I'm the nerf uncle whom introduced nerf wars to the kids, we started off with springers like these. The predator was a favorite (I had 4 of these). It was easy to load, barely jams (with cheap darts), and when they figured out how to jam in the darts - shoots with higher velocities. Our nerf wars took on the flavour of hide and seek. When I started to introduce some flywheels, the kids preferred to pick up the springers since the noise from flywheels just gave them away. They even spontaneously adapted skirmisher tactics when confronted with a flywheel. Running away after they shoot, and forcing us flywheels to receive one ambush to after ambush. And these are 10 year olds!
I love that Buzz Bee spring ringing. Don't know why Buzz Bee blasters are the only ones that tend to always do it, but for me it's great. You fire and then hear the spring ringing.
Lots of people always reach for them when I put out loaner bins, and for me it means less headaches of jammed mags, breeches with darts stuck sideways, or complaints at all. Just grab and go!
I love your reviews keep them coming you sold me on the predator. The DGs on my area also have minimal packaging predators that I notice at least in central Florida that is.
Mongoose Fantastic review as always. Thanks for showing it off. We have a ton of these and the magazine fed ones also. It is fun to have just a bolt action battle once in a while.
I love this blaster. The bolt action is very engaging and simple. I modified one to look like the redeemer from the game Dead by daylight as a cosplay prop.
Great video! @mongoose jake have you seen the Air Warriors The Walking Dead Andrea’s Rifle Blaster at Target? It appears to be a mag fed Predator. I’d love to see you do a review on it.
I got this gun last weak from family dollar they uploaded the box and it's 12 we're I am I like it but can't figure out how to use the scope it's of target and I'd how to adjust it and I was wondering if you knew how
There's no adjustment to the scope on this, it's just really more of a reflex sight if anything. Looks fine, works at closer ranges, but zero windage or elevation adjustments.
Somewhat in a way. The Arsenal Rifle is mag fed, and really closer to Andrea's Rifle from the Walking Dead series, but they are all compact bolt action rifle style blasters with similar function. The Predator is a bit nicer feeling overall and super smooth, while the Arsenal Rifle feels like a bit thinner plastic was used.
I love this blaster, I have the red Wal-Mart version which I kind of like better because it takes a clip instead of single shot, I didn't like it at first but it grew on me and these days i love it
I have looked rather sketch marching into my Dollar General looking for the new color then doing a fast 180° when I don't see it. My only wish for the Predator is that it was bigger.
Really? That's odd that they'd put out different packaging. 4 local DG's all have the minimal packaging on the Predators and Double Shots here in my area.
do nerf darts work with it also. i just got this gun today. i do real guns and airsoft. but i wanted a nerf gun for shooting pop cans from my lawn chair by the back yard fire. lol. i town. no worry about cops seeing a real looking airsoft or real guns that make sounds. this i can shoot pop cans sitting my chair as a old man lol. but i never had any toys like this. so i just got it and i got a 10 pack of nerf brand elite distance darts. i have not opened them yet. but just curious. are nerf darts and the adventure force and dart zone etc.....are they all compatible with each other brand gun?
This is compatible with all standard darts. The Adventure Force darts you can snag at Walmart with the waffle tips (look like they have zig zag design) are quite accurate with this. It'll fire everything fairly well, and isn't picky (benefit of the bolt action).
@@MongooseJakeNerf nice. i have done airsoft videos. reviews that got 50k plus views. and my real gun viewers dont like the airsoft videos. and i am sure if i do reviews on nerf guns. my viewers would say why are you doing videos in real gas masks with real m4 rifles in the mountains. now you are doing nerf videos in a back yard lol. so not sure if i will ever do videos on them. but i might. but i want to just shoot pop cans from the lawn chair by the fire and so on. just mess around. i do love the walking dead and i do walking dead videos so i might get the walking dead rick shotgun as i seen a video on that. and since your name is mongoose i do videos on mongoose bmx bikes and mt bikes. beside higher end big name bikes etc. i do all kids of crazy content. i am just new to the foam nerf style guns and watched some videos this week on some to get to start. as i dont want to go nuts with it as i have 18 airsoft guns. 100 survival knives. 30 swords. 60 ninja stars and i have tons of hobbies. 8 bikes and 5 snowboards and do all videos on this stuff. but i might get a walking dead one. i like the videos i see on rival i think. it is rounder balls that seem to shoot harder. not sure. might get a few but i am running out of room as i have life size batmans and huge samurai armors. i collect everything from armors. to knives. to action figures and the house is clean. nice. but full to the brim of my hobbies lol. but thanks for the info. as if i get into it some i want to just buy a bag of 100 darts that are good and fly ok and use them for all the stuff and not have tons of cheap crappy darts. as when i got into airsoft. i buy 5000 bbs and dont use now as i only get good seamless biodegradable ones now. so i got 15k airsoft bbs i will never use. dont want to make that mistake for darts. any darts you recommend from walmart that work with most darts and fly good. money is no option for me when it comes to these as they are so cheap compared to real ammo and real guns. etc.
