Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160510045007

I stopped by the TRU on my way home tonight. Those stock boys must have been busy, 'cause there's all sorts of new stuff on the shelf today. Lookit, I only had twenty bucks in my pocket, so I wasn't gonna pick up a couple or three Nerf Cam ESC-12s. That's Mojo's job anyway.

My job was to find some new darts and a pair of BoomCo FarShots I spotted on the clearance shelf for $6.99. Well, the FarShot twin packs were gone, but I did manage to snag a single FarShot for $7.99 and a pack of 30 XShot darts for $9.99. When I got to the register the whole thing was $10.77 tax and all. Whaaat ? Yup, everything Nerf and BoomCo and Air Warriors and Stats Blast was 50% off. Coulda had a Cam ECS-12 for $37. Ugh, I hate life sometimes. Well, there's always tomorrow.

So, these XShots, they're decent. It's like somebody glued a fuzzy teddy bear to the front of a Nerf dart. They're soft and squishy, and down right loveable. Not really what I want in my Nerf darts. Especially if intimidation is a factor. But here's the really weird thing. In unmodded blasters they're kind of average. OK distance, OK accuracy, nothing special really. In modded blasters, they performed horribly. Couldn't hit a barn from the silo. But in super-modified blasters (120+ FPS), they are great. Right on target.

So WTF ?!?! Where do these darts fall in the spectrum of Nerf my friends ? In the "Twilight Zone".

Thirty darts for $9.99 is not worth it. But $4.99 ? Heck yeah. Got a super modified Nerf gun ? Well then my friend, I've got something yur gonna love 😊

EDIT: In the Full Metal HammerShot they're great. In the stock Snipe they're pretty good. In my modified LongShot they're OK. In the OMW StrongArm they're horrible.  