Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-30049823-20200111044908

So the Hypershot is a one-shot muzzle-loading Joltalike with a rear pull-handle prime and the added gimmick of a "recoil" effect. It was $3.97 at Walmart so I had to buy one to dissect.

The "recoil" is truly a gimmick; it's driven by the trigger and has no effect on the priming or firing of the dart. If you glued the slide in the rearward position, you could still prime and fire darts normally. Also, you can "dry-fire" the recoiling slide with repeated trigger pulls, without priming the handle. (This makes it a great clacking annoyance; buy two of these for the child of some parents you hate, so they can clackety-clack them akimbo style as fast as their trigger fingers can move)

Knowing that, you can pretty much see what's going on with a look at the internal pics. It can also me "minimized" by removing the slide and muzzle shroud and still retain its full dart-firing ability... but it looks ugly and leaves the barrel kind of vulnerable. 