Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30049823-20191219213416/@comment-30049823-20191220000229

Had to share that since a buddy of mine sent me a link.

It was pretty disappointing to read that the propulsion mechanism is inside the PROJECTILE, since that makes it a major tragedy to lose one down a sewer grate or in the neighbor's roof gutter. (Since you won't be using this thing indoors...)

If I was to build my own, I'd start with the assumption that the spring and priming mech would be at the bottom of the launch tube. You wouldn't need a special tool to prime THAT, and you wouldn't lose any springs or latches unless you forget to bring the launch tube home with you. Also gives you a wider range of design options for shape and weight balance of the projectiles...

That'd also let you drop in a stack of "discs" and launch them all at once for a genuine area-effect aerial bombardment. Not exactly like a mortar that explodes on impact, but at least you could hit multiple bunkered targets with it instead of just clonking one poor kid in the noggin.