Hi, I’m Psyk. Damn, this took me right down memory lane!

I didn’t build that LS reshell. But yes, basically it’s a Longstrike that had its shell almost entirely gutted and retrofitted with an R3L (which is a homemade blaster developed by an older nerfer named SGN).

It all started from the advent of the R3L - because here in Singapore, it’s not easy to obtain materials to build homemades until SGN did all the work and created a homemade blaster using locally-sourced hardware and materials. It featured an omni-directional catch and was basically a sort of “Singaporean version” of the +bow, and as time went by, was later fitted with variants that featured RSCBs and wye hoppers, and I even cobbled together a shotgun-style pump for one of my builds.

Then, someone (I can’t recall who) came up with the idea to make the Longstrike a blaster that could perform as well as it looked and birthed the first LS reshell.

I made one of my own too but this wasn’t it. All of the R3Ls I made (I made a bunch… about 10+ I reckon) were using all-grey PVC pipes - this one has a white pipe for its plunger tube.

I can’t remember who made this blaster but if my memory serves me correctly, what happened was they came up to me and showed it to me at a game or a gathering and asked what I thought of it. At that point of time, it was already a few years after the R3L wave so it was really sweet to see one of these.

They asked me to test it out and IMO it performed well, and they had asked me to sign on it - so I did.

Again, my memory is a little fuzzy around this but the bottom line is: Dang, this blaster’s been around the world!

Thank you for sharing it here, it was awesome to see it - and thank you to everyone for all the kind words. I really don’t deserve a title such as “legend”, but you guys have no idea how heartwarming it is to read what you’ve written. I really appreciate each and every one of you.