Nerf Nite Finder barrel insert

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After replacing the spring in my nitefinder with a cut down C-836 (and removing the air restrictor), I found that while thicker darts fired fine, looser darts were struggling to fire in the unmodified barrel. In the name of experimentation, I created an insert with a tighter barrel which pushed into the original, secured by press-fit. This does introduce a ton of dead space, so I found that the original thick darts seemed to fire more slowly out of this insert, but it did help the thinner darts, albeit not by much. Overall I wouldn't really say this is worth being a permanent fixture, more just a "nice to have" in the event that you have little control over what darts you have access to. Some post-processing in the way of sanding down the barrel was necessary. In conclusion: I'm just posting in case it's useful for a remix somewhere, or if someone else has a similar niche use case. Incidentally, I found that using 70 degrees was a reasonable approximation/measurement for the ramp in on the nitefinder front.