Amazon Reviews of the NERF N-Strike Raider Rapid Fire

A thirteen year old's review, October 28, 2009
By  Mike Roberts

Durability: Fun: Educational: 

It was the day after my birthday, and i decided to squander a bit of money on a present to myself. I have had great luck with the nerf maverick, and i decided to buy a new gun, one of the cool new ones. I was going to buy the vulcan, but overly pessimistic customer reviews put me off and i bought this instead.
let me tell you now, this is THE BEST NERF GUN YET. Below are listed my pros and cons, but the pros far outweigh the cons.
PROS:
Dart capacity(you can keep shooting for a really long time before reloading)
Weight
Dual fire modes
really fast "auto" mode
entirely person-powered
easy to fix jams
long range(sometimes)

CONS:
Long reload time
wide dispersal(can be good or bad, but takes forever to find all the darts you thought you shot in a straight line)
Large drum takes up space

YOU SHOULD BUY IT!!! 

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5.0 out of 5 stars BEST NERF GUN EVER!!!, October 17, 2009
A Kid's Review

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 
This is the best nerf gun ever!It's like the vulcan but much much better 1. it's a lot less heavier which means you can actually carry it into battle(without difficulty). 2. it hardly ever jams. 3. it has a lot more dart capacity.Also you can put the magazine into other guns like the recon and longshot and it seems like the magazine improves the guns range!If you are an extreme nerfer you need this gun!!!!!!!! 

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One of the coolest Nerf guns., November 8, 2009
By  Wily (USA)

If you're buying a Nerf gun, the "Raider" is the one to have. Our house has them all - most seem to have cheesy features that do little to enhance the "funability" - detachable stocks, red "laser" sites...those are neat for box art, but for tearing around the yard? You want fire power. The Raider fires very fast, doesn't jam and seems to have as much power as the Nerf Lawyers allow.

The drum mechanism is surprisingly reliable - at least for now. We've just taken ownership, so there's a lot of wear-and-tear to experience! We'll see. However, we decided to review early because there were some reviews that describe a jamming or difficulty with the loading mechanism. Straight out of the box, ours wouldn't load either...until we clicked in the clip. Then? Fine. So maybe the other reviewers hadn't attached their drum or clip yet?