Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20171210031851/@comment-27306930-20171211062210

Well, I might not be the first to get my hands on a Mediator, but I can darn well be the first to post pics of the internals on the internet. So take that, Hartley  😉

Now what do we have here ? A pretty standard plunger/tube/spring arrangement. The catch is cookie-cutter. Got a lot of Rampage components. I'm four vodkas past being able to remember where I've seen that ratchet before, but that's borrowed too. All in all, this is pretty much a reconfiguration of many features we've seen before. In a good way.

The handle attachment mech is a little different in my experience, it may be borrowed from Rival. Unlike the Rampage's metal priming bar, this one is solid ABS and pretty beefy. I kinda like it. And the tac rail button doesn't appear to have a spring. Hmmm.

So what's the mod potential ? Well, there aren't a whole lot of locks to be removed. There's one built into the mag well which prevents the clip release from being pushed once the blaster is primed. And there's one on the left inside of the shell that prevents the blaster from being primed before the mag well is installed. And, um, that's about it. I'm sure there's a way to deprime, but I'll tackle that another night.

That leaves spring(s), ARs, and better catches. A spring upgrade is a no-brainer. Anything advertised to work with a Retaliator or Rampage stage one is certainly going to work in this. An AR removal ? I'm gonna say no on that one. My experience is that late-model blasters don't benefit greatly from air restrictectomies. And I'm 99% sure a Rampage Stage 2 catch will work nicely in the Mediator.

So enjoy the view fellas. God it feels good to be first !