Nerf N-Strike Mega Mastodon Blaster with Amazon Basics Batteries

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The first few darts coming out with the spinning motor drive is for sure a thrilling experience for anyone. The MEGA Mastodon proves to be serving with power and domination when you hold it. The mega darts are fun in that way. Got some spare time? Let’s get to fixing your favorite nerf gun! 3 Major Issues of Nerf Mega MastodonDarts getting jammed can be seen often. Also, nerf ultra 3 jammed darts are also common. So no need to get sad about it. Without knowing the reasons you will not be able to solve the problem. Let’s have a look at them. Reason 1: Dead Batteries The Mega Mastodon is named after the extinct animal of the same name; it was given this name most likely because of its size. However, when it comes to ground-level parallel firing, the MEGA Mastodon is a bomb! It definitely excels with the Mega Darts in this area. As the range is around 40 to 50 feet. You don’t have to aim high. And there are no darts arcing down too.

Attaching too many attachments to the gun makes it heavy. For instance, reticle scopes, drum blasters, extra clips, etc. A heavy gun is never recommended because it’ll hamper your movement. Solution But then again, the performance drop is barely noticeable with Mastodon. You activate the motor drive with a given secondary trigger right below the main one. Using your middle finger should help you rev up your motor while the index can work for fire darts, If you do elevate the barrel to increase the distance, though, you add only around 20 feet, where you can sometimes get another 50 feet from Elite darts. Swings and roundabouts, in other words; the Mastodon is good for short to medium distances, but no sniper or long-range artillery rifle. But for accuracy, it’s still not good as the smaller Nerf darts. The spread is moderately fine. With fresh batteries, you can get accuracy at 20 inches when at 20 feet. The good covering is there as the firing rate is 2 darts each second. Pretty fast even for the storming position.If it’s not for someone less in height, there’s no need for a shoulder strap. But for a kid, the straps are fantastic to provide extra support while carrying. But someone taller can simply hold it a bit in front for good aiming. Waist level can provide better results as MEGA Mastodon is not a sighting at cheek height type of blaster. The motordrive does spoil the party a little, however, with that diet of six D cells. Not only are they expensive, but they’re not the type of batteries that you’re likely to have just lying around in a drawer – especially not six of them. You may be wondering how to fix a nerf gun trigger. But in fact, this is the easiest problem to solve. Your trigger might have been disconnected. Disassemble the gun and look for the connection. If there is a problem then fix it. See if you can remove the darts with ease. If they are too tight, replace them with new right-size ones. Also, change the darts If you’re using any off-brand darts. Reason 6: Incorrect Orientation of the Barrel Dominate Nerf blaster battles with the first-ever motorized Nerf MEGA blaster! The Nerf MEGA Mastodon blaster boasts incredible rapid-fire speeds to send MEGA Whistler darts screaming through the air from its integrated 24-dart drum. Bring the MEGA Mastodon blaster into action to overwhelm opponents with its imposing size. Use the shoulder strap for easy maneuvering to be ready for Nerf battles anytime, anywhere. Includes shoulder strap and 24 MEGA Whistler Darts.

I bought a Nerf Mega Mastodon, and built it following the instructions. I plugged the brand new 6x batteries and when I press both triggers, I can hear the motto making a sound, but the barrel does not move at all. DO you have any clue of the issue here? If it’s your kid then give him a guide on how to use nerf mega mastodon. That will hopefully prevent them from burning the motor of the gun again. Speaking of the motordrive, its activation button is in the shape of a secondary trigger below the firing trigger, just as it is on the Elite HyperFire, the Elite Stryfe and other flywheel-powered NERFs. You use your middle finger to rev up the motor and your index finger to set the darts firing.When we compared Nerf ultra and elite with Mastodon, it was not a problem for those series. But even if it does, then nerf ultra one repair was kind of similar. The Mega Mastodon is a spinning blaster that works automatically. It comes with a big, built-in dart barrel that can contain up to twenty-four projectiles at a time. It contains three tactical rows of blasters. Two are long and one is short.

It is always a great enjoyment and loads of fun using the nerf mastodon. However, like every other machinery, you can have problems with it. It’s pretty straightforward. If the jam door is open, close it and try to power it on again. It should solve the issue. Reason 3: Dysfunctional Motor But first, you have to confirm if it is really a manufacturing fault or something else. There could be several issues behind its malfunction. Dominate Nerf blaster competitions with the Mega Mastodon blaster, the first-ever motorized Nerf Mega blaster. How often you need to change the batteries depends on your usage. But in general, you need to change the batteries quite often in comparison to other guns. Mega Mastodon is quite heavy on the batteries because of its powerful motor. So it is preferable that you use reusable or rechargeable batteries for your gun. Endnote

Replacing the motor with any of these should fix the issue. Reason 4: Jammed Dart Drum/Rotary Cylinder The battery requirement of the NERF mastodon is six “D” batteries. There is an orange hatch on the left side of the gun. You will have to open it to put the batteries inside. This problem is a very common one among all nerf guns. Sometimes the guns fail to shoot out the darts. It needs the non-removable revolving cylinder to go first. You should get the details in the instructions and the assembly is nothing too hard honestly. However, the point of providing two dark ash colour canopies feels a bit unknown to us. You need to use a slot-head screwdriver for popping batteries in. Loading up with ammo is as simple as pushing the Mega darts into the open front of the cylinder, turning the cylinder by hand when necessary.