Ratchet Blast

The Ratchet Blast is a Nerf blaster released in 1997 under the Cyber Stryke Gear series.

It comes packaged with eight Mega Darts.

Details
The Ratchet Blast is a four-shot blaster; it is heavily based on the Max Force Rattler, with some improvements to design and performance. It was given a trigger to enhance accuracy and a hand guard around the handle to protect the user's hand from dart fire. The hand guard also features dart holders, which allow the blaster to hold four extra Mega Darts.

The Ratchet Blast primes by pulling down on the barrel to make it "break away" from the main part of the blaster. It was the first blaster to do so and would not be used again in another blaster for quite some time. It features a sight at the top of the blaster, similar to what would later be seen on the Hyper Sight blasters.

History
In 1998, it was re-released under the Hyper Sight series.

Trivia

 * The "break-action blaster" concept would not be seen again until the release of the N-Strike Barrel Break IX-2 in 2010.
 * Instead of using two hands to prime the blaster, the Ratchet Blast can also be primed by flipping it down and back into place with the flick of the user's wrist; the BOOMco. Breakflip would later use a similar priming method.
 * One big issue with the Ratchet Blast is that once it has aged or been used aggressively, the break-action nature of it can break in half, rendering it unfix-able.