The Top 10 Nerf Guns of All Time (Continuation)

Continuation from the first part.

6. Nerf PowerClip DX 1000 /// 1999

The PowerClip took cues from Hasbro's SuperSoaker division. Pump the gun a couple of times and it builds up enough pressure to send Nerf darts soaring 78 feet, at the rate of 9 darts per second.

7. Nerf N-Strike Unity Power System /// 2004

While early Nerf guns were cartoonish and unrealistic, the N-Strike series was heavily influenced by real weaponry. This was the first N-Strike series, and is notable for its versatility—it can shoot three different types of ammo from three discrete barrels: small darts for precise hits and rapid-fire shooting and a massive missile dart for long-range mortarlike assaults. Its best feature: The gun can be disassembled and used as three individual guns.

8. Nerf N-Strike Maverick /// 2006

This revolver-style Nerf gun is the company's best-selling blaster of all time. Reloading is easy: The six-dart chamber flips open for easy access to the auto-advancing barrel, and it can shoot the darts as fast as you can pump the handle and pull the trigger.

9. Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 /// 2008

The biggest, best, most powerful Nerf gun ever. The battery-powered Vulcan is basically a fully-automatic foam-spewing machine gun, complete with a 25-dart clip that it can unload in less than 10 seconds. And if the batteries die, you can still pump and shoot the old-fashioned way. Some drawbacks: Chasing down all those darts for reloading is far from fun, and some of our commenters have noted that the belt jams easily.

10. Nerf N-Strike Raider Rapid Fire CS 35 Blaster /// 2009

When it comes out this Fall, this blaster's 35-dart cache will give it the highest dart capacity of any Nerf gun. The gun instantly transitions between single fire and slam fire when you pump it while holding the trigger. And unlike the Vulcan, the Raider's rapid-fire setting doesn't require batteries.