If you are looking for an enjoyable blaster that can be used in a lot of different ways, the Regenerator is highly recommended.

Other features include a left access door to clear jams, and a tactical rail on top for N-strike attachments. Who Should Buy The Titan Nerf Minigun

It also includes 16 darts, so you get a few more than what it can hold. With most dart blasters performing about the same it is always nice to be able to fire a bit longer. Who Should Buy The Excel Xcess

The outer portion of the barrel spins as you are launching darts, but they just come out of the one-center barrel.Partially due to this being a motorized unit, the velocity on the Pro Series MK-3 was more than quadruple the second-place contender. That massive velocity number naturally translates into greater distance on the course. We saw about a 30% increase in distance between this unit and the runner-up. The accuracy and consistency was just as impressive. With a score of 2.5 (lower is better), the half-size darts on the MK-3 are impressively consistent. The second place score was 3.4, with last place being 8.6. There is nothing like the exhilaration of sitting at the table, having your morning coffee, trying to wake up and have a foam dart flash in front of your face that was fired from an XShot blaster given to a 7 yr. old by his uncle.

Their ammo capacity is the same but you can get a lot crazier with the extra ammo clips and variations on the X-Shot version. While no attachments are included, the Turbo Shot includes 96 Zuru darts! Once it’s loaded you can fire 20 darts before flipping a switch to fire the next 20.These are unique and look awesome, but don’t shoot too hard, so that makes them great gifts for kids. The automatic Nerf guns allow frustration-free firing without the hassle of having to try to prime the blaster every time.

If you haven’t heard of them, X-Shot is a brand of Nerf-style foam dart guns that is owned by the Zuru toy company. Our choice for the top Nerf Minigun is the XShot Crusher because it is the highest quality for the price. The Crusher looks the most like a real minigun, includes a 35-dart belt, and 48 darts. With slam fire, it shoots about 4 darts per second at up to 80 feet per second! Featuring a 40-dart drum, the X-Shot Excel Turbo Advanced is a spring-powered pump action powerhouse. There is very little assembly required, you just have to put the drum and snap on the blue plastic guards above it.

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The initial line of X-Shot blasters fired both water and darts. This functionality was later dropped in favor of X-Shot Discs, which only lasted a short time before also being dropped.