Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30373083-20170123003156/@comment-30373083-20170129213833

I picked a blast from the past for today's test - a Maverick that came in an eBay lot this week. Disclaimer: this Maverick was obviously used. I have no idea if its results are "typical" of other Mavericks, or if this one has a worn spring. Also, I haven't put nearly as many darts through a Maverick as I have most of my other collection.

The Maverick is enjoyable to shoot, but it really doesn't measure up to the Strongarm or Hammershot.

My results:

- Whistler darts "misfired" quite a few times - barely leaving the barrel. I didn't have this issue with anything else I fired.

- Elite darts were wildly inconsistent left-to-right.

- Double-Xs didn't score the best, but they "felt" the most consistent out of all the rounds. One of those 300-point scores was a "50-50 split," so that kept the score from being any higher. There was a slight vertical drop on my 10-foot range. But once I got used to it, they hit the target cans every time.

- RadEagles scored best and also felt very consistent. One or two flew a bit higher or lower than expected, even accounting for the vertical drop. But when they hit, they knocked over more cans per shot.

- AccuStrikes were also very consistent from the Maverick. It makes me wonder how many "casual" Nerfers have bought them in stores and used them in older blasters.