Nerf Recon CS-6
(1,612 votes, average: 8.63 out of 10)
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The Nerf Recon CS-6 is a pretty cool Nerf gun in that it comes with five parts that you can snap on and off to customize the look and feel of your gun. The parts are mostly cosmetic, but they're cool just the same, and can be used on other N-Strike guns including the Raider, Longshot, and Longstrike. With some practice, you can actually become pretty accurate with the flip-up sight.
The Recon uses the clip system, which I happen to love. Reloading with a backup clip is much faster and efficient than having to put in 6 individual darts in the heat of battle.
If you read a review of the Recon on sites like Amazon, you'll probably read about a ton of jamming problems that it has. However, in my experience, almost every jam can be attributed to user error.
If you cock the Recon with a nice steady rhythm, you shouldn't have any jamming issues at all. It's when you get in a hurry that you'll run into jamming problems, so just keep the motion steady and you should be fine. However, it is worth noting that if you're buying this Nerf gun for a kid who can't really control the rhythm as well as an adult can, they may get frustrated with jamming.
To use the Recon CS-6 to it's fullest capabilities, you'll have to use some batteries to activate the silly little laser sight (expect decent accuracy from no more than 15 feet). However, the gun has some bigger problems than the rather worthless nature of the sight.
In modding communities, the Recon has a bit of a bad name for using a reverse plunger system like the Deploy and Raider. The reverse plunger system limits the gun's range when compared with a direct plunger system like the Longshot.
As a little tip, pointing the hole of the dart down in the clip can have a pretty significant impact on the range.
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chris bruce
1yearago
the recon is an o.k. gun if you are looking for a primary that uses clips but is not the longshot. I am going to start with the good sides. well all the parts the come off of with for one. It also is a great secondary. It has o.k. range when you don’t have the extension barrel on. I have to say that the recon does have terrible range whan fully assembled. It also comes with a sight wich is junk and a laser sight which is crap.If you buy a recon don’t use the sight,laserpointer or the barrel extention and you will be o.k. in a nerf war.
TacCom
11monthsago
The Recon is a good gun. It’s not quite like the others (even the longshot) in looks and in operation, and I find the customisation acually gives you the flexability of several differant guns rather then having to get all of them and carry them. There are 3 distinct modes I use for differant styles of combat.
Pistol (Gun without componants)
While it is a bit of a bulky pistol, what this does let you do is not have to carry another pistol on you. You still can if you want a bit of extra firepower but what you can do instead is just carry extra clips as your side-arm
Submachine gun (Gun plus stock)
What’s nice about this setup is you can constantly keep your hand on the cocking mechanism and use your shoulder to help support the gun. This may not be as accurate but if you keep a smooth cocking action you can usually get a decent rate of fire. Getting a flipclip or the CS-35 drum is highly recommended.
Assault Rifle (Gun plus stock and barrel)
Now I know people complain about the barrel and it takes away range and all this other stuff, but I’ve done quite a bit of firing testing and the truth of the matter is yes it does take away a bit of range, but it does tighten your firing group by a significant amount. And if you’re trying to fight at those extreme long ranges, you’re better off using a longshot. So for this mode, your fire rate will be a bit slower then the submachine gun because you need to keep your other hand down to help with the aim, but you will get much greater accuracy. Now remember though that you still need to fight at your effective range. So even if you’ve modded your gun to shoot about 50 feet, I’d be trying to fight at about 30-40 because that’s where you’re going to have your best use of accuracy. Now while you can use the sights, I personally prefer not to but they do work if used right.
In summery the CS-6 Recon is not a one dimensonal gun. It’s not like most nerf guns where it’s good at doing one thing and that’s it. It’s very much a flexable peice of equipment and if you make best use of it’s differant modes, you can react to changing situations with the best tool for the job without having to carry and armoury on your back.
Mark
9monthsago
The Recon CS-6 looks pretty good, I tried it at my friends and everything except the power and reliability, it was really fun. I like the removable parts on it and it made the gun much better to play with. I’m getting this soon and i’m looking forward to getting the Longshot CS-6. I tried out the Raider CS-35 and I think, with the Raiders power and accuracy the Recon would be the best by far. But thats my opinion and others might differ. I love Nerf guns and im going to try to mod them.
