Crank it up. |
Size compared to a Ballzooka MP150. |
Magazine holds 6 balls but has no means of keeping the balls in place. |
The Cyclotron's performance is average, it's not as powerful as it's predecessors but it's no where near as bad as what I'd would have expected. The balls get sent out with a nice spin and fly around 25+ feet when level. This blaster's natural holding position is naturally angled however so most most shots will fall around the 30 foot mark most of the time. This blaster makes quite a lot of mechanical noise so it's no stealth weapon by any means either. The rate of fire makes up for this greatly but ammo counters it. The Cyclotron's magazine only holds 6 balls which is very piss poor for a blaster of this size, not to mention when reloading you have to fumble around with the balls(Oops, that was unintended)so they don't eject out of the mag because there is no stopper like on modern CS clips.
Close up of the mechanism, presumably a torsion spring catapult. |
Overall the Cyclotron is a fun blaster and it performs decently for what it is. Compared to the MP150 and the Ballzooka, it falls short and either way, there's no chance this will ever see actual war use. I reccomend you pick it up if want some good fun but for the most part, it's just a collectors relic. I give the Cyclotron a 3.5 for having decent performance but it's quirkiness and lack of power and ammo capacity does not make it a worthy successor to the MP150.
The Verdict
Class- Heavy Crank Operated Ball Launcher
Range- Decent for a ball blaster, 25+ feet.
Size- Hard to judge effectively, it's pretty damn long though.
Reliability- Poorly maintained balls will basically just get spit out of this blaster.
Ammo- 6 Ballistic Balls
Modding- No potential.
Is It Better Than?
Ballzooka MP150- No, the MP150 holds vastly more ammo at 15 shots and is much more powerful. Pick this one up if you want a ball gun to really piss your friends off with. If you can cope with the noise, that is.
Ballzooka- No, this old relic holds more ammo, gets better range, and fires just as fast as the Cyclotron. If not the MP150, get the original Ballzooka, and proceed to rain hell with your 20 year old ball blaster.
Pulsator- Depends, the Pulsator shares many of the same flaws as the Cyclotron, while this blaster is much smoother to use and is more powerful, it still lacks in ammo capacity and it itself is also a very strange blaster.
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