I absolutely love this blaster! As far as mod potential goes, there's already a spring spacer that brings it to 100fps without affecting the trigger pull too much. Great review!
I was only planning on buying one, but when I was at the store looking at it, I bought two. I don’t regret it, the thing is really good. The only thing I noticed after about a week of use is to let it cycle. While the rate of fire is fast enough, if it doesn’t reset the cylinder won’t move to the next chamber… there is also the slight chance if you let got of the trigger before the catch releases and fires it will fart out a dart. Which we saw twice in this video. 😊
I THINK, the little tab in front of the barrel is to stop random things being stuck down the barrel. I know I dislike it on all the AF revolvers because it is all that stops it using half darts. My local games, if you remove that tab, it is now a modded blaster and not allowed in stock rounds. Also, according to Radioactive, a new oring gets a good increase to power.
That's exactly right. Heck, DartZone even had that tab in the original Magnum Superdrum (and maybe the new one? I don't know) as well as the Blitzfires. As you said, it's just to prevent anything except full length darts being loaded. Stunningly easy to remove, which knowing DartZone is likely a deliberate decision on their end. Or it's just a cheap part.
Doubled up a Desperado stock spring with an extended Retaliator stock spring, and it gives enough of a boost without making the prime much harder or putting to much stress on the blaster itself. I can imagine adding the new spring spacers from RadioactiveDesigns could up the FPS bit further. A decent temporary solution until a proper spring upgrade is released, or if K26 is just to much for it.
Captain Xavier! The perfect spring for the desperado is one that you taught me about a few years ago:..the ultra 5 spring will get you just over 100 fps (105 high, 102 avg). One of the unicorn springs also works very well but I can’t remember if it was the stock unicorn spring or one of the OOD unicorn springs.
Great review! I really love the Desperado as a sidearm for my Villainator, and it fits beautifully in a regular old Condor VT holster. The Desperado has effectively replaced both the Hammershot and Reflex 6 as my full length dart sidearm of choice. =)
Thanks for trying these II love them my favote stock foam fligner! Which I love my modded mavicks but this guy is just so much better and new! Which I do get 240 MOA at 19 feet in doors all day at a Dart per second of like 3 with just an hour or so if practice over a week.. Then again I'm a pistol whisper so resaults may very... Oh and reactive designs has spacers and an o-ring out as well as new cylenrder for despy.
Funnily enough the Snaofire 8 lives on sort of. Zecong Toys (using the brand name Blaze Storm) still produce their own cloned versions - one in a Rebelle themed deco and 2 own brand paint schemes in inverted styles (1 yellow with red trim and 1 red with yellow trim). Zecong also have quite a few other recognisable former Nerf designs including a Secret Shot folding blaster. Probably not as high quality as the Desperado but seeing the old classics was nostalgic.
If you fix the seal on them you’ll get another 5fps-10fps I was able to hit a high of 115fps with a O.G. 10kg Turf AUS Barracuda spring and AF waffles. ;)
A weird mod I've always wondered about blasters like this: what if you had them fill an air tank rather than use a regular spring? It'd take some extra engineering, but could be interesting
That is smart, if by tank you mean a rubber bladder (because an actual metal tank would ruin this thing after while) could be interesting to see. Maybe using it to fill a Titan tank could even be possible.
That would would better! The tricky bit would be maybe having a secondary trigger to release all the air, maybe tie it to the rotation mech to have it cycle while you shoot.
@user-dn9rl2ig1h Two reasons. I do have 7 and 8 round hammershot cylinders. However, they are 3d printed and their performance is questionable. The 6 round cylinders I use are OMW metal cylinders, and their performance is fantastic and, more importantly, consistent and reliable But the main reason is that the event I use them at the most is UMBC's HvZ, which has a 6rd capacity limit at the start of the game.
Pretty sure the tab you removed is to stop darts falling out when you point the blaster down/have it holstered. Old n-strike and elite blasters used to have them
I wouldn’t mod these. This is not a blaster for power. This is to grab off your hip and empty the cylinder at a target closing in on you, and a stiffer spring makes it harder to rapid fire. I also broke every other blaster with this mechanism I have had, so I wouldn’t stress their internals.
