Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-3362895-20151227044830/@comment-3362895-20160209135146

As an epilogue to one of my bundle finds above, I can now confidently state the following:

- The Barricade sucks. (Or at least, MY two Barricades suck with alkalines.) The one I tested more fully is terribly weak and inconsistent with three regular alkalines. It is somehow STILL mediocre with three IMR's: lots of oddly short-range shots mixed with fishtails. About its only obvious usefulness is in common parts for its superior cousin. If I could figure out a speedloader system for the latter, then the cylinders would be very handy spares. - The Stockade, Barricade's sequel, is actually all right. Pretty good with alkalines. Without disabling thermistors, the Stockade will only take two IMR's plus dummy; however, it is a smart performer in this case. If you don't want to use a mag-fed blaster, like the convenient, ubiquitous relative Stryfe, this could be your choice. - In related news, the ironically named Speedswarm becomes decent with a full load of six IMR's. Probably even better with an upgraded spring, plus AR removal, plus O-ring taped etc. etc. But the price of this performance is, of course, double the load of IMR's required in a normal Stryfe's diet. Still waiting on C- and D-shell adapters so that I can finally juice up my Swarmfire, RapidStrike, Stampede and Vulcan. (sound of grinding teeth) Comments, corollaries and rebuttals welcome.