Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20191211061226/@comment-27306930-20191212060646

So rather than returning it, I decided to open up my Sentry X2 and find out what's going on. At $9.99 it's totally worth trashing the blaster to figure out what's wrong with it, amiright 😁

After farting around with it for 15 minutes, I finally got it apart and started looking at the various components. The plunger and trigger mech are textbook. The only thing that differentiates the Senty is the arrangement of the internal mag. It's unique, but not really new. It's clever, but not anything we haven't seen before.

After a couple dozen tests, I eventually determined my Sentry was working as designed. And the end result is the design is really friggin' crappy. The magazine spring is insufficient for pushing all six RIVAL rounds into the chamber. In fact, the spring is insufficient to push the second round fully into the chamber. Bottom line, this isn't a quick fix, it's a complete redesign.

Caution: This is a difficult mod. Reassembling the priming handle can be tricky. There's a weird release button on the back of the priming handle that disengages the plunger. I'm not sure what that's all about, but it's prone to exploding when the priming handle is disassembled. It kinda sucks.

My advice, take photos after each step in the disassembly. #invaluable

Or frankly, just buy a Kronos.