Nerf Rival Knockout XX-100 Blaster - Round Storage, 90 FPS Velocity, Breech Load - Includes 2 Official Rival Rounds - Team Red

This is a really nice small sized Nerf gun with a ton of punch. The plunger tube inside this thing is massive, and the spring is also very strong. This fires much harder than most of my other Nerf guns. You can double load this with 2 rival balls to turn this into a mini shotgun if you wanted to. The loading process can be a bit cumbersome and confusing at first, but once you figure it out, you can chamber rounds rather quickly for fast followup shots. It is a single shot blaster, so you will have to reload it after every shot. However, there two things to keep in mind about this blaster that are not necessary downsides, but rather things to keep in mind. The plunger tube for the gun is located inside the grip, and it is very large. Because of this, the grip is also huge. If you want an idea as to how huge the grip is, going front to back, its about as wide as a coke can, and from side to side, as wide as an energy drink can. So even as an adult, the grip is almost too big for my hands. If you have small hands or are rather young, you will find this to be rather uncomfortable to hold. I do not recommend this blaster if you have small hands. The other thing to keep in mind is that this gun does not have an air restrictor in it. What that means is if you fire it without a round in the chamber (dryfiring), the head of the piston is going to slam into the end of the piston at full force without anything to slow it down. Most Nerf guns have air restrictors to prevent any damage to the piston from occurring if you dryfire them. Because this gun does not have that air restrictor, combined with the powerful spring and large piston, if you repeatedly dryfire it, you will break it. So try to avoid firing this gun without any rounds in the chamber. It wont break immediately, but it will if you keep doing it. With those two things in mind, as long as you don't have small hands, this is a really nice and cheap Nerf blaster.

I love this thing. I know there are more powerful options out there, and this is only a single shot blaster with a long reload process, but those are not the reasons I was interested in it. It feels really great in your hands, the grip is on the larger side, but its really comfortable in my own hands. The reload process is part of what makes the experience with this blaster enjoyable, even though it is lengthy compared to other Nerf Blasters, the motion of chambering the rifle and priming it is satisfactory. This blaster hits hard and accurate, and sometimes I prefer it over bigger Nerf guns because of how fun it is to handle. I'll go so far to even see how fast I can reload it and fire again, which takes if you are good at it, about 3 seconds. Overall, its a solid gun, well built, extremely accurate and fun to use. With cover, it can be perfectly viable against larger Nerf guns if you are accurate with your shots and good with movement. Overall, I'd say it's perfectly worth the money.

My son just turned six. He has the rival gun with the 15+ round mag. This gun that I use takes five actions to make it shoot. My son pumps his gun and it fires again. I have to pull the plunger down, flip the lever to pop the breech out, put a ball in, close the breech and push the plunger back up. Me having to do all this extra stuff to fire one ball makes things more fare. At the very least it makes things more fun and easily more competitive. We have had more than 20 nerf guns. The rival guns that shoot the balls are by far the straightest shooting of all. We can actually have fun nerf wars now. For dad's looking to even the odds as much as they can this is the pistol. Only warning would be don't take super close range shots. These little balls are flying pretty dang fast and can make a 6 year old cry with a well placed lower back shot. Unfortunately I speak from experience. Anyways, long story short, this is by far the best "dad" gun ever!! Merry Christmas!!!

Got this for my hubby when we had to stay at home for the COVID-19 quarantined - it was a different play to have fun. Got the first gun - it was the one that had the target with holes & nets to keep the balls into them. But the air rifle was too hard to keep pump into the air to shoot into the foam balls. Find this XX-100 Blaster - oh, boy! I should have understood it was SO LOUDLY & FAST.....poof & the balls go! The only problem is this: 1. there are only TWO little balls for the gun! We STILL can't find one of them that missed the target. 2. 90 FPS Velocity is W O W!!! THAT was FAST! No wonder the ages are 14+ - must be a lot of black eyes if anyone actually blasts toward someone - ouch! 3. This is a possible game for OUTSIDE play! It is rough & tumble!! But lots of fun & getting 100 balls that are the little smaller but which for this gun & only goes 80 FPS - LOL!! Not so hard as the original balls - they are really scary for me!!

From the 9 year old who wanted this gun..... Even though I knew at purchase time this gun would only hold one bullet in the barrel, it's still a drawback but, it has incredible power! The rival balls hit hard and fast and can really bounce back at you close range. Wear eye protection for sure! The gun comes with only 2 bullets overall but, it is capable of holding 4 bullets on the outside of the gun, so it would be nice of Nerf to supply a couple more. Be careful when you pull the orange priming handle to keep your fingers higher up on the outside handle, as the first time I went to prime the gun i accidentally caught my pointer finger in between it and the gun when i pushed it back in and it pinched my finger and I got a blood blister. It hurt but I still really like this gun. And at my age everything seems expensive and over priced!

Been

shoots across the backyard

Use Eye protection! Seriously -- even a ricochet could easily ruin your day. Believe me, if the ammo (ball) hits anything of hard substance, it will bounce far and continue on. Could easily break glass, a light-bulb, etc. Other than that they little blaster guns are really fun. The main part of the gun holds 4 ammo rounds. There is a lever near what you might call the slide rail that is operated to slide the barrel forward to insert your ammo. You then close the barrel and pump it once. The pumping action (extends out of the hand grip, then down) is a little 'tough' to operate if you have weak hands or are maybe too little to be messing with these. However, we did allow our 5yo and 7yo to shoot under extreme supervision and they did well to shoot but struggles with the pump action.