S.L.A.B. - Silly's Lever Action Blaster 

Excellent video! I have some answers to the thoughts you had: Your performance issues indicate too much barrel for the spring you are using, but you mentioned that you have 5" of K25. That *should* be enough, so I'm not really sure what is causing the issues. I have no issues using DZ Max darts in any of my SLABs. Perhaps your barrel's edges are sharp and grabbing the darts as they chamber, or maybe the barrel *is* too long (or you need a 5.5" long k25). Who knows! BTW, the SLAB does fit longshot/lynx upgrade springs, so feel free to try those out. Those springs are wider, and make the prime even smoother. Also, the SLAB is dryfire safe. Your catch issues seem to be that your catch elastic is not tight enough (it should be looped around the muzzle twice), or your trigger rod is too long. Tighten the rod into the rod cap a bit (making it shorter), and loop the elastic around a second time. See if that solves your issues. Those two troubleshooting/tuning steps were also mentioned in the build guide and on the GitHub page for the blaster. I and a few others have used SLABs in HvZ, and it works great! On the topic of screws into PLA, you do not need to unscrew any PLA screws to replace the spring. Just the 3 large screws that go into the aluminum bar. Any PLA screw holes do not need to ever be unscrewed. I also designed redundance into all the screws. So if you strip one out while assembling, it doesn't really matter. All the forces in the blaster are very well spread out. Using bungees/elastic cord on the blaster instead of springs brought the HW cost down ~10 dollars, and it allows a lot more freedom in design, and it allows some nice features to be added. You will notice that the trigger stays in the lever while priming. To have some sort of trigger reset while doing that, a spring really wouldn't fit unless it was custom wound or very weak. Using elastic allows a nice solid trigger feel. Springs also REALLY like to fly across the room. In the current version of the SLAB, the same catch and muzzle piece fits elastic AND a longshot/lynx catch spring, with no swapped prints. So you can put whatever you feel like using in there when you assemble the blaster. People have been putting carbon fiber tube, aluminum straws, heat shrink, etc on the exposed trigger bar. It isn't covered in the base HW kit due to massive cost increase (~8 dollars just for a rod cover that long). If you want some upgrades for your SLAB, BansheeIndian has leather hand guards, stock cheek rests, and lever wraps for sale www.etsy.com/shop/BansheesBlasters SuperStressed has TPU butt plates WIP www.etsy.com/shop/SuperStressed3D and Roboman is working on some fancy metal upgrade parts, just for added bling. Glad you like the blaster, and thanks for the review! - Silly

I used aluminum straws as the cover for the exposed threaded rod for aesthetics. Carbon arrow shafts work nicely too. It's a great fun build and so easy to prime.

I can really appreciate the way it cycles. Super neat!

My friend Chance made a modified stock to hold brass rods so that the blaster is better balanced for flip priming it. He then proceeded to use his SLAB throughout RIT HvZ's fall weeklong, to great success!

I definitely plan on purchasing one. Great video as always my good sir!

This is cool as hell. I love the quirkiness of the action and the past/future styling of the blaster. Feels straight out of the best designed borderlands weapons

I'm a big fan of lever action rifles so this thing would be a lot of fun. I see that you're just up in Washington. I have got to find some of these cool events you guys go to. Definitely want to get my kids into the HVZ thing as they get older. Even my wife wants to try it.

Looks like a lit of fun. Thank you for the video.

A wild Slab appears! You don't need to take any screws out of plastic to swap the spring, just unscrew the 3 big flathead screws and the whole thing slides apart. My slab is slappin with AF pro/Ruby darts so something must be going on with the OOD production to get that many squibs, I do have a ~10in barrel though so that could be it.

yes, very silly indeed my good sir.

I definitely plan on picking one up from OOD. Gonna go for Zombie Strike colors!

(grin) too cool. thank you for sharing

I have been waiting for this video.

Such a beautiful design.

Sillybutts is a Mad Engineer. Excellent video! I very much look forward to the post apocalyptic cowboy loadout.

Captian Great review for this Super Awesome blaster. Thanks for the awesome video. Keep up the great work.