@Hayden-hm7rh "brand" is only a question of advertising. If your product is good enough, you don't NEED to advertise, at least beyond initially letting people know it exists. Nerf's quality has dropped, so they need to be a "brand".
Can it take a k26: the hidden episode
the question there is if your hand can take a k26
Prob a coming vid...
I absolutely love this blaster! As far as mod potential goes, there's already a spring spacer that brings it to 100fps without affecting the trigger pull too much. Great review!
You got that link? Is it on thingiverse?
@@rudyd1772 I'll have to find it
Where did you find that?
@@bigmrmacharwardRadioactive on TH-cam
If you're lucky a piece of pvc would even fit as a spring spacer.
Tab/Flag blocking the front load - prevents short darts and nin standard darts. Same thing in Villanator.
I was only planning on buying one, but when I was at the store looking at it, I bought two.
I don’t regret it, the thing is really good.
The only thing I noticed after about a week of use is to let it cycle. While the rate of fire is fast enough, if it doesn’t reset the cylinder won’t move to the next chamber… there is also the slight chance if you let got of the trigger before the catch releases and fires it will fart out a dart. Which we saw twice in this video. 😊
“Go ahead adventure force, do it punk, make my day”
I THINK, the little tab in front of the barrel is to stop random things being stuck down the barrel. I know I dislike it on all the AF revolvers because it is all that stops it using half darts. My local games, if you remove that tab, it is now a modded blaster and not allowed in stock rounds.
Also, according to Radioactive, a new oring gets a good increase to power.
That's exactly right. Heck, DartZone even had that tab in the original Magnum Superdrum (and maybe the new one? I don't know) as well as the Blitzfires. As you said, it's just to prevent anything except full length darts being loaded. Stunningly easy to remove, which knowing DartZone is likely a deliberate decision on their end.
Or it's just a cheap part.
Doubled up a Desperado stock spring with an extended Retaliator stock spring, and it gives enough of a boost without making the prime much harder or putting to much stress on the blaster itself. I can imagine adding the new spring spacers from RadioactiveDesigns could up the FPS bit further. A decent temporary solution until a proper spring upgrade is released, or if K26 is just to much for it.
Captain Xavier! The perfect spring for the desperado is one that you taught me about a few years ago:..the ultra 5 spring will get you just over 100 fps (105 high, 102 avg). One of the unicorn springs also works very well but I can’t remember if it was the stock unicorn spring or one of the OOD unicorn springs.
Yeah, double action trigger pulls are often challenging to keep muzzle on target. Practice can help, but it is inherently difficult.
Looking forward to the double half dart thing.
I just picked one up today. I'm going to take that tab out this evening.
I absolutely love these things. Can't say enough good about them.
If they had a rail they would be a sick masterkey for cqb or when you need to reload
Great review! I really love the Desperado as a sidearm for my Villainator, and it fits beautifully in a regular old Condor VT holster. The Desperado has effectively replaced both the Hammershot and Reflex 6 as my full length dart sidearm of choice. =)
I actually saw one of these for the first time last weekend at an HVZ. It's quite effective
I do hope they travel across the Atlantic to stores in Europe at some point, cuz thy look so slick!
First time watching your videos, and I love that you're silly and goofy, I LIVE for silly and goofy.
Thanks for trying these II love them my favote stock foam fligner! Which I love my modded mavicks but this guy is just so much better and new! Which I do get 240 MOA at 19 feet in doors all day at a Dart per second of like 3 with just an hour or so if practice over a week.. Then again I'm a pistol whisper so resaults may very... Oh and reactive designs has spacers and an o-ring out as well as new cylenrder for despy.
We love an impromptu K26 episode
Excellent blaster! Bangarang!
@6:27 "I swear that never happens"
Funnily enough the Snaofire 8 lives on sort of. Zecong Toys (using the brand name Blaze Storm) still produce their own cloned versions - one in a Rebelle themed deco and 2 own brand paint schemes in inverted styles (1 yellow with red trim and 1 red with yellow trim). Zecong also have quite a few other recognisable former Nerf designs including a Secret Shot folding blaster.
