Product Description

BuzzBee Ruff Stuff Air Blasters Double Shot Blaster Gun

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1928 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Buzz Bee
• Model: 05040
• Released on: 2006-09-09
• Dimensions: 3.94" h x 2.36" w x 25.59" l, 2.20 pounds

Features

• Do not aim at eyes or face
• TO AVOID INJURY: Do not modify darts
• CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts

Customer Reviews

Double loaded fun!
My 12 year old son decided to buy this toy with his own money. I did my best to talk him out of it, but it was his decision (this time). He only paid $6.00 for it. I expected it to be broken within the first hour of use and warned him of this when he bought it. Well, we've now had two full days of fun and it is still going strong. It was certainly well worth the money spent on it. Even my special needs seven year old was able to operate it. My only warning would be that the darts do come out with a good deal of force. We have decided to purchase two more.

The Basics
Attention All Readers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have seen many bad reviews about this product. Read this for the Basics
The Toy is not perfect, but not a piece of junk. First of all, the right barrel is more powerful then the left and loading take a little while. It is not good for beginners.
The gun is a good value, though. It has almost perfect accuracy and an easy cock. Another feature is that even though it is a double barrel gun, you have the option to shoot the darts one at a time or at the same time (if you shoot the darts one at a time, the left barrel is almost as powerful as the right).
This may seem weird to you, but the toy is very educational (children, do not bring this to school). My grandfather had a shot gun (not double barrel, though) and it loaded the same way as this gun. The gun includes darts and SHELLS, like in the real guns.
Cocking may be one reason why there are so many bad reviews. To cock the gun, you must press the rectangular orange button on the top of the gun. After it is opened, put the butt end of the gun on your lap and push the barrel downward until you hear a click. Let the barrel go.
Loading must be done in advance. To load, put the dart (foam rods with suction cups) into the shells (the orange plastic pieces). There are holes in the darts and rods in the shells. Put the dart's hole over the shell's rod and press down. Put the loaded shell into the right barrel and put the other one (if you want to) in the left barrel. To put the loaded shells into the barrels correctly, cock the gun, and push the dart through the back of the barrel (where you cocked) for as far as you can. Then let go. If it comes out, try again. It happens.
To shoot one dart at a time, pull the trigger softly. To shoot the darts at the same time, pull the trigger hard.
After that, you press the same rectangular orange button. But be ready; the shells are about to fly out! To "catch" the shells, have your hand near the back of the barrel, press the rectangular orange button and when you feel the shells (now unloaded), grab them and put them in the compartment in the butt end of the gun.
To open the compartment in the butt end of the gun, pull the blue part up.
The BuzzBee Ruff Stuff Air Blasters Double Shot Blaster Gun is truly a good gun. BUY IT! YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great Fun
I purchased two of these for my 4yr old as an impulse, since I found them on sale at a very low price ($7). OK, I admit, one was for me.

I have to admit the guns are a lot of fun. It is very satisfying to break open the gun and have the two spent shells launched out of the barrel. The range of the shots is about 15 to 25 feet, which is perfect for basement target practice.

I agree with other reviewers that this wouldn't be great for a mock battle, but it's for the same reason you never see pictures of any modern military forces with breech loading double barrel shotguns; they are slow and cumbersome to reload. Also, my 4yr old struggles a little to cock the gun, and pull the trigger, but I don't think it would be a problem for any child old enough to use it unsupervised.

The darts could stand to be a little more durable. As soon as they disform, even a little, they start getting stuck in the barrel. I plan to try some of the nerf brand darts to see if they are any better, as some others have suggested.

My wife initially raised concerns about providing simulated guns to our son, but she quickly learned that any attempt to discuss the subject would trigger the release of two foam darts directly into her midsection, and she has since learned to relax a little.