Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-36639611-20180819084308/@comment-29595756-20180819163806

There are a few major differences between Electronic and Spring powered clip system blasters that make this not possible.

First, Electronic Clip System blasters are flywheel powered (let's just forget the Stampede for now). Flywheel powered blasters use, well, flywheels, spinning at high RPMs to grab a dart and fling it out of the barrel. The dart reaches the flywheel cage, which is located after the clip section, by either a pusher mech or a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is super simple, and just pulls the dart from above via the top groove of the clip into the flywheels. The pusher mech works a bit differently, because it's a long rod that pushes the dart from behind via the hole in the back of the clip. Every time you pull the trigger in a semi-auto flywheel blaster, the pusher jumps out and pushes a dart between the flywheels. Once you let go, it retracts back behind the clip section. So in the end, once you are done firing the blaster, there is no obstruction to getting the clip out.

Now, for spring powered blasters, it's a bit different. Spring powered blasters use air power from a plunger to fire the dart out of the barrel. To do this, they need to create a seal around the dart to make all the air pressure actually do anything. When you prime the blaster back, you not only compress the spring, but you are also moving the breach section out of the way for a dart. When you return the priming handle to the original position, the breach surrounds the dart and creates a good enough seal to fire. Pulling the trigger releases the plunger and it generates a large burst of air, which, combined with the seal of the breach, allows there to be enough pressure to send the dart a good distance.

So that's just an overview of how they both work. The reason spring powered blasters can't have their clips removed while they are primed, is because the clip is surrounding the breach. The area at the top which holds the darts from getting out is where the breach sits when the blaster is primed, and so it is in the way of removing the clip. Since flywheel blasters don't have breaches, they don't have this issue. Sure you can force the clip out when the blaster is primed, but it's a fast way to break the clip.

Now for the Stampede. It works in a very unique way in that it is essentially a spring powered blaster, except that the electronics do all the work you would normally do. So when you pull the trigger, it primes and fires the blaster all in one step.

Hopefully this long-winded post answers your questions!