Probably not as high quality as the Desperado but seeing the old classics was nostalgic.
Those, good sir, are some fine blasters you got there. 😁
Got one now I need a second one so I can dual wield!!
Might just be me, but these kinda look like space pistols. Could make for a decent cosplay prop
If you fix the seal on them you’ll get another 5fps-10fps I was able to hit a high of 115fps with a O.G. 10kg Turf AUS Barracuda spring and AF waffles. ;)
I just chucked my spare 1.8 unicorn spring and I think it’s hitting above 100 fps with the right trigger pull since I don’t have a chronograph
'i swear that never happens'
Lol hella amusing...
Nice video Cap 🫡
Thanks for the review!
Wow. Check out Dart Zone/Adventure Force taking risks and not doing the same crap over and over. Good on them!
You can also shotgun half darts 😎
What tomfoolery is going to happen now
Secret reloading trick. Load the two barrels with the slots and one down the muzzle. Half prime, repeat. Now you're reloaded.
The tab prevents people from shooting short darts out of the blaster just remove the tab and its all good
This is perfect for a quick draw anti surprise zeds.
I've been wanting something like this at AW. It will replace my hurricane.
A weird mod I've always wondered about blasters like this: what if you had them fill an air tank rather than use a regular spring? It'd take some extra engineering, but could be interesting
That is smart, if by tank you mean a rubber bladder (because an actual metal tank would ruin this thing after while) could be interesting to see. Maybe using it to fill a Titan tank could even be possible.
That would would better! The tricky bit would be maybe having a secondary trigger to release all the air, maybe tie it to the rotation mech to have it cycle while you shoot.
Is it bad that I kinda want to take the top off of one of those old manual Dymo label makers and stick on one of these?
why do you run 6-shot Hammershots when there's higher capacity cylinders available?
@user-dn9rl2ig1h Two reasons.
I do have 7 and 8 round hammershot cylinders. However, they are 3d printed and their performance is questionable. The 6 round cylinders I use are OMW metal cylinders, and their performance is fantastic and, more importantly, consistent and reliable
But the main reason is that the event I use them at the most is UMBC's HvZ, which has a 6rd capacity limit at the start of the game.
@@CaptainXavier I see
I wonder if these will ever be purchasable from Australia... can't even find them online, etc. :(
Is this the new go to secondary? Could the hammershot have finally met its replacement? Dose anyone know what really happened in 2016?
Pretty sure the tab you removed is to stop darts falling out when you point the blaster down/have it holstered. Old n-strike and elite blasters used to have them
No, it is not a dart gate. It is not in front of the dart.
I wouldn’t mod these. This is not a blaster for power. This is to grab off your hip and empty the cylinder at a target closing in on you, and a stiffer spring makes it harder to rapid fire.
I also broke every other blaster with this mechanism I have had, so I wouldn’t stress their internals.
Noice !!!
Have you seen all the upgrades Radioactive Design made for it?
Yes
But it CAN take a K26... I wonder what the fps would be.
When the huge trigger isn't seen, it kind of resembles a bit like the Halo magnum.
I do believe they have a spacer for the springs.
Do we know if dart zone is seeking this in Asia/Oceania?
Is there any way to fix the premature firing when pressing the trigger half way? One of mine does it and its pretty annoying, otherwise I love em
@@ZiggityZeke if there is, I am not aware of it.
I hate that you can't spin them. 😂
Radioactive already moded it
why is youtube reccomending me offbrand nerf reviews
"Offbrand" this is made by dartzone who are literally currently better than nerf
@@joerosario6624 that's a lotta words to say offbrand
@@Hayden-hm7rh how is the better brand offbrand⁉️💀
@Hayden-hm7rh "brand" is only a question of advertising.
If your product is good enough, you don't NEED to advertise, at least beyond initially letting people know it exists.
Nerf's quality has dropped, so they need to be a "brand".