Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-26431461-20190809160412

Few days ago my friend and his brother sent me pictures of their Clip Blaster 10 and magazine. There are a few interesting things to point out about it:

Unlike Nerf's magazines at the time, or Buzz Bee's shell mags for that matter, the mag doesn't have any magazine lips and instead has two tabs on the sides to hold the follower in place. When depressed, it allows the follower to eject out, and empty any darts loaded (like a RIVAL magazine). These are also depressed when loaded into the blaster, to allow the darts to feed.

Additionally, you may notice from the picture that there isn't a spring underneath the follower. It actually uses a rack and pinion instead, which is spring-loaded. Interesting, yet overcomplicated design, not sure why they didn't just use a single spring instead (it is important to note that the mag actually curves with the darts, unlike the Banana mag. This is because it was designed for Micro Darts, the same reason the Quick 16 mag has a curve).

I watched WalcomS7's review on the Ultimate Clip Blast, and he described its 5-round mag in a similar way: it had the same tabs (although he said that his was broken), and the same gear-assisted follower, which leads me to wonder if the two are cross-compatible. In addition to that, he said that he could fit 6 rounds in it, so maybe this magazine could actually fit 11 (my friend didn't try it though).

Yeah, weird stuff. I had no idea this blaster was rare. 