. I’m thinking of getting the SPAMF kit.
In a close fight you're going to want to make sure you don't miss your first shot otherwise you'll get lit up basically. But your instant trigger pull does give you a response time advantage over flywheels if you don't miss.
That's the fanciest 'pipe with rope' I ever saw :D. Would they do titanium and carbonfiber? Not that I have that kind of cash lying around, but for when I win a lottery. Bound to happen any day now
So when do we start needing to handicap Nerf matches? You should only get 1 tag for every 2. Thats so insane...just a casual 20 basically flat 100ft shots that would be tags....
The handicap is a minimum engagement distance. If you're closer than 20 metres then I can't shoot you. That's what we do anyway for blasters this high power.
@@BradleyPhillipsYT bro can you help me out with the knowledge i need and wat blastet and parts i need as i knoe nothing about them and being in NSW and owning gel blsters is a big fat No No LMAO
@@BradleyPhillipsYT I thought as much. I just msg them on FB and although it is the coolest scar out there, $82 USD is too high for me. Especially when I always come back to Blastertech's MK 2.
@@herbiechristophers4547 maybe, it should not be a big deal anyway as I would prefer friction fit over fastening SCAR barrels with grub screws. If you have had experience with Artifact's hunter kit, you'll understand where I'm getting the gripe from. On a positive note, it was mentioned to be made custom depending on the user's configuration so there should be hopes there to have that feature for "some" that are looking to purchase one.
@@dztryr yeah I agree with you, if the fit is loose it can be easy to misalign the barrel and you can deform the barrel if you over tighten. Although I dont really like friction fit barrels due to the inconsistency between barrel outer diameters which is why I've converted all my barrels and scars to threaded! Way more modular
Saw the first shot and actually muttered "excuse me?" out loud
Great Video Bradley.
I have one of these Blasterfy Scars and compared it to the BlasterTech with two identical Omega Kit Zeus's on Gen3 Workers.
I got an fps boost when I installed this Blasterfy to either Zeus, over the BlasterTech Scar. On each blaster it gained roughly 15fps boost, bumping both blasters up to just over 300fps, which breaks the FPS caps most of the clubs here have. I solved this problem by shortening the barrel length from 35cm to 32.5cm and this got them back to an average of 285+fps but never going over 300fps. The BlasterTech averaged 263+fps.
At 30m there was not a huge difference in accuracy, but when you start looking at longer ranges like 50-60m the Blasterfy Scar definately out performs the BlasterTech with its accuracy and range. My maximum range with lob shots with the BlasterTech scar is around 80m/262f, but with the Blasterfy scar, I am now able to get to 110m/360f and its still a straight shot.
I tested this at a soccer club that was marked up fro a Gridiron game in yards and how I love to do conversions, so here I go...
The BlasterTech was averageing around 55 yards/50m on flat shots, into a 10-15 km head wind on the day on either Zeus.
The Blasterfy was averaging 82 yards/74m on flat shots on either blaster into the same head wind.
I put the difference down to the way the Scars are made. I measured the inner diameter of both and they have the same diameter for the dart to pass through. The BlasterTech is printed and the dart has to move through the Scar against the print grain and the fishing line causing additional friction, where as the Blasterfy is a completely smooth and polished allowing the dart to exit more easily and allows the fishing line to do its job better.
I will be running the Blasterfy Scar on my Zeus loadout from now on as I believe from my testing, that it is superior to the BlasterTech and adds to extending the range and accuracy of your blaster, and its tough as hell, it wont break like a printed scar can.
Its a True Sniper Scar Barrel!
I hadn't really considered the lower friction from the aluminum compared to a print grain but that makes sense. I've experienced similar differences going from 3D printed rifling like Accuratio to string based rifling like Blastertech. 3D printed plastic is not an ideal material for barrels.
this is one pretty cool Scar barrel. been wondering if there was one in Aluminum
Nope, this one's aluminium :D (sorry, couldn't help it, I'll see myself out)
Spectre makes aluminium or delrin machined ones on request, but he's on break right now.
I just got one of these scar barrels. I went with a 9/16", because I didn't want to damage the 17/32" barrel. With a small piece of 9/16" brass to use as a sleeve over the 17/32". You can tighten it down with out damage.