Rblake
8monthsago
The CS-6 Recon is one of the most intimidating and awesome looking nerf guns I’ve seen. I bought it for my son this Xmas with full intentions of using it as my main battle rifle! lol
Pros: All combinations of the available equipment make the rifle look great. The magazine storage in the stock is cool. Range Report: When I fired 18 streamlines level from eye level (I’m 5’8″) the pistol portion got 20-25ft consistently with 3 dropping @ 15ft and 3 hitting 30-35ft. With the really cool-looking barrel attachment on I got: 7 darts @ 15ft, 3 @ 27-30ft and 8 @ 20-25ft. When firing @ an angle the Recon w/barrel can reach 35ft. Angled firing without the barrel got about 45ft max. The barrel does increase accuracy. I love that the Raider’s drum fits in the Recon.
Cons: If it worked half as good as it looks, it would be the best Nerf gun ever. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. The first two days we had this gun it jammed atleast 1 out of 3 darts. It chewed them up, bent them, ripped parts of them and was completely unreliable. I went from thinking I found my new favorite (over the maverick) to hating it. My 7yr old son jammed nearly every dart. It got put back in the box to be returned. I gave it another try today & after putting nearly 100 darts through it, it has only jammed once. I’m not sure what the issue is/was. I dislike the 6 round magazines. The double clip helps that out, tho. The barrel extension really hurts the range. After playing with it over the last few hours, I’ve found the Recon to be very fussy about the ammo it takes. The darts must be in very good shape, the magazine must be seated very well, the darts should be as far back in the magazine as you can get them and the gun must be cocked smoothly. Rapid, sloppy cocking can cause misfeeds.
Overall: Because this gun has worked all day today, I give it a generous 7 out of 10. I recommend getting the Raider, it is ridiculously awesome! The Recon’s jamming and lack of range makes it nearly unusable, but if you can get it to work, it will atleast make for a good looking, serviceable gun.
HeinzGuderian90
7monthsago
Bought this gun a while ago. Regretted it after the novelty of all the accessories wore off. The cocking mechanism is slow and difficult if used properly and jams if not. Aiming is near impossible due to the positioning of the tac rails and the horrendous range. The stock blocks you from aiming without the sight and the barrel shortens your range. The laser never stays on and cant be used except at point blank. This is best used as a pistol, but why pay so much for a pistol? Buy a nitefinder, the laser works and its deadly accurate, mine cost me only three British pounds too.
Recon looks very cool but its crap. If nerf was real war it would get you killed way faster than you can force the slide forward and work out the range.
Joe
6monthsago
I work at HP and we have NERF gun wars about once every 2 weeks. I bought the Maverik just to have one and got pwnd so I went and got a Recon and i am pretty impressed for $20. I also bought the double flip clip thing so I can reload more darts quick. Sometimes the longer barrel slows down the dart, but most of the time I am getting a distance between 30-50 feet and its very acurate most of the time. Awesome!
ilikeike140
5monthsago
i have been having nerf wars for 3 years at least this was my second nerf gun.the good things about this gun is the decent range the tactical rails and the accesories(mine came with a scope).but after years of nerf wars mine seizes up when i need it most and i have to wait 5-10 min. for it to work again. without the barrel or stock it is a nice pistol.
Terminator
4monthsago
The Recon is a great gun it is fully customizable for long range, close quarter and enforcement missions. The butt is quite flimsy but is still hard to break. the darts fire at different ranges after you have had it for a while. Some of the darts get stuck as I fond out after three weeks of having it and I had to buy a refill even though I had a double the darts pack.
Nerffan3
4monthsago
The Recon is a good Nerf gun if you want a decent gun with some firepower and a decent fire rate. I’d give it an 8.5/10 without the barrel.
M107
4monthsago
This ROCKS! mine could reach 35 feet with barrel and around 25 feet without barrel I’ve used it in nerf battle and I won it just 5 minutes or so (I was looking at my watch) and I was able to snipe someone at 30 feet without the person noticing.
WWJEREMY
3monthsago
This was OK. Good until your darts get trashed and it stops working.
rabo123890
3monthsago
I moded mine to have a pump handle, auto-eject clip, A removal, taped tube, stretched spring, and back cover delete(back cover deleteunscrew the 2 screws holding the thing ou attach the stock 2, cut off the tuby/round part, screw back on)
elchavox13
3monthsago
I bought it because when I started collecting nerf, wanted a big gun, but stumbles too, is difficult to recommend on a longshot
Nate
1monthago
Ok I’ve been reading some of the reviews on this gun, and i have to say, they are quite wrong. The recon is a supreb gun, with high reliability. Although they are right about the bad range, let me remind you that this is a nerf gun, not an air rifle, not an airsfot gun, and definatly not a REAL gun. The best way to use this gun, is without the barrle, but with the stock, using a custom tac light made by krazy gluing a flashlight to the yellow part of a recon flip-up sight(taking the sight itself of, leaving the base on), and with a flip clip, plus a singal clip in the stock. DO NOT USE A RAIDER STOCK!