Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-38684270-20190302142355/@comment-27306930-20190303041244

So if I'm understanding you correctly, you primed your EAT, it felt normal, you pulled the trigger, you could hear the trigger mech moving inside the shell, but the plunger didn't release, so it's more-or-less stuck in a primed state at this point.

If that's the case, then it probably isn't the spring. Either the trigger catch didn't fully release, or there's something else obstructing the plunger and preventing it from returning to the bottom of the tube. The mechanism itself couldn't be simpler. It's just a plunger, a tube, and a spring.

I recommend disassembling the shell to get a closer look and the mech. Take some pics if you can. And remember, taking apart a blaster in a primed state is sometimes, um, dynamic. Watch out for flying springs 😁