This is genuinely a lot more interesting than I thought after seeing this video recommended to me. Never been much into Nerf myself but this just proves how dedicated some like yourself are to the hobby. Keep up the great work 👍
Aluminium scars barrels are great. I've been using Spectre's one and it's withstood serious knocks and still shoots straight
I’m outside Australia, and shipping is extremely expensive, so this is the price plus shipping. BlasterTECH charges decent shipping prices, so I’ll probably going to stick with them. And also their SCAR performs well. I’ll stick with them :)
Thanks Brad. Stay safe :)
Btw who’s the Cali keeping up? Anymore air leaks now?
The Caliburn seems to work great with both of the Dart Zone darts. Also I'd say Blastertech performs about the same as this so you're not missing out on anything.
Bradley Phillips Thats my point, paying $620 (HKD) is like extremely expensive just for a SCAR. I can get a lot of stuff from BT and only pay $800. Btw how’s the Cali, any air leaks?
No air leaks in mine anymore
Bradley Phillips how’d you fix it?
A bit of teflon tape under the o'ring of the breech
How has someone not made one of these scar's or a full barrels like they do with real steel and push a button through to form rifleing? Great in depth vid as always.ThankQ.TkEZ UK
My guess is metal rifling may cut into the foam too much but it could be worth a shot
@@BradleyPhillipsYT that's most likely correct. Small arms and artillery rifling works by actually cutting into the round (either lead or some kind of metal) and that cut combined with the high heat and pressure forms a seal and cuts the track into the round, and the gas pressure drives the round.
With softer materials for sport, that's just not an option. We can't afford to have those levels of forces occuring in our hobby grade tools, not only because they won't withstand them without significantly increased cost, but because of the injury such a projectile would do, not to mention the dart, gel ball, airsoft BB, or paintball simply wouldn't survive.
So, we've had to go back to the drawing board on ways to induce rifling spin and here's what we've got for elongated projectiles (hop ups are an option only for spheroid projectiles).
See all them there black dots on tha’ front there?
*Make em’ Lasers.*
I brassed the nexus pro with a 17/32 1 foot barrel so would this work for that because I’m sure it will
Btw, what do you thing of the 5/8 inch barrels on regular Caliburns? Also, will you get the captainslug suppressor scar ever?
5/8" is too loose, not a fan of those. And I looked into ordering a captain slug scar barrel but the price including shipping was pretty high
@@BradleyPhillipsYT how would I fix that then? I could put a bit of brass inside, but then I wouldn’t be able to secure it.
You could try tightening rings or swapping out the barrel entirely
@@BradleyPhillipsYTWould drilling a hole into the main aluminum barrel and 3D printing a piece to make a screw fit into it, to clamp onto the brass, that would be reliable, right?
@@falsehashtags6581 that would work, the only aluminum piece you'd need is where your breech closes
What is the best scar barrel for the price? Maybe do a video on it. Ya know, compare? Would be interesting.
Blastertech which I have a video about from years ago. It's what I have always used for the past few years up until now and I have to say performance is the same.
Are they still selling? Their Facebook seems to be non responsive
How much are we talking about here? Does it work on the nexus pro?
Hey brad what kind of scope do you use
Hi Bradley. I’m an Aussie looking to buy a hobby grade 3D printed nerf gun. Would you recommend full spec caliburn or FDL or is there something better?
Fdl and other flywheel operation blasters do not have the accuracy of a spring powered or air powered blaster so it's up to you whether you want rate of fire or precision.
Bradley Phillips Thanks for replying so fast. One more question is the rate of fire of the caliburn fast enough for a relitavley close fight. Do you recommend a secondary. I’m thinking of getting the SPAMF kit.
In a close fight you're going to want to make sure you don't miss your first shot otherwise you'll get lit up basically. But your instant trigger pull does give you a response time advantage over flywheels if you don't miss.
Bradley Phillips is SPAMF a good secondary option or is there something else you recommend
I'd go with a micro flywheel blaster as a secondary personally
Oh and love ur work
Hey brad, could you please explain the best brass barrels/breech for the worker gen 3s since they don’t really fit well in 17/32 size tubes?
