Which High Power Nerf Rifle Should You Use? 

I find the lack of longshot disturbing

You kind of missed the longshots. The old reliable still can deliver the caliburn level hits when you get enough into it.

I've found that the ESLT doesn't start to feed reliably until you either put MORE preload on the extension spring, or just switch over to powering it with surgical tubing. The default spring used as well as the pre-load on it make it very picky about dart diameter, which can only be slightly improved by switching to an alternate style of wye hopper setup. One that includes a teflon strip inside sees a noticeable benefit.

You forgot modded longshots thats the current Australian meta with most hitting 250fps on average

Dracula: (has vampire teeth) LordDraconical: hippity hoppity teeth are now my property.

I currently have a tri-strike with a spring upgrade that is hitting stock rival performance aka 88-98fps and I am hoping my first 100+ FPS blaster will be a Caliburn

Just something to consider, thicker layer heights tend to yield stronger layer adhesion than thin layers. If you are talking specifically about the print velocity, then yes, a lower speed will help improve strength. You should check out CNC kitchen's videos where he tests how different print settings effect strength.

Drac said AR-15 and is also demonitized, coincidence? I think not.

I just posted on r/nerf how I got my dzp to 230 fps with a simple spring upgrade. I have a ceda, 2 caliburns, 2 longshot builds and a chimera. For me the caliburn will always be my favorite but the dzp is really moving up on my list fast!

A fuck it, I've been watching your videos for a while but I'm totally sold on your thoughtfulness, honesty and just being all around reasonable. Great work man, love your style and your blasters are sick!

I love my springers and these are great options, but how did you miss the Longshot when discussing highly modified springers with range and accuracy?

As someone with experience in metal fab who is only very new to this hobby I've been building a caliburn slowly from mostly steel and aluminum parts and doing a lot of machining on it very fun project for myself.

Makes lightsaber reference... one is hanging on the wall in the background.

I’m ok with skipping retaliator based mods bc the prophecy, but I think you should’ve included longshots-they aren’t as common anymore, but they are definitely more common than the first blasters you mentioned

Anything that dart zone is putting out could be a dmr

I tend to bounce between my talon claw and caliburn. Depends on how much draw I want. You are right though, taking a blaster you printed and assembled yourself feels so good.

Nerfer: what is it? Nerf master Drac: You’re forefather’s Rainbow Pump. This is the weapon of the NIC Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as printed blaster. An elegant weapon from a more civilized age.

Drac roasting Jet is always a special treat

Wait you're telling me there is midwest nerf? Where and how?

Among these types of blasters I've only tried a Caliburn. throughout the course of a game I was able to get used to its pump-action Grimm and the weight of the Blaster. However I'm still not certain about it especially keeping it out of sunlight and doing constant repairs on it. That and I had the misfortune of jamming two Caliburns when I first tried it out, one had a part break and another had a part fallout from being loose.

imo a modded longshot with a pump grip is a good option in this category

Listing sellers, but no mention of Frontline Foam who sells them for 130? The also sell talon claws, espers, pigeons, vipers, chimeras, rainbows, and the grass snake. pretty sure he will still make a rainbow pump if you email him. he used to sell them on the site.

I like the visit to the past of the hobby when I originally started here.

Geez, I haven't seen that ESTL in years. How'd it get into your hands?

I recently bought a caliburn highly recommend it insane blaster

I wonder if anyone has bothered to CAD the longshot shell and internals for 3d printing use. I think thatd give the designs new life.

As always great video and sweet content sir. I figured you would feature those blasters but there’s one that is conspicuously absent... there weren’t any from the Longshot family. Where’s the love Drac... where’s the love...? Keep up the great work man and I appreciate what you do for the hobby.

I still love my good old Longshot

I'm looking into getting a DZP here soon. I love the look of the prophecy, but I think the DZP is just a better thought out product. Plus those DZP darts look promising

Nerf branded Longshot, Xzeus2, Worker Terminator & upcomming OMW DMR 3000. All of which take (with a little work left and right) a meriad of kits and parts (worker, OMW, jet, Artifact, Roboman... sure some off which difficult to obtain or completely out of bussiness but parts still float around). And if you have acces to a 3D printer and like to goof around tuning your own DMR: KnS brass breech ‘any’ LS platform with a Flechette Spectre EZ breech and call it a ‘up to and beyond 300 fps’ day :-) Needles to say I am in the... ‘Huh..? Where are the Longshots?’ camp. When ‘pump action springer’ is no longer a criteria... forget about it: (and now I am paraphrasing the way I think you would formulate it) HPA bottle on board all the way baby! Delivering high ROF combined with precision in one sweet package!” Shamefull plug here: instagram.com/p/B2_32PIolpl/?igshid=o80ni5e5wu0y m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cGSo2sVRG8g.html

I managed to get one before jet pretty much closed down and, however unreliable, it makes me smile every day when I come home.

