1. Take the gun apart to the point that you can remove the bolt and bolt sled.
2. Using a 1/2" flat blade wood-boring drill bit in a drillpress of power drill, drill the backplate out from behind the restrictor spring.
Until the parts will poop out the back of the bolt. It may take a few up-and-down passes using the 1/2" flat blade bit before the lip is removed to the point that all of the pieces will come out.
Ok, so I got the first ever Recon sold in the Niskayuna, NY Target. They were unpacking the boxes in the nerf aisle and hadn't even gotten to the Recons, but I asked if they had it, and indeed it was in one of the boxes. Anyway, so the last two days I've been looking at it trying to make the somewhat mediocre ranges better. An AR removal (which was very annoying) was the first step. I noticed that the spring is not fully compressed when the gun is cocked, however. This is the fix:
For my mod u need the following:
--> Hotglue
--> 2-component-glue
--> a Pepsi bottle
--> a harder spring
--> several files
--> 1/2" va-steel pipe
--> a tool to drill some holes
the mod is quite easy, you change the spring, take the lid of the bottle and drill a hole for the "streching-stick" (how would you guys call it ?) in the middle of it. remove that overpressure valve inside the original tube, then saw off the smaller targeting part from the tube. after all, you need to file the front nozzle to fit to the steel pipe. use a lot of glue for all parts, because they are only sticked together. the new spring i use is so strong, it would burt the whole gun otherwise..... here are some pictures:
