Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30373083-20170123003156/@comment-30373083-20170126042553

And now, for the moment... um... some of you might have possibly been waiting for - the Alphahawk. In an odd twist, old Whistler darts seem to be the best ammo for the blaster.



I won't drone on about how erratic the Elite darts were. The shocker here? RadEagles. They were all over the target box... Way above, low right, low left, but sometimes were dead on. I set aside my first set and tried an unopened pack - they were no more consistent. I haven't weighed individual darts yet, but my guess is that the RadEagle is just a little too heavy for the AlphaHawk's spring. Instead of propelling them, it almost seemed to compress the darts - the Eagles that went through the blaster seemed to be just a bit shorter and fatter before it was loaded. Has anyone else noticed this happening?

As has been the case with most of my blaster tests, AccuStrike performed just slightly better than Double-X darts. My conclusion is that if name-brand darts are desired (for whatever reason), AccuStrikes are a worthwhile option. But Double-Xs are still a heck of a lot cheaper, without much loss of accuracy.