Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20160916041857

I was very interested in getting my hands on a Buzz Bee Sentinel after Mojo mentioned it had a "metal" priming handle. Ya know, you don't generally associate the words: sturdy and metal, with Buzz Bee, or use them very often in the same sentence. And of course, with a hefty name like Buzz Bee Ultra-Tek Rapid Tek Sentinel you'd expect to get a lot of blaster for your money, right  😉



At first I thought it might be a play on words. As in "genuine Metyl ©™ handle". But I gotta say the priming handle is pretty darn sturdy on this blaster. And the performance is not at all bad. It reminds me a lot of the Snipe as far as range and accuracy and acoustics. I'm guessing it shares many of the same design characteristics, and maybe even some common parts.

Aesthetically, I'm not wild about the baby blue, and I've convinced myself that it would look better if the barrel were 4 inches longer. In fact the whole blaster could be 6 inches longer to improve the ergonomics. We might take it apart, if only to get a look at the internals and repaint the handle and accent plates above the clip. Maybe royal blue. Who knows, McMaster-Carr might even have some tubing that could slip over the barrel and give the illusion of increased size.

But for $19.95, I would definitely recommend. Nerf on brothers.  