Let's take apart the Nintendo Zapper! (NES)

The Nintendo Zapper!  Yes.  

I've spent hours hunting digital ducks, playing the only redeeming part of Bayou Billy and pulling off trick shots with Barker Bill.


Let's spend a few minutes taking it apart.

Remove the three screws holding the light gray housing together.

Take off the gray bits to expose another screw.

Remove the three remaining philips screws and the two small flat headed ones on the front sight.

Take off the top housing on the gun to expose the innards.
Check them out!

Now that you're inside, take out the lens, gray metal tube and counter weight.

To remove the trigger mechanism, remove the three philips screws.

If you want a peek inside the trigger mechanism, remove the five small flat head screws.

Check out all those little springs and plastic bits.

I'm going to take them all out.

This is what's left, the switch and the sensor.

Here's an awesome picture of everything.

Let's put it all back together.

Start with the trigger.  Grab the trigger, the small white plastic bit, the metal peg and one of the small springs.

Attach the spring to the white plastic bit, slide it into the trigger and line up the holes.  Place the peg in the hole and attach the spring to the peg on the trigger.

Next, take the trigger housing and fit the other white bit and spring in like this.

Fit the trigger in and put the large spring back in.

Put the switch back in and screw the trigger housing back together.  Five small flat head screws.

When you put the trigger back into the gun, run the wires under the switch and around the pegs on the bottom.  Secure the trigger with three philips screws.

Put the lens, metal cylinder and weight back in.

Place the other half of the gun back on and screw in three philips and two flat head screws.

Put the gray plates back on the side and screw it together with the remaining three screws.

Done!


Here's a super artsy picture looking down the barrel of the Zapper.