Is it maybe alil crazy that after alot of tuning, lubing and tweaking ive managed to get my caliburn with tooth and nail kit and alumilan coupler up to 350-370 Fps on a full length K-26? I use 100% pure silicone grease in the plunger tube and breach rings which unfortunately means i have to periodically replace the silicone bumper pads every year or so but i think its worth it.

Which of these would you recommend for someone who doesn't do nerf much, but just wants one for the range and accuracy? Budget is somewhat limited, prefer $150 or under.

Prophecy still has a special place for me thanks again my brother for the all smoke version Soon I’ll take my DZP out to competitive soon

I literally just asked about a video like this in the Longstrike mod video like not even a few hours ago

Touts the Prophesy, a stefan falls out of the barrel.🤣

What about the Terminator and other derivatives of the LS?

Easily your best video in a while. Back at it again!

K14/22kg caliburn with a 18 inch .495 barrel, bearing scar, 10 round talon, barrel shroud, and a perfect seal will probably be the best sniper for a long time and I use something very similar achieving over 300 fps

Hey Drac, I would sincerely love it if you would do a tutorial on making the rainbow pump if you could. I would LOVE to make one of my own, but i neither know where to get parts for it or how to even go about making one. I am a spring chicken in the realm of modding nerf stuff, so i have no knowledge of this type of stuff. I'd appreciate it very much.

4:46 "that was dissapointing!" made my day... you made me lough so hard. thank you so much for your opinion. i started to build myself a caliburn. i saw some of your videos and for me the choice was clear. captain slug did an outstanding job on the caliburn. cant wait till mine is finished. :D

Have a DZP and a Prophecy. Prophecy has a lot more metal and stronger parts but is heavier. DZP is lighter but doesn't feel more solid. While many claim to be able to use worker darts in the DZP, you really can't get around Bamboo darts. Nothing compares and they are notrivial in their expense.

If you're gonna put a "charging handle" on the blaster you may as well design it to be functional as a priming mechanism or a jam clearing mechanism.

I guess the next step is to figure out what darts work best for these Springer DMRs. Short length darts are the obviously way to go, but which ones? What darts preform better or worse in such higher powered springers? What company has the best foam and what company has the best tip? Should I Frankenstein darts together myself or is there a factory made dart that is good enough to just buy/cut down to size? These are the questions that I can't find easily online, or at least with a few conflicting opinions.

0:57 content cop lol

Drac LOVES the word "litany".

Excellent video, thanks for the comparison of the Caliburn and DZP. I wish you had mentioned the ability of the Caliburn to fire not only elite darts but Mega Darts and Rival High Impact Rounds.

I've been wanting to build a Rainbow or a +Bow dor a while. Do you think you could do a RainBow tutorial? Edit: wow that rainbow pump really reminds me of NoM's builds. One heck of a blast from the past.

4:47 That was funny.

Caliburns definitely have a higher performance ceiling, but you SUBSTANTIALLY undersold the Prophecy - the standard "complete" build rocking the full MCX body cover like the one you had in the video is easily hitting northwards of 210 FPS; if you're only getting 170 from a Prophecy, you either built it with the standard-size plunger tube or are deliberately/unintentionally using the wrong length of barrel/wrong pusher with your XPT.

What about the longshot if you have that modded like my brother you can hit 250fps

I wish someone would make a see through Caliburn, Jupiter, nemesis or a JOLT!!!!!! The jolt is for Frank Cooper (Coop772)

As much as I love all of my caliburns (especially my vampire hunter even though there is not a war out there I'm allowed to use it at), my go to is my adventure force titanium that I stuffed a full length brass pusher breech and side magwell into. With top rail and stock attachment included it is my best performing blaster that hits my 200 cap perfect. I encourage everyone to make what they can with the stuff they have. I'm devising a way to stuff one into a deploy for the lolz.

I got a ceda from out of darts a while ago. I hated the omni kit and the alpha kit for it. Ak blaster mods has a kit that replaces the breach with the worker power kit and a special reinforced plunger and plunger tube as well as a 16 kilo spring. Now the ceda is one of my favorite blasters.

The only bad thing I can say about my DZP MK1 other than the stock which was a problem for everyone is that it jams and some of those jams require me to take the blaster apart to clear.

I love my ceda (I ordered through out of darts) and I have upgraded mine to 140 + FPS But I do agree the dart zone pro does out weigh with pros by a lot

I just finished my Caliburn and I love it! Great video Drac! Love your content bro!

