Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-33092097-20190506204552/@comment-27306930-20190509040709

Okay, here they are, pics of the Tri-Strike internals. BTW, I hate the trigger/clip/priming locks. They pop out at the slightest provocation, and they're a pain in the neck to reassemble. I have a feeling they're going to mysteriously vanish before reassembly 😉

Anyway, the Release Button activates an arm that rocks inward 2mm toward the plunger tube. It engages a tab (circled in blue) that extends about 3mm from the left side of the plunger tube. Sorry, it's hard to get a perspective from this pic. When pressed, it prevents the plunger tube from sliding forward, or sliding backward more than 4mm.

I assume that if a dart is jammed in the chamber, pressing the Release Button will basically prevent another dart from being loaded during the priming cycle, and by some miraculous intervention eject the stuck dart, maybe by air trapped in the plunger tube. Frankly, I seriously doubt its efficacy. But who knows, I'm an electrical engineer, not a mechanical engineer, it's just an educated guess. Feel free to speculate amongst yourselves.

The button appears to be a standard feature because it's clearly documented in the printed instruction manual / user guide. As I said before, it's located right behind the priming handle in its de-primed state. So if you're having a problem priming, it's going to be difficult to press the Release Button while trying to prime.

At this point let me digress for just a moment. I bought my Tri-Strike because Walcom expounded the virtues of the core blaster as "absolutely perfect" in his youtube review. That turned out to be a bald faced lie. It's really just a Retaliator sized LongShot. But the action isn't smooth, the clip release couldn't be located in a worse position, and swapping the clip is a chore. I don't even have to trash the accessories. The NIC has already done a really great job.

Hopefully I've provided the answers you were searching for. I'll leave my Tri-Strike disassembled for a couple days in case there are additional questions. Really, it's no imposition.