A year later and I picked up a SLINGSTRIKE.

Greetings NERFerS. Here we are already finished with half of April. It has been busy but two things I wanted to tell you about were the fact that Nerfarium marked its first year anniversary on April 2nd with over 2300 page views (now almost 2500)! Thanks, it's been a lot of fun so keep coming back, remember comments and contributions are always welcome and appreciated... and NERF ON! I also wanted to show you this  SLINGSTRIKE I picked up  for $4.99 in an after Easter clearance bin at the grocery store.

My SLINGSTRIKE unboxed.

The SLINGSTRIKE is a N-Strike series but not Elite, despite the coloring and the darts that come with it. It comes packaged completely sealed in a cardboard box. Inside you will find a disassembled blaster, 2 elite darts, and an instruction sheet. After assembling the 2 sections of blaster together (no tools required) and connecting the loose string end you have a trigger less, single shot dart blaster that looks a little like a sling shot.

NERF N-STRIKE SLINGSTRIKE

 

To fire you simply load a dart in to the blaster on to the dart post, point to aim, then pull back and release the string with the orange knob. The string will not pull back with out a dart loaded due to a dart sensor/locking mechanism. I found that a loaded dart would tend to fall out if  pointed at the ground.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Top, side, and front views.
 

Back side of grip.

The backside of the grip is uncomfortable with an open honeycomb type design that's hard on the hand especially the thumb. There is also storage for 2 darts, 1 on each side of the blaster .
When you fire the SLINGSTRIKE you may be surprised by the loud "Snap" sound as the plastic knob strikes the plastic back of the blaster.  Modifications could remedy both issues.

That orange hunk of plastic sounds like it'll crack the blaster wide open!

     

 

 Now let me say a few words about performance. Surprisingly powerful and accurate! I was getting average flat ranges of over 50' (15m). I only fired indoors so I don't have a max range. The dart seems to fire at a noticeably higher velocity than most blasters although I didn't use any sort of chronograph. I found the fast flying dart, if nice and straight, is deadly accurate up to around 35 feet.

 

My SLINGSTRIKE

   

The SLINGSHOT also uses the Elite suction darts well, making it that much more fun. Although I wouldn't call this one a primary battle blaster, as far as range, accuracy, and even rate of fire... you could do a lot worse. For me, the marked down price made it that much better. I suggest you pick this one up especially if you can find it for a decent price. 

 

Thanks again for all those page views too, don't forget to tell your friends. Let's see what happens this year?                                                                                                                                                          

 

                                                 NERF ON NERFerS!!!