This is one of the best nerf guns you can buy. The gun is very robust and feels well made. When I first got the gun it kept miss firing on nearly every shot. I was about to send it back until I realized you have to push the darts right into the chambers until the rubber head squashes a bit. Now the gun never miss-fires, unless you turn the barrel and you are in fact firing an empty chamber! The range is better than the Recon 6 by quite a margin. The best bit is that it excepts all dart, including the tag darts. It fires farther on the slimline darts, however the range is better than the recon no matter what dart you use. The gun is easy to load, and never jams, you don't even have to open the barrel to shove more darts in. If I was to go to battle this would be my weapon of choice! I hear the fury fire is better though, and they hold 10 darts! You can buy them as part of the deluxe tag blaster set. That would be my next purchase. For the money though, this can't be beaten