I love my ceda, it preformed crap straight outta the box but I went ham on upgrades and spent less money then I would’ve if I had partially upgraded a Dart zone pro

I've always wanted to get into the hobby, and I may (by "may" I mean highly probable) be getting an Ender 3 Pro for my birthday. Time to get started on that Caliburn. Or Talonclaw. Probably the Caliburn though.

I'm used to hearing DMR as a track runner. So I was a bit confused when a nerf channel made a video about a distance medley relay.

2:58 when people try quitting smoking

I use jet blaster ceda. I love the modularity of it

with so many new contenders this deserves a sequal

What? No Longshot?

First, like many have said here, where the longshots bro?? Second, a prophacy/retalicon, retaliator build can hit close to 300fps defo 250/260. You need to use a brass barrel (can be made to work with the worker pusher or you can use a brass breech), and then with the BT27 spring you could have the most powerful blaster on the field 😉

Man, that rainbowpump is a blast from the past...

Bradley Philips has a lot of clips on Ceda....but they certainly seem to be out of stock.

Only thing stopping me from producing my own blaster is a 3d printer. Only thing stopping me from aquiring a 3d printer is lack of disposable income. so I'm working with a prophecy kit currently to do what I want. It's not perfect, but it's close enough. So why not a caliburn? Because my nerf group caps at 150fps and it feels wrong to not use a k26 in said caliburn.

i think anything pump action or bolt action or something like that are single shot snipers then a dmr i think is a semi auto long range sniper rifle like a super long range stryfe

I wanna see the dzp with a stronger spring.

I prefer my ceda and it works fine with no issues.

Deckocking the chimera. Dat sound!

Unfortunately for the Dart Zone Pro, there's only like 100 left and they are not available outside of US....

I threw in a k14 kit in my Caliburn and can confirm they go well above 300fps. Though i can feel the life diminishing each time fire that monster shot.

Lord Drac Super cool comparison video. Thanks for the great info about these. Awesome history lesson on the old school blasters. Keep up the great work.

Northeast Designs has published significant updates to the stl files for the Chimera as recently as June 2019 (see his Google Drive folder). Has anyone built one that recently? Frontline Foam/DerrikkSun has the Chimera listed for sale on his site but I'm not sure if it's the updated version or what his turnaround time is.

About the ammo cross compatability thing. Its not a videogame trait. Its a military trait. The saw is an example of it. Firing 5.56 just Like your battle buddies m4/m16/m27. Even older the rpk being compatible with ak mags. Specifically for 7.62. Hate to that guy about pointing stuff out. Just kinda bugged me. Ammo compatibility is a real life military concern. Not as where in videogames ( battlefield specifically ) you throw down a box and boom. You have more bullets for whatever the hekk youre using. .50bmg ? No problemo. Oh and 12 guage ? Have at it.

Any chance of updating this video with the Ceda S, DZP 1.1, and high tier modded brass breach Longshots?

A well modded stampede is the best nerf DMR (other than HPA) change my mind now to get myself a fully modded stampede

What about the Nexus pro? Is that a dmr?

Can the dz pro shoot full length elites

So where can we buy that original "tube blaster" made of those PVC see-through tube

My opinion is I like the xzeus over the caliburn and talon claw

Wait what happened to top five Friday

i use a sonic green retalicon with a worker 7kg spring and M4 stock with a gavinfuzzy retalistor pump grip. it's either my retalicon or my bullpup retaliator.

I see slug has a U-version of caliburn and talonclaw. I’d love for a vs. of those two (U vs OG). Also I see slug has a bullpup talonclaw. I’d love to see a vs. between that and the chimera.

Would a adventure force villanotor be a DMR? or perhaps a alpha trooper.

Why didnt you talk about the worker terminator?

I'd LOVE to kit-build a Caliburn, but I don't have a lot of work space (taken up by model railroading). If there is any way I could convince you to allow me the privilege of the experience, I would love to contract a rifle from you, and I would pay well.

Idk about the half length darts, they're smaller so you'd lose them easier and would have to replace them more

I got my Ceda and after about a year and 100 pounds (yes I'm British) worth of parts. I think it could be in this 'club'

Would it be possible to make a Caliburn/Talonclaw out of ABS? PETG? Also, correct me if I am wrong, Tooth & Nail (full size) is out of stock and Tooth & Nail mini is still available.

I like drac, even though I barley understand what he’s saying half the time I still like him.

Just want to say that I really appreciate your fealty to the community :)

You could do a TF2 sniper loadout with your Collection of DMRs

Well I have to do it now a rainbow style barrel and hopper on a paintball gun action.

Not only the miss on the long shot but what about the ceda a tru ar platform and still fully upgradeable oh and way cheaper than both

It’s been a long time since this vid! Would you be able to make an update?

The should connect the charging handle to a jam door

FINALLY!!! I have found someone else that listens to Crypt