Nintendo Playchoice/VS light gun question

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Does anyone know the difference between a Nintendo Vs. light gun and a playchoice light gun, or if there is not a difference. Thanks!
 
And the debate continues.....

I really wish that I knew the full story of all of these different guns. From my experience with these guns, which is a decent amount, the images on the Riemen site are absolutely correct in that the black plastic and "red" (orange) guns were made for the PC while the black rubber guns were made for the VS. The plastic ones can be converted to work on the VS., but because the rubber ones are virtually impossible to open without destroying the gun, they cannot be used on the PC.
But where do these pink and blue guns fall into the picture?? I have read that they were originally made for the dedicated Hogan's Alley machine, but some can be used on the Playchoice!?!? The pink and blue colors remind me of the old Konami Justifiers that were made for the SNES, which would make sense since there is no Nintendo logo on them, but that would scratch the Hogan's Alley theory. And as far as I can tell the insides are usually the same. The trigger assemblies are always the same, but I have opened a few blue ones that have different sensor cards in them that I cannot seem to get to work on the PC.
One thing is for sure; with exception of the black rubber guns, any of the guns can be reasonably easily modified to work on any Ninty machine.... But what is the original intention for each of these guns. I keep reading debates on this subject, but never with any resolution. Hopefully someone can shed some more light on the subject.
 
Is there a resource that tells you how to convert a red light gun to a Nintendo Vs? It looks like just connecting another wire into the loop-around, but I'd rather find some documentation before pulling wires willy-nilly.
 
I don't know much about the VS. Unisystems, but I have modified and fixed up a ton of these for the Playchoice. And since this is a question that often comes up when selling these guns, I too would like to know what, if anything, is required to get them to work on the VS.

In looking at TheBasements awesome thread (http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=93760) on how to convert a NES gun to work on a VS. it looks as though the wiring is exactly the same. But then what are the additional two wires for on the rubber VS. gun? Maunals for both types of guns can also be found on the Reimen site (http://www.playchoice.riemen.net/rep_manuals.html), but there is no internal diagram for the VS gun as far as I can tell.

I have heard both ways on this, but never get a solid answer. If no modification is required in getting a PS gun to work on a VS., that would be great because I could double my market when selling these guns :) But I would like to know for sure before I start advertising it as such.
 
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Yeah, same here. I bought a light gun recently not knowing that there was a difference between the Vs and PlayChoice. Now that I know it's a PC it'd be nice to know what I have to do to convert it for my Red Tent.
 
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