Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-24548292-20140830212109/@comment-126472-20150701162004

Muix wrote:

A mega break-action blaster (Like the barrel break) would be good, if the break-open part was just infront of the handle like real break-action shotguns. It'd also be opened like the sledgefire.Also, it'd hold and fire 4 mega darts (Big, right?).

I think it would be pretty difficult to do something like that without some REALLY clever engineering. Real guns can do that because their firing mechanism is a pin, which strikes a concussion cap in the bullet and causes the gunpowder to ignite. Nerf blasters use air chambers. To make a break-action blaster where the breach is immediately in front of the trigger would mean the plunger would have to extend backwards behind it. For a Mega blaster, this would make an integrated stock a necessity. It would also mean either reduced range due to a shorter plunger or an uncomfortably long stock. That said, there may be a way to cheat and make it work (a wider plunger? Multiple short plungers leading to a single nozzle?).