The Recon CS-6 is a single shot reverse plunger blaster with a stock 6 dart clip and Nerf Streamline darts. It comes packaged with a shoulder stock, flip up sight, front barrel attachment and light beam unit. It features 4 tactical rails when all attachments are added.
Usability
The Recon CS-6 is the all round blaster of the N-Strike range. The accessories make it a formidable weapon straight out of the box. The Recon can be used as both a pistol and an assault rifle and firing is as simple as pulling back and pushing forward the primer and pulling the trigger delivering a single shot.
This simple firing mechanism makes the Recon an effective blaster for all mission types. As a pistol it is comfortable to hold and is easily maneuverable and can be holstered. The six dart clip is perfect for the pistol set-up as it becomes a devastating and effective side arm. The tactical rail on the priming slide makes accessory mounting and priming difficult but is still possible.
When fully equipped with all its the attachments is when the Recon really shines. Despite a slightly flimsy shoulder stock the Recon sits well against the shoulder and using the iron sights with the flip up makes it very accurate. A sling can be attached to the Recon making it easy to switch from primary to secondary. The attached red dot/tactical light is fairly useless at long range but within 3-5m makes the blaster even more accurate. The addition of a tactical rail on the bottom of this leads to further customisation if required. The clip is released by a button in front of the trigger and when used in conjunction with a flip clip leads to quick reloads. The inability to release the clip without the priming slide back is a bit of a hindrance but this can be remedied by removing the safety catch when the blaster is open. The blaster also features a hidden dart storage compartment in the grip for the last second dart.
This blaster is very usable as both a pistol and rifle and despite not being semi-automatic is still very usable in a range of missions.
Usability Score 8/10
Styling/Tacticool
The Recon looks great as both a pistol and assault rifle, it features the N-Strike colour scheme of yellow, orange and grey and the logo on the handle and shoulder stock. When fully decked out as a rifle this blaster looks great on it's own but thanks to the interchangeability of accesories the Recon really shines. Below are just some of my favourite loadouts using the tactical rails of the Recon.
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Pistol with 12 Dart clip and Raider stock |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Pistol with 12 Dart Clip, Tactical Light and Spectre Silencer |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Pistol with dual 6 dart clips and Elite Pinpoint Sight |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Rifle with front barrel attachment, flip up sight and Spectre Stock |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Rifle with 12 dart clip, front barrel attachment, flip up sight, recon stock, six dart clip and Retaliator front grip |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Rifle with 12 dart clip, front barrel attachment, Elite Pinpoint sight and Raider stock |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Rifle with 35 dart Raider drum, front barrel attachment, Tactical Rail App, Retaliator front grip and Raider stock. |
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| Nerf N-Strike Recon Rifle with dual 6 dart clips, Longstrike front barrel, Shotblast scope, Stockade Stock and tactical light. |
These are just a few of the many loadouts possible with the Recon making it very Tacticool.
Styling/Tacticool 9/10
Performance
As with many Nerf blasters they perform better without the attachments as this causes extra resistance on the darts flight path and the Recon is no different. It is a very accurate blaster able to repeatedly hit the same target for a full clip. As far as distance is concerned as a pistol it ranked 11th out of 30 blasters and as a rifle ranked 26th.
Dart Distance (Recon Pistol w/ streamline darts) 13.6m (45feet)
As a pistol the Recon fired a maximum distance of 14 m (46feet) and a minimum of 11m (36feet) making it very effective a a large distance.
Dart Distance (Recon Rifle w/ streamline darts) 9.2m (30feet)
As a rifle it fired a maximum of 11m (36feet) once and minimum of 7m (23feet) with the bulk of the shots landing in the 9m (30feet) range.
Darts fired per second - 1.29dps
Using a quick draw technique as a Rifle the blaster fires just over 1 dart per second the increased length of the blaster may have something to do with the lower rating than a Maverick. The blaster didn't in any tests.
Performance Score - 7/10
Overall
I absolutely love this blaster for all of it's interchangeability and numerous uses. Despite not performing how I would have hoped it is still a solid all round weapon.
Overall I give this blaster 24/30
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