They work alright in my 17/32" brass barrels but the glue on them sucks so bad that I haven't really used them in a while
So what type of darts do you recommend I use? And what size brass barrel?
I'd suggest trying to order in some of the dart zone ones I used in the video
That's the fanciest 'pipe with rope' I ever saw :D. Would they do titanium and carbonfiber? Not that I have that kind of cash lying around, but for when I win a lottery. Bound to happen any day now
Maybe, you'll have to ask them :P
I know Nerf Elite darts do not perform well, but have you tested them with a scar? If so, have you noticed any performance increase?
I did ages ago, there was a slight increase but nothing to write home about.
This may be an odd question but, are full length darts able to be used with scar barrels?
Yes, but they are not as accurate and do not go as far.
Can you do accuracy comparison between Worker V3 and AF Pro darts?
Worker V3 aren't glued well enough to get a consistent set of shots out of these days
@@BradleyPhillipsYT Quite true...
How far are those shots?
I think pro is better because It wouldn need a different barrel for the other nerf darts
How's much heavier is it compared to a blastertech or similiar 3d printed SCAR?
Quite a bit heavier, it's fully made of metal after all
What twist do you set your blasterfy scar too?
1/4
So when do we start needing to handicap Nerf matches? You should only get 1 tag for every 2. Thats so insane...just a casual 20 basically flat 100ft shots that would be tags....
The handicap is a minimum engagement distance. If you're closer than 20 metres then I can't shoot you. That's what we do anyway for blasters this high power.
@@BradleyPhillipsYT bro can you help me out with the knowledge i need and wat blastet and parts i need as i knoe nothing about them and being in NSW and owning gel blsters is a big fat No No LMAO
Is it front heavy tho🤔
Depends on the blaster, my Caliburn has a lot of weight in the back so this actually helps balance it.
@@BradleyPhillipsYT imagine putting this on a firestrike
Or a Jolt
@@BradleyPhillipsYT the scar barrel would be heavier than the blaster😂😂
@@BradleyPhillipsYT You just know somebody is gonna 🤣
No porting?
Seems to work fine without it, comparable to a Blastertech
@@BradleyPhillipsYT I thought as much. I just msg them on FB and although it is the coolest scar out there, $82 USD is too high for me. Especially when I always come back to Blastertech's MK 2.
The Blastertech are a solid choice too, much cheaper for same performance
Nice scar.
it takes him a full day to machine these bad boys which justifies the price
How much was it???
$110aud plus postage
@@BradleyPhillipsYT TY for sharing! Makes sense given that it was custom machined.
Nice
Sweet
Grub screw tightening is a turn off, they already went all the way machining it out of aluminum, why not tap it with a drill for a threaded scar?
I'm sure they will keep developing it further, this was their first batch
Some people dont like threaded barrels as they are more expensive and most blasters dont use them without modification.
@@herbiechristophers4547 maybe, it should not be a big deal anyway as I would prefer friction fit over fastening SCAR barrels with grub screws. If you have had experience with Artifact's hunter kit, you'll understand where I'm getting the gripe from. On a positive note, it was mentioned to be made custom depending on the user's configuration so there should be hopes there to have that feature for "some" that are looking to purchase one.
@@dztryr yeah I agree with you, if the fit is loose it can be easy to misalign the barrel and you can deform the barrel if you over tighten. Although I dont really like friction fit barrels due to the inconsistency between barrel outer diameters which is why I've converted all my barrels and scars to threaded! Way more modular
This is cool as bro
I assume because you're in the southern hemisphere you need to spin your darts in the opposite direction to us 😬😂
Always a consideration you need to account for when dialing in a scar, and of course fewer twists the closer you get to the equator.
@@BradleyPhillipsYT 😂
Nice work
Nice FIR shirt
Thanks, I have a few from when I saw them last year
lol this is better than the new gel msr sniper
You're not wrong and this is actually kinda mid range for Nerf
It can't be just me... The audio is extremely low on this video.
Sounds normal when I try playing it
I can’t see any difference, well I should say I can’t hear any difference
I feel really bad for that cardboard box
I had to put it on an angle to avoid shooting straight through it
Yeah it’s nice and nice gun but you’ve got to aim higher and stop hitting the thighs of your target lol