I always carry a DoubleStrike for one handed emergency use (on top of everything else). The Retal (with upgraded springs) is more for CQB when the Rifle-Stryfe is too unwieldy... or to plink off people deliberately from medium range to save darts (it's pretty hard to avoid hosing with the Stryfe under fire).

As for the Mershot, I actually prefer the convenience of using mags, though being able to one hand prime is a definite advantage. Also, the Retal is slightly more compact.

TBH, if Hasbro can pull off a thumb-prime Triad and keep it about as small, it would be the perfect backup sidearm really.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 16 2016, 02:53 PM

But it's hugeee lol... almost as big as a Mershot.

Plus 4 barreled SmartAR usually loses A LOT of power by the 3rd-4th barrel. A 3 barrel SAR fares better usually.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 17 2016, 12:42 AM

BTW, out of sheer boredom, replaced the flywheels and mag release of my Rifle Stryfe with Worker ones late last night (big shoutout to the ever reliable sasaug for the parts).

Today, I'm literally watching paint dry lol:



First time painting too... oh the anxiety.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 17 2016, 07:04 PM

Thanks for the update boss, but I already got mine (whitey), and I'm pretty much done for now.

Thinking of turning it Stryfe Orange though, to match my Rifle primary. Though I wonder what Orange shade I should use... and if black or white would be better as the base coat.

I already have some Rust-oleum Ultimate flat black (awesome paint BTW, ends up with a very "tactile" finish) left from painting the Retal barrel, but not sure if it would work in making the end product bright orange.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 20 2016, 03:02 PM

TBH, the entire HIR lineup hasn't made it to Malaysia yet, and I don't see why the Khaos would be an exception.

No matter. There's always the Internetz. Even though personally I personally prefer darts to HIRs. That said, the Atlas *is* still interesting to me however, looks and functions very well as a shotty (2 HIRs per shot).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 22 2016, 01:30 AM

Yay just snagged a Roughcut at RM80 thanks at AEON Shah Alam. That even cheaper than the RM90 offer TRU had last time.

Was looking around for one too, even 2nd hand. Annnnnd last unit, so yeah, really a case of right place, right time.

Wow... makes TRU's current price of 110 so sooo expensive in comparison lol. Which giant?

Also, any way you can 3D print a longer more substantial slide for the Roughcut? You have a printer right?

True that, I did consider it being 3D printed to be an issue as it will be a force bearing part. Supposedly the Rampage/Raider grip does fit though, with adjustments. But buying a Ramp just for the grip is a bit... you know.

However, while opening it up to mod the internals (for more reliable doublefire... skimmed the right chamber trigger sear a bit), I actually found out that simply reversing the given grip (fat side forward) improved my hold on it substantially.

Now it's considerably easier to prime without having to add a vert grip, keeping the profile low as is. Unfortunately, the grip slant is also reversed, but the thing was far from comfy to begin with so no real biggie.

Maybe I can get some sugru and getto grip the thing into something more comfortable.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 22 2016, 11:29 AM

My GoogleFu failed me, couldn't find any of those. Linkies? I got a spare foldable modulus grip I'm not using too.

Probably. The normal Nerf way of securing attachments isn't really... well... secure lol.

While searching, I did find a few replacement grip designs. Thingy has one, 3DPrintedSolid also has one. The 3DPS one is the most interesting as it only uses a few screws... but of course they're not sharing the design lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Aug 23 2016, 10:14 AM