Yes!!!!! I need to print one

Mines on the way, I just can't get use to the prime

If the threads in the PLA ever become a problem you could try melting brass thread inserts into the PLA if there is room/integrity. Either way it's a mighty fine blaster and i like it and might print myself one.

I put a lot of work and effort into a short dart Slingfire and while I love it with its metal internals, it only hits 135-140, isn’t perfect by any means, and I’m stuck with the design language of the shell. I’ve been itching to build the SLAB since Silly started teasing it. Love the review and content as always. You’re a wonderful man

So it's kinda sorta like a lever-action lynx... definitely a neat concept, that's for sure

Can not wait for the silly loadouts.

It's odd in the fact it moves the magazine to load a dart into the receiver. Looks awesome all the same.

It's Totally Wicked.!! And I absolutely must have one.😎🤠

That’s amazing

I wonder if swapping out the current barrel with brass will make it more friendly to Adventure Force short darts and the like.

Fascinatingly enough one can now have a full western 3d printed loadout, i think a 3d printed cowboy hat is interesting for this

This blaster is beautiful. Also those max darts are really inconsistent in most of the blasters I’ve be tested them with , the worker darts like custom blasters much better

My need is mighty

I highly recommend the Wingchester for the western loadout

Love that Lever Action, I wonder what Blaster could you possibly use as a six shooter Western Style Pistol, I just can't imagine?

Oooooh, I like your new editing in the intro. I'm not a fav of lever action myself. Think I'll stick with a pump blaster like the talon claw or my Max Stryker. Really wanna get the all metal kit for a Nexus tbh. BUT to be fair, I'd like to have a flintlock blaster because it's cool, gimmicky and "fun" not practical at all tho.

This seems interesting

how do you like the scar as a means for launching mega xl? also looking forwards to yehaws

yeaaaaaaaah haaaaaaaaaw!! I ♥️ u captain Xavier

Captain, I’d appreciate not being called out for liking to watch the fast forwarded building of the blaster. But in seriousness, I think it’s a great looking blaster and since it’s 3D printed I could print an orange version with blue detailing.

My blaster kit is on order from SFI. 3-5 more weeks to wait ..... Arghhhhh This is going to be absolutely perfect for our 200 fps wars, right along with TCs, Lynxes, Caliburns, and SBLs.

How fitting that a silly man now owns a silly blaster

How many darts does that 18 mag actually hold? They usually hold more right?

Great blaster love the idea of a Captain Cowboy load out. But I have the same critique on the screws, bolts and nuts through would be better in 90% of the design. Also the picatinny rail is too low to slide on anything standard. Without a 2 piece attachment clamp you have to remove the front.

How does AF bamboos perform on the SLAB?

A THING!!! 🔫

Cowboy load out!!!

i highly recommend frantz FoamWorks accusaber for this blaster

Has the captain done a review on the Wingchester?

What spring could you use to lower something like that to HvZ levels? K31? Anything else?

Currently building a slab... too broke for orange filament... oh no

Speaking of yeehaw, could you possibly do a video on the YEHW pistol that I sent you? Maybe even comparing it to the HYPR? Just curious. Either way, keep up the good work, Sir.

This is super random, but what font do you use for your videos/thumbnails?

I don't care how much it costs, I don't care what it takes, I want one, in green if at all possible!!!!!!

Lever action is fun, ot at least I like the slingdire. not the most practical or effective but then, who cares. Im in it for the fun.

This looks like a lever action Caliburn. Is this an accurate assessment?

Needs a better spring, a better piston , better cylinder.

ooga booga

do you pick up the bullets after 😭

Finally a gun channel that doesn't incite the quiet kid bringing his dad's MP5 to school.

wait, is it 1/2 meter?

Ayy

Review the Ryan's World blasters

Das col

i can see the atf trying to get their regulatory claws in this. it's probably already banned in canada and the u.k.

Can't wait for the metric version that Silly is working on currently!

I really like to see the freedom blasters design used in a situation that is not Violently against LGBTQIA++ rights