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Was adding a K26 spring to a Nerf Rival Kronos a wise move?

25/10/2018

 
​​One of the attractions of Nerf as a hobby is the ability to Modify blasters. This is an area where I am very green to say the least. In fact my modding library consists of just one project to date, adding a K26 to a Kronos.
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First things first a little word on the Kronos itself, a full review can be seen here, but my TL;DR take is that this is an amazing sidearm. It Packs a punch for a relatively small package add the use of reload and 'accuracy’ and you really do have an awesome purchase especially at its Phantom Core price tag of £19.99. However its ease of spring upgrade is so basic it feels like a tantalising option to good to resist.

There are a few very good tutorials that I will add below for your convenience they belong to Lorddraconical, Captain Xavier and Out of Darts. Between these three gents the process is chown completely including a few minor mistakes that are ease to do.​
​Next is the spring, here I took the easy choice by buying a pre-cut spring directly from Out of Darts. His website is very easy to navigate and the fact they are pre cut makes installation even easier. The Spring shown on the Right of the picture is the K26, you can see the coils are tighter and the metal is quite a bit thicker. This ends up giving the Kronos a lot more power but does come with a few issues.

The first issue is the draw weight, It is harder to draw not impossible but can be alienating for younger Rival players. I would easily say it pretty much doubles the draw effort needed to prime. Due to this I find I have to alter my hand position to fire. With the stock spring I can hold the Kronos up and fire and reload with the blaster in the same position. With the K26 added I need to change the orientation closer to my body to get a firmer grip on the slide. This decreases the rate of fire by quite a bit and in a fast paced game can be detrimental to your play style.

So in the end was it a wise move this depends very much on what you want to do with your Kronos, if you're using it to have fun and literally decimate targets then the K26 integration gives you a big energy boost without sacrificing accuracy. The downside is the reduction in rate of fire and the big energy boost. Let me explain the extra power is not comfortable to be hit with. It’s not overly painful, I know this as I got my son to shoot me with the upgraded Kronos to test it. But i still would not want it hitting me in the face. This safety aspect is something to consider depending on who you are playing with. Thankfully I found what I think is the perfect solution to the problem I just bought two blasters, one with a K26 and the other stock. ​

Nerf Rival Kronos XVIII-500 blaster, Review

25/10/2018

 

​This Product has a 14+ years recommendation for use. 

​​The second generation of the Nerf Rival has brought about a rather interesting change. Gone are the two colours for blasters and instead we have the Phantom Corps. The black and white paint scheme fells more polished and right down the Rival alley. More importantly though though is the fact that we finally have a Hasbro Created High Impact Round (HIR) sidearm in the form of the Kronos XVIII-500 and I for one could not be happier.

I love a pistol in Nerf not only as a backup but for some game types I will just field pistols as I feel they give me more mobility. Before now my choice has generally been the Hammershot with the Strongarm coming out as a backup. Though both great balsters the lack of Rival initial velocity especially at close range has become a bit of a disadvantage. Enter the Kronos, with a similar feel to the strongarm in terms of the slide priming mechanism you could be forgiven for thinking of the smallest of the Rival blasters as a bit of a reshell. 
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​​Instead we have a breech Loading beast with a 5 shot internal magazine, this is very easy to load as you just the flap shown in Picture one and load away with the slide pulled back. This though can be tricky when in stock form the Kronos can get around 90fps meaning the internal spring is pretty strong. Even with the 14+ age limit of the Rival blasters some users may still find the prime an issue, so it’s best to check before you buy.

The Kronos has proven to be a very capable Nerf war blaster, I have used it at the two most recents events organised by Games of Foam. Both times it has been a very reliable sidearm and in the Battlezone event I even ran it alone and was able to have a few productive rounds. It’s ability to be holstered is a big plus on the practicality side and I honestly felt that reloading from a dump pouch on my hip was quick and easy. One drawback is that the slide has to be back to load. So if you have primed the Kronos you have to either fire the round in the chamber in order to top up or wait until your next engagement.
​The Kronos does come in another iteration the Deadpool Edition, this was provisionally slated as a Gamestop exclusive so those outside the US had to look and drool or play some ridiculous prices on eBay to buy them. (Seriously I saw them for over £200 plus posting at around £50) now though they are up for preorder on Amazon and I already have my name down for a set.

The Kronos is the blaster the Rival range was lacking together with the Artemis I feel complete. For the Flywheelers out there the Kronos would be a great companion on your leg to the Nemesis either as a back up blaster or when you need to be stealthy. Overall though this is just a great weapon to add to your loadout for hours of Nerfing fun.

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