I've been interested in the NERF MEGA TWINSHOCK since news of it was first leaked last year, but the regular $39.99 MSRP was a little steep. Well, the other night I picked up a new TWINSHOCK, on sale, for 18 bucks. What a deal... what a blaster!
I love a big blaster, and this one is big at 28 inches in length. The TWINSHOCK is a 10 MEGA dart, muzzle loaded, pump action shotgun style blaster, similar to the ROUGHCUT. It's got full size grips, two tactical rails, and two sling attachment points.
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| As usual only the lettering on one side is painted. |
This blaster fires 10 MEGA darts either one or two at a time with it's two-step trigger. Pulling the trigger half way fires a single dart, while a full trigger pull fires two darts simultaneously. It will also "Slamfire" by holding the trigger down and continuously priming the blaster via the front pump grip/handle. Max ROF aprx. 4 darts per second. That's about twice the rate of the ROTOFURY since you're firing 2 darts at a time with a similar action.
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| ROTOFURY and TWINSHOCK together. |
The ranges of my TWINSHOCK were impressive. It actually hit the advertised 85 ft/26m mark, even a little more when using Buzz Bee XL Distance darts.Managed some 100 foot angled shoots with the XL darts, accuracy was better too. Shots averaged about 67 fps*.
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| (L) Buzz Bee XL Distance Darts - (R) NERF MEGA Darts |
The operation is smooth and reliable, and although a large beast- easy to use. I also found this blaster to be exceptionally well built and solid. The TWINSHOCK was on my wish list and overall I'd recommend it especially to MEGA series fans and adult-size NERFerS. I highly recommend that you grab one now while they're available at holiday sale prices, or if you hurry you still have time to ask Santa to bring you one for Christmas.
Seasons Greetings and...
NERF ON NERFerS!!!
*statistics provided by independent sources.
*statistics provided by independent sources.
