The Pigeon Mk8

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The Highly Anticipated Pigeon Sequel Has Arrived! This Is The Mk8, A Completely Revised Version Of The Same Semiautomatic Gripfed Flywheel Pistol You Know And Love, But With So Many More Features. -Toolless Disassembly -Blowback/Recoil Action -Full Talon Support -Solid Frame And Slide Construction -Less Hardware Needed -Improved Ergonomics -Minor Reduction In Size -Larger Battery Capacity -Tac Rail Option All The Files Are Contained In A Zip Folder With The Date, So For Future Reference, Revisions, Additions (That Don't Merit A Whole New Thing) Will Be Handled In The Same Way. You Download Everything Again At The Latest Date. This Is A Little Bit Complex To Assemble, But Once Put Together It Can Be Field Stripped, With No Need For A Screwdriver To Take Out The Battery Or Access The Internals. Printing Is Essentially The Same As Before, But If You're Experiencing Warping, Try Slowing The Print Down. This Is Especially Critical On The Slide, As It's Printed Upwards With Two Walls That Can Warp And That Will Make It Difficult To Use. This Can Be Printed On A Prusa Or An Ender3... Anything With A 220mm Bed, But You'll Have To Go Into The Build Layer Adhesion Setting And Choose None. I Recommend Printing The Slide Solid, And The Frame With 3+ Walls. Basically, Choose Which Mag Ecosystem You're Going To Use, And Then Use The Appropriate Parts And Folder. The Recoil Blowback Is Universal, The Geared Is Not, So Choose Accordingly. The Parts List Is Pending Some Change, Because I've Recently Updated The Blowback System To Have A Recoil/Snap System, And That Change Uses Different Parts. The Geared Blowback System Uses McMaster 9-1028 For The Trigger, Which Works Well. However, If You Prefer A More Traditional Feeling, You Can Use The Intermediary Blowback System Instead, Which Uses Levers. I Also Realized I Failed To Include Some Important Documentation In The Zip Folder, So That's Been Added As Well. Namely, A Tutorial For Assembly, Even If It's Out Of Date, And Pictures Of How It's Supposed To Look When Assembled. After A War Test, I Was Quite Disappointed In A Very Minor Oversight On The Recoil Pusher. It Would Not Let Darts Feed Up From The Mag Consistently. I've Shortened It Slightly And Rounded It More, So Hopefully That's Not A Problem. If It Is, I'll Post A Fix Up Here, Whatever That Might End Up Being. It Was Kindly Pointed Out That There Was An Error On The Slide That It Was Asymmetric, Which Has Been Fixed. I Also Theoretically Extended The Pusher Travel Just A Bit With Minor Adjustments To The Trigger Arm And Pusher. All Recoil Blowback Related. Minor Tweaks To Help Printability On The Lever/Recoil Parts. They've Needed A Fair Bit Of Tuning As They Were A New Design. Mostly Chamfers And Tolerances. I Also Added An (Optional) Battery Tray That Should Help Keep Your Lipo Wires Down If You Have A Problem With That Like I Have. I Also Added A New Slide Safety With A Small Stopper, Just To Help Keep It In The Optimal Position For The Recoil Blowback. Made A TON Of Small Tweaks To Improve Reliability Of The Recoil Blowback, Pushing, And General Improvements. These Parts Will Require Reprinting All The Pusher Parts Again, Except The Blowback Arm. I've Also Added An Extra Pusher That's 3mm Longer After A Number Of People Have Had Unreliable Feeding With The Talon Frame.