ZURU X-Shot 36282 Toy, Blue

I purchased this with as an alternative to the Nerf Rival series.Visually out of the box, it is a stunning, well designed foam blaster. It is comfortable in grip, has a grip guard, a safety(ambidextrous safety), and a jam door (small door where you can fix jammed/lodge foam balls). The trifecta of black, blue, and orange is a nice array of palette, and the loading mechanism (internal) is a bit weird at first (you have to press a button that is only for right handed users and is on the same side as the jam door, located towards the bottom of the grip. Once release, you're able to feed about 6 foam balls, plus 1, if you load/prime one in the chamber.Overall am happy, had to return it, because it got jammed all of sudden, but I'm pretty sure my son did something he couldn't explain to me.I do own another one that I purchased from Ross, and am happy with it still.

its about the same price as the rival pistol but it feels better and is a quicker reload.

It is difficult to pull the levers to load the gun and when they do the balls become jammed up very easily. I will not purchase again.

Compared to the nerf this one is a great deal. Really accurate and powerful, close range will leave a quick sting. If not loaded correctly it can jamb up, but easily can be fixed by pulling the Little switch by the slide rail.The kids and I have a lot of fun shooting around the house. I recommend more than the nerf.

It's cool on paper but the actual functionality of it and make makes it head ache I bought the Royal version and the first night it jams and the stubborn man I am tells me to take it apart instead of returning it.

It keeps jamming up all the time it’s not Worth the money. We can only put one ball in it so it can work and not get jammed up.

This is a direct competitor to the Nerf Rival Kronos and the Adventure Force (aka Dart Zone) Tactical Strike Sentry.Of the three I find this the most comfortable to hold, the Kronos having a grip that oddly widens towards the bottom, and the Sentry being just hopelessly uncomfortable.In firing tests it is on a par with the Kronos, and more powerful than the stock Sentry (I eventually stretched the spring in the Sentry so now they're all on a par), and just as accurate.The loading mechanism is slightly awkward, through a tube in front of the grip in which you need to pre-set the slider and then release it after loading, but you get used to it. It feels a little cheap, but it works.The biggest potential problem is that, while this fires the ammo it comes with fine, it does not reliably fire either Nerf of Adventure Force rounds, while the other two can handle any ammo. The upshot is that if you're playing with others using different ammo, they can scavenge and use yours, but you can only use your own.