It requires a second hand to keep darts from popping out, which essentially defeats the point of this being a hammer-primed, one-handed blaster.

The Doublestrike was first shown off at the 2014 Nuremberg International Toy Fair [2] Early versions of the blaster differed from the final version in several regards, most notably the absence of a spacer between the two barrels in the final production model.Perhaps we just ended up with yet another early production model that didn’t have all the kinks worked out, and most users will not experience the same issue we did. And for whatever reason, it actually seemed to be a bit worse in that regard than most Nerf products, including the very similar Nerf Elite Triad (which uses a similar Smart AR system). citation needed] The spring is rather strong, although this causes a minor blowback of air when priming the blaster, which pushes the dart forward or even out of the barrel when primed downwards too far, causing a large amount of dart drag. It’s very eye-pleasing, and just goes to show how far behind most competitors are in virtually every aspect of bringing quality blasters to market, all the way down to nailing the shelf presence.

And we found the hammer “fanning” technique that we used with the Hammershot to be virtually impossible in this application (at least with any real distance or accuracy of which to speak). Dart velocity also showed a wide range of variance, with a low of just 43 feet-per-second, all the way up to a speedy 69 feet-per-second. We found the Zombie Strike Doublestrike to be the epitome of a mixed bag in most measurable parameters.But we found the Doublestrike to be one nagging flaw shy of being the perfect pocket pistol for which we yearn.

You never know when the zombies will strike, so stay prepared with the Zombie Strike DoubleStrike blaster from the Nerf brand. The blaster appears to be a revolver-style blaster, but the cylinder is a visual detail and does not function. In practice, however, there’s one big problem: the Doublestrike’s cocking action allows the hammer to be pulled just a bit too far down, and when it comes back up into the cocked position, a small bit of air pushes the dart forward, unseating it from the chamber. in the not-too-distant future, which we feel would be much more appropriate given its size, modest performance, and meager 2 dart pack-in.This is the second Nerf blaster to have silver screws instead of the usual black screws, the first being the Jolt EX-1. Many users reported that they cannot attach most accessories via tactical rail, as it is too small and the spring of the attachment is too strong. Because of the uncomfortable hammer pull–and especially because of the aforementioned issue with air being pushed back into the chamber on cocking–we had a difficult time getting repeatable, sequential shots. We took 20 shots, and the average chrono speed ended up being a steady (but not stellar) 60 feet-per-second.

Out of the box, the Doublestrike doesn’t disappoint in the aesthetic department, with the aforementioned Derringer style double-barrel muzzle, bright colors, and cool Zombie Strike branding (hooray for actual paint instead of stupid stickers!For instance, we were able to hit ranges of 55 feet, 60 feet, and all the way up to 65 feet reasonably easily. Of course, opening the actual box and removing the blaster seems to be getting harder and harder all the time (BOOMco is the worst), but overall, the shelf-appeal and packaging of the Doublestrike is spot-on. Thankfully, with this being a muzzle-loader, it’ll be easy enough to use denser, more accurate darts from another brand (Buzz Bee’s Extreme line of darts come to mind here). It is possible to fire the Doublestrike by fanning the hammer, although it will need some practice from the user and may reduce performance. This entry was posted in Dart Blasters, Reviews and tagged Doublestrike, nerf, review, zombie strike on August 16, 2014 by blasterhub.