Tommy 12 (battery operated) w/ 12 darts Review

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(More customer reviews)This is the younger brother of the Tommy20, similar in all aspects, except that it only holds 12 darts instead of 20. I got this gun after the Tommy20, because you can't ever have too many Nerf type guns.
This is one of those spinner guns, it shoots out the darts by pushing them through two spinning wheels much like how an automatic football or tennis ball thrower works.
Here are my comments on the most important features of a Nerf gun:
1) Power: Quite powerful, more power than your regular spring powered piston pushing Nerf gun and as powerful as some of the hand pumped air pressure Nerf guns.
Grade: Very good.
2) Speed: It can pump out shots quickly and plaster your opponent with bullets before he can hand pump out 2 or 3. This is really a semi-automatic machine gun. Only problem is that you'll run out of bullets in 15 seconds if you fire continuously.
Grade: Excellent.
3) Jamming: Yes it does, but then so does any other Nerf gun. After owning many Nerf guns, I've found the problem with 99% of jamming is bent darts or operator error. I only use the BuzzBee darts without the purple collar under the suction head, they are shorter and won't jam. The ones with the purple collar are slightly longer and cause jamming. And make sure all the darts are straight; bent darts can also cause jamming. The other thing about this particular gun is that you have to squeeze the trigger firmly. If you half heartedly squeeze the trigger the gun can jam, so it's all experience. Once you learn how to operate the trigger, it won't jam on you.
Grade: Rarely.
4) Accuracy: Surprisingly accurate, except when it shoots crooked darts, so just make sure all your darts are straight.
Grade: Very good.
Pros and Cons: The yellow colored Tommy 12 is the "semi-automatic". To shoot, you first have to turn the spinners on with a switch and then manually pull the trigger to shoot. As this is a battery operated gun, you can't really use it in a duck and fire situation as continuously using the battery will run it down quickly. For duck and fire, you'd need a manual gun. This gun is for when your opponent is being pinned down and you run up to him and score like 12 shots on his behind. And because of the noise of the motor you can't use it in any stealth situation either because your opponents will hear you from a mile away. So as any true Nerf warrior knows, you need more than 1 gun at all times. You use this as a machine gun when your opponents are charging you or when you need to spray them with bullets; for those purposes this is truly an excellent gun and a necessary addition to any good arsenal. The only problem with this is that it only holds 12 darts and you can use that up in 15 seconds. The pro about that is that it's much smaller than the Tommy20.
Simple mod: Like with my Tommy20 I have modified the gun by taking that red muzzle off. You can do that by unscrewing 4 screws at the front and just pulling it off, it's not glued. By taking the muzzle off you reduce jamming and you can unjam the gun quickly by simply reaching in the mouth of the gun and pulling the jammed darts out. It doesn't reduce accuracy or range.

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