Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27306930-20200901192842/@comment-27306930-20200903005418

UPDATE: The single Nerf Elite shells shoot just under 100 FPS (actual results between 97 and 99 FPS). By any standard, that's respectable for a Nerf blaster.

The 3 ball RIVAL "Buck Shot" shells shoot pretty consistently at 83 FPS (actual results 83.0 to 83.9 FPS). That's slightly higher than Hasbro's published velocity for the Atlas, but with 3 rounds instead of just 2.

Quick clarification: The Spring Thunder holds a max of 4 shells in its internal magazine, plus one in the chamber (aka "4 plus 1") when fully loaded, for a total of five discrete shots. So that could be anything from 5 Elite Darts, to 20 half-lengths, or 15 RIVAL rounds. Or whatever mix 'n match you can come up with.