Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27985798-20200503233516/@comment-27306930-20200615033910

Okay, we're getting into some gray areas here. Some modders will tell you yes, go for it. What's the worst that can happen ?

Other modders might remind you that 9kg is almost four times the stock spring strength (which is 2.5kg according to most sources). So yes, the stock internals might have a problem.

Admittedly, I don't own a Retaliator. But my experiences with other blasters makes me think that a 9kg spring will probably work just fine. For a while anyway. You'll probably get five or six dozen shots off with absolutely no problem. Then something will happen. Something bad.

You might break the plunger tube, or crack the plunger rod, or fracture the bolt sled, or wreck an internal guide, or destroy the catch, or break the priming mech. Who knows. But eventually something's going to break.

So to answer your question, is a 9kg too powerful ? Absolutely not. Are you gonna have problems if you don't upgrade a bunch of other stuff ? Eventually ... yes. Big problems.