Ah, the joys of Mega magazine-fed blasters. The Centurion sold like hotcakes, but liked to eat darts. Then it took seven years for Hasbro to make another mega blaster with magazines (the Motostryke). Now, a year later, we have another one, courtesy of the Fortnite blaster line. The Heavy SR ends up being a spiritual successor to the Centurion, and in all the right ways. It’s going to be awkward trying to use it in a war, yes. But when you just want a big blaster, shooting big darts out of a magazine, it gets the job done.
Magazine Mayhem
The Heavy SR also comes with a clip-on scope that mounts on the top tactical rail (and over the jam door, although I have yet to need to use it). It doesn’t really do anything special, but if you’re a kid with a big sniper, it’s a total necessity.
Priming the blaster is fairly smooth. Unlike the Centurion, with its giant priming mechanism and geared setup, the Heavy SR uses an oversized but traditional breech. It’s like a Retaliator or Tri-Strike, but bigger.
The magazine release button, in front of the trigger, is a bit stiff. Not Elite 2.0 stiff, mind you, but still a bit uncomfortable to engage. The bipod…is honestly the cheapest part of the blaster. I wouldn’t be upset if it disappeared. Nevertheless, I guess it’s a necessary part of the experience…
Performance
Being a large blaster, the Heavy SR seems to almost demand methodical priming and firing. You could manage to fire off a dart every second or so, but one shot every two seconds was the natural rhythm I fell into.
Dart velocity, in my case, averaged around 67fps with the included darts. With Mega Accustrike darts, however, the blaster became quite usable in war, at the cost of a couple fps. I’ll have to keep my eye on closeout stores for more of those darts!
Internals
The Heavy SR has mostly solid internals. However, whether due to a flaw in the plastic or a lock not fully engaging, a thin ramp on top of the plunger tube snapped partway. It’s a thin piece, meant to engage the priming lock after the user fires. At the end of plunger travel, the plunger tube moves forward a bit, and the ramp pushes that piece up, freeing the bolt sled.
I ended up slicing up some spare ABS plastic, gluing it in place, and then smothering JB Weld just to be sure. Ideally, you could print a piece and glue it in place to help reinforce the tiny ramp. I’ll hopefully have a file up soon!
I haven’t heard of anyone else having this happen, so it’s possible I had a fluke in that regard.
Final Thoughts
The Fortnite Heavy SR does one job – fire megas from a large blaster and magazine – and does it decently well. It’s certainly more usable than the Centurion from eight years ago, and it’s a fun, cartoonish blaster to wield at wars. Whether you should get one depends on how much you like using Mega, of course. But it’s a purchase I’m glad I made!