Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27923854-20161104222807/@comment-27306930-20161110025756

Okay, I hate dredging up this topic, but I think I found out why the Double-X darts perform so erratically. (Actually I love talking about darts, can ya tell) Last night I loaded up a StrongArm and plinked a few rounds. There was this one Double-X that kept plopping out of the end of the barrel. It looked fine, the foam was in decent shape, nice and snug. WTH ?

Well, I compared it to a couple other darts and lo and behold, most of these Double-X's are different lengths. Like way different. Here's a pic of a handful I randomly picked up off the floor. That one on the left was the culprit in the StrongArm. Because the head is so wide, and the fit is so snug, it didn't slide down far enough to fully engage the AR.

That might also explain the reduced range in certain other blasters. One more strike against Double-X darts. And I had such high expectations 😡  (sniffle)