Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-28773666-20161118021003/@comment-27306930-20161118062122

As with many yellow N-Strike blasters, taking the AR out dramatically improves performance. The Nite Finder is no exception. To Cerrwiden's point, it does make the NF a bit louder. And it's a particularly annoying "clack" kind of sound. I've convinced myself it sounds intimidating, but in reality it's just irritating.

As far as accur, er, I mean consistency, this is what I've found with my own modded Nite Finders: Bad darts (aka Elites) that are inconsistent in a stock NF are really inconsistent when you double the spring and remove the AR. There's a reason I call my doubled Nite Finder "Wild Thing", and it ain't because she's got a crazy color scheme 😉

​The fact that it has an angled muzzle doesn't help either. If you google "muzzle of a gun" the first hit you'll get is "Precise machining of the muzzle is crucial to accuracy, because it is the last point of contact between the barrel and the projectile." And the Nite Finder couldn't be less precise. I think we can agree you don't need a degree in aeronautical engineering to realize there's something fundamentally wrong here.

The good news: There are really good darts now. You CAN hit a target at 40 feet with pretty decent velocity using a doubled Nite Finder, presuming you're using RadEagles, K'Nex, or Double-X's. So assuming you've got decent darts, then definitely take out the AR and double up the spring. Otherwise, check out Amazon for a FireStrike. Mui beno !