Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26431461-20160714032506

Well folks, I finally did it. I got the red MEGA Centurion for 1/2 price at TRU, and a while back too. It cost $44 when on sale, which tbh, should've been it's original price.

But without further ado, here are the features of quite possibly one of the lesser exciting blasters of my arsenal.

Good things about the Centurion

1. The draw was very (suspiciously) light, it was easy to prime and felt very smooth.

2. The boltsled is in the back position when not primed. This makes it possible to load magazines into the well without needing to prime it, which isn't something you see with other springers.

3. It's comfy and ergonomic, the thumbport really does it with this blaster. The grip is a bit fat, but it's not too bad. The stock is amazing.

4. Contrary to popular belief, it never jammed for me. Ok, this point is quite biased, because I didn't test worn darts and I dry fired it way more that actually shooting it.

Bad things about the Centurion

1. It's reverse plunger. Good thing it was the last reverse plunger (with the exception of the N-Strike repaints.)

2. The range and power is actually quite undewhelming, contrary to the 100 ft range claim. It doesn't actually shoot that hard compared to other springers, which is weird, because a lot of people say it had "extra stopping power". A lot of my friends say it shoots really hard. Maybe I got a lemon, but I'm not suprised if I didn't.

3. It doesn't come with an extra magazine. And it isn't sold seperately either, so the only way to get it is: you guessed it, BUY ANOTHER CENTURION.

4. If that wasn't bad enough, it only holds 6 darts. That's completely understandable, though, because they are big darts. It's still worth complaining though.

5. The bi-pod is way too loose. Everytime I try to change the position of the legs 90 degrees, the attatchment snaps off of the rail, every time.

6. There's absolutely no modification potential. I tried modifying it a good 4 hours after I opened it. Unfortunately, the permenant barrel made it a tough job. I was then met with very complicated internals, and I still don't know how they work. After watching Rob's mod guide to walk me through modding, I ended up only removing the locks and half-prime. I didn't wanna mess with the plunger, which was a shame, I could've added an extra longshot spring that I had (IT WAS THE PERFECT SIZE MHFFFF).

There isn't much to be done with this blaster other than add a titan tank or make it into a flywheel blaster. I doubt making the blaster direct plunger by crudely slapping pvc to a plunger head and inverting the reverse plunger would do much. OMW, please make a direct plunger for this.

Final verdict

Can I reccomend this blaster? Well, to sum it up, I bought the Centurion with zero expectations, and I was still dissapointed by the product. Not by the fun factor, it was pretty fun to play with quite frankly. But by the performance. I didn't expect the blaster to perform so poorly, and I didn't expect modifications to be so difficult. Despite this, I did have a lot of fun playing with this, and I'm still ok with the results, because I wasn't planning on using this for any wars.

I can't reccomend it to anyone, but I don't blame you if you buy it and have too much fun with it.

That's my review, Nerf on fellow humans. 