Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-27306930-20151231043619

I need some advice from experts. My brand new EXDAT arrived today, along with a couple other blasters I've had my eye on, like a FarShot. I unbox it, loaded some darts and started shooting. I can't figure out if I got a dud, or whether my expectations were unrealistically high. I'm getting about the same range, if not a little less, that my Triad. Maybe 30 feet level. About every 10th shot is attenuated - maybe it goes 12 or 13 feet. It could best be described as "plopping" out of the end of the barrel. Even the sound is different.

When I look down the barrel when it's loaded and primed, the dart tooth is clearly in the path of the dart. It eclipses parts of the foam, and a tiny bit of the head. I can't tell if the dart tooth swings out of the path of the barrel after I pull the trigger, or whether there's an actual mechanical problem and the dart is brushing past the tooth and slowing down.

In any event, the $9 FarShot completely outperforms this EXDAT. There's no way this thing shoots 80+ feet. At a 45 degree angle I'd be lucky to get 60. So guys (and gals if there are any) did I get a dud, or do I need to hop on OMW and upgrade it right away ? 