Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20190109040030/@comment-26431461-20190120155755

What I really like about the Helios is that the priming handle is that there's a return spring, just like one you would find on a Strongarm.

Mag fed Nerf blasters don't have this feature because of the way Nerf dart magazines are designed, where you need to keep the bolt sled to the rear for (easily) removing magazines. But on RIVAL blasters, it's not needed to keep the bolt back to remove a mag, which is why I'm a fan of the return spring on this (and it's dissapointing how the Apollo didn't have one).

Additionally, you can still lock back the bolt with the built-in half-prime on the Helios, and while I explained before that this isn't necessary on a RIVAL blaster, but it is really cool because you can pull the bolt almost all the way to the rear, and pull the bolt back just a bit and the return spring will send it home.

It feels really bad@$$ to do. Elliott, you should try it.