Nerf vs Max ForceAuthor: jawapro
Date: Thu 18/10/2012 10:29 PM
There’s quite a bit of stuff going on at the moment - but I can’t really talk about it.
So instead - here’s a shot of me being an idiot with toy guns. The Nerf LongStrike is my favourite Nerf gun - but the white one is a brand new one. It’s a Max Force gun, not Nerf. Instead of foam darts, it shoots little balls of wet paper. Yep, the ammo is not reusable.
In theory the Max Force gun should be more accurate than the Nerf one - but in reality it’s not. Nerf darts go vaguely where you aim them - the paper pellets shoot straighter. Sounds good for the Max Force, but there’s a flaw in the gun.
The Max Force gun doesn’t have a trigger! Each time you pump the mechanism, it fires.
The problem with that is that you can’t hold the gun steady while pumping. The act of pumping swings you off target.
The Nerf gun has a bolt action style - you cock it, then you aim and fire. The Max Force gun tries to do it all at once and makes a bit of a dogs breakfast of it all. Still - it’s fun to shoot paper pellets at things, even if it’s not accurate. You can probably hit your mate before he finds cover, but don't try precision target shooting.
I’d wondered what the Max Force guns were like for a while - but couldn’t bring myself to buy one, because they were actually more expensive than their Nerf competition.
It now appears that Max Force have failed to find a market - as most shops have given up on them, and even Toyworld (who normally hangs on to old stock) have pulled the plug and were selling them for extreme discounts at their laneway sale. So I decided to grab one and give it a go. Not bad - but glad I didn’t pay full price.
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