Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27923854-20161104222807/@comment-27306930-20161107040056

Hogan milligan wrote: I meant to say this before, but a CS still needs a spring upgrade even with the barrel reducers. I did it, using CPVC, and without the added spring it was maybe doing a hundred feet. With it it performs the same as my StrongFire, a double springed SA with a Slingfire stock (which by the way, has something wrong with it right now), that fires somewhere in between 130 and 150 feet, Totally agree. The spring is the key to really boosting performance. But I'm not getting those kind of ranges out of my CS, flat anyway. Angled, sure. But flat I've measured it at 75 feet on a number of occasions with reducers and a 7kg spring (in less than ideal conditions, I will concede).

Personally, I don't put any stock in angled measurements. First, it's impossible to aim angled shots with any consistency. Yeah, you get a few lucky ones in, but most angled shots are wasted. Second, I'm an indoor Nerfer. Angled shots aren't an option, unless you have just the right venue.

But like I said, a Cyclone with barrel reducers, a 7+kg spring, and decent darts like RadEagles, is "undodgeable" at ranges below 50 feet. Or so I've been told by several victims. And the noise. Criminy ! I love it.