Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-3362895-20171220024341

On a hunch, I decided to stop in again today at Canadian Tire (the branch where I had previously enjoyed many nice Nerf deals). Among the fair number of Nerfs on clearance sale, I spotted TwinShocks selling for a mere $36 CAD, and could hardly resist picking one up at that price. I also grabbed another CycloneShock at $15, but narrowly decided against a handsome DoubleBreach for $23 and also a white-stripe RapidStrike for $40.

At first glance, the TwinShock looks like a large and unwieldy beast. However, that impression is soon dissolved after handling up-close. The priming action on this is somewhat long, but so impressively smooth as to even be buttery! Overall it feels much more serious and effective than the Centurion, and I would even place it above the Buzz Bee Tyrant, since the latter still relies on an overhand priming slide.

One little thing, though: the firing action is supposed to be like the Rough Cut in that a partial trigger pull will fire one dart and a full trigger pull will fire two. However, in the case of my TwinShock, sometimes one half-trigger pull will launch two and the remaining pull will fire two more. 🤔🤔

One more detail: disappointingly, the painted lettering is not symmetrical on the left side. Typical cost-cutting measure by Hasbro…

 