Nerf N-Strike Rayven CS-18 Internals: First look

Sooo.. you ask, and we do our best to accommodate! I may not be proficient with a screw driver, but Neil's enlisted master weapon-smith Chris Wolfe and his Make Hack Void fellas to do a lil surgery on the upcoming Rayven CS-18 blaster. Here are some exclusive pics of a cracked open Rayven to give you all a first look at what's inside. 

Means nothing to me of course:) Lots more pics after the jump.  (Thanks fellas!)

Rant: Respect + Nerf

There's a pretty strong likelihood that regardless of whether you're a technical modder, aesthetic modder, out of the box fan, HVZ/dart tag warrior or just a 12 yo kid; whether you like to role play, showcase in cabinets or crack things open to see how they work.. the fact that you're reading this now means you love toy blasters.  It's a weird and wonderful passion that we have and we all come to it from various backgrounds. I myself came from it due to the fact as a child, I was very very poor and didn't have a whole lot of toys let alone blasters.  I like the toy element (blasters are not the only toys I collect, which anyone who shows up at my place can attest to) of it all, enough so that I would dedicate so much of my spare time to managing a whole blog about toy blasters.

Everyone else in my world thinks I'm nuts.

Nerf N-Strike Rayven CS-18 – Battle Test!

Photo courtesy of the Canberra & Southern NSW DartTag crew

Our man Neil took the range tests for the Rayven CS-18 one step further and brought it into a Nerf war situation to see how it faired in "real world" battle. If you've seen the videos to date, you'll know that with voltage mod, these puppies are making some pretty impressive ranges, but how does that fare when under fire from others?

Full review after the jump.

Nerf Rayven CS-18 test videos (YouTube)

We only had a short amount of time to get these done, but Neil and I managed to shoot several quick vids to give you an idea of ranges for the upcoming Rayven CS-18. 

The conditions for the vids:

Outdoors in a quiet urban street in the city; minimal wind; the cones are measured out in 10 metre lengths; the first 5-6 shots were shot straight, while the rest of them were shot at an angle. We used the Rayven's 18 round clip, older and newer streamlines ( traditional, reds, camos and whites) and we tested it with new Duracells, and higher voltage trufires.

Vids after the jump.

Video: Super Soaker CPS 2500

Just a quick vid to show you the awesome power of a vintage Super Soaker; the CPS 2500 from 1998 is still one of the most powerful (officially the 2nd most powerful after the CPS 2000 apparently) water blasters ever made. We show it here with the 5x nozzle and then the 20x nozzle to show you the difference in soakage ability. It's still an absolute beast:)

Nerf N-Strike Rayven CS-18 with Spectre Barrel Extension (PIC SPAM)

By request, the upcoming Nerf N-Strike Rayven CS-18 with the Spectre REV-5 barrel extension. Other than the colour, it works pretty well. More pics after the jump.

Orange Mod Works Massacre kits available for pre-order

Orange Mod Works now have available to pre-order the new Massacre kits. These new units are for the Longstrike CS-6, Alpha Trooper CS-18 and Raider CS-35 and are made of polycarbonate to make things lighter (albeit apparently still strong)

 "The Massacre kit is our Recruit Level kit, and it contains everything you need to get started. These upgrade kits are intended to be introductory level and somewhat universal in style for each blaster. The MASSACRE system will introduce additional kits to further upgrade and designate a specific role for your blaster, but the Recruit Level kit will be the starting point for any further upgrades."

 Pre-ordering come with a free metal trigger; you can use a $4 off code (remember this expires Sunday October 30th) so if you've been thinking of getting into these OMW units, it's a good time to buy. Here are the codes that correspond to the various kits:

raidermassacre $4 off code for Raider
atmassacre $4 off code for Alpha Trooper
lsmassacre $4 off code for Longtrike
reconmassacre $4 off code for Recon

 Estimated Release Date: Between December 1, 2011 and January 15, 2012.

 Included in the Massacre kit:

 - Trigger catch - 2x Strength trigger catch spring
 - Reinforcement plate - 6+ kg spring (More than 2X the strength of 2.5kg stock spring!)
 - Polycarbonate bolt sled with pin
 - Polycarbonate breech with O-ring
 - Polycarbonate plunger
 - Silicon grease

 Also available are silicone grease and O-rings, and 5 or 6 KG performance springs for your Recon, Raider, Longstrike and AT.

Orange Mod Works