I'm the nerf uncle whom introduced nerf wars to the kids, we started off with springers like these. The predator was a favorite (I had 4 of these). It was easy to load, barely jams (with cheap darts), and when they figured out how to jam in the darts - shoots with higher velocities.
Our nerf wars took on the flavour of hide and seek. When I started to introduce some flywheels, the kids preferred to pick up the springers since the noise from flywheels just gave them away.
They even spontaneously adapted skirmisher tactics when confronted with a flywheel. Running away after they shoot, and forcing us flywheels to receive one ambush to after ambush.
And these are 10 year olds!
I own this blaster and love it! The ringing after each shot is satisfying and I enjoy the thumbhole stock.
I love that Buzz Bee spring ringing. Don't know why Buzz Bee blasters are the only ones that tend to always do it, but for me it's great. You fire and then hear the spring ringing.
Your OG Predator mod guides are great, I modded and painted one up and it's a lot of fun!
Happy to hear that!
Glad you talked about this reskin of the blaster my friend. They are just fun to have around
Lots of people always reach for them when I put out loaner bins, and for me it means less headaches of jammed mags, breeches with darts stuck sideways, or complaints at all. Just grab and go!
@@MongooseJakeNerf indeed my friend and good thing to work on also
I love your reviews keep them coming you sold me on the predator. The DGs on my area also have minimal packaging predators that I notice at least in central Florida that is.
Mongoose
Fantastic review as always. Thanks for showing it off. We have a ton of these and the magazine fed ones also. It is fun to have just a bolt action battle once in a while.
Good work man!
Looking forward to the mod video!
Time for me to get to work on the brass breech then!
I have a couple.... I really like the blue one , (It's got a GOOD pop to it) Like that too !
I love this blaster. The bolt action is very engaging and simple. I modified one to look like the redeemer from the game Dead by daylight as a cosplay prop.
There’s a walking dead themed one with a magazine. My mom has one, and it’s awesome
Great video! @mongoose jake have you seen the Air Warriors The Walking Dead Andrea’s Rifle Blaster at Target? It appears to be a mag fed Predator. I’d love to see you do a review on it.
I got this gun last weak from family dollar they uploaded the box and it's 12 we're I am I like it but can't figure out how to use the scope it's of target and I'd how to adjust it and I was wondering if you knew how
There's no adjustment to the scope on this, it's just really more of a reflex sight if anything. Looks fine, works at closer ranges, but zero windage or elevation adjustments.
The predator is a awesome blaster and a ton a fun. Paired with a messenger bag of socks, it’s a great HvZ rifle for day to day casual play.
People often forget that an easy to use and reliable blaster can work really really well for HvZ.
I have an older model with the rail, but however I got mine at a local goodwill it didn’t include the scope
That's the unfortunate part of thrifting sometimes, getting incomplete blasters or missing accessories. Modding a couple of these right now myself.
This blaster and the adventure force alpha rogue are on sale at walmart for $5.00 CAD each! What a bargain!
Always been a curiosity on my radar for sure. But I do wonder, would a Predator be akin to the red rifle you get with the 1902?
Somewhat in a way. The Arsenal Rifle is mag fed, and really closer to Andrea's Rifle from the Walking Dead series, but they are all compact bolt action rifle style blasters with similar function. The Predator is a bit nicer feeling overall and super smooth, while the Arsenal Rifle feels like a bit thinner plastic was used.
I prefer the predator
Someone needs to add an internal magazine to the blaster. Then you get a pretty cool "winchester rifle".
I love this blaster, I have the red Wal-Mart version which I kind of like better because it takes a clip instead of single shot, I didn't like it at first but it grew on me and these days i love it
Pls help mine the green thing won’t stay back what do I do
Bro, I love this gun I found the one I got last year
I have looked rather sketch marching into my Dollar General looking for the new color then doing a fast 180° when I don't see it.
My only wish for the Predator is that it was bigger.
I'd love to see it offered with a shell much like the old Range Master (full sized, but it was air powered).
Strange the predators at my local Dollar General don't have minimal packaging.
Really? That's odd that they'd put out different packaging. 4 local DG's all have the minimal packaging on the Predators and Double Shots here in my area.
@@MongooseJakeNerf Yeah it's strange ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I got this in amazon but it costed 30 dollars, not in that type of packaging, and including 8 darts.
i’m putting in a brass breech similar to what @Red’s Nerf tuning and chronograph test did
I just bought it and it looks sick the darts shoot very far away
do nerf darts work with it also. i just got this gun today. i do real guns and airsoft. but i wanted a nerf gun for shooting pop cans from my lawn chair by the back yard fire. lol. i town. no worry about cops seeing a real looking airsoft or real guns that make sounds. this i can shoot pop cans sitting my chair as a old man lol. but i never had any toys like this. so i just got it and i got a 10 pack of nerf brand elite distance darts. i have not opened them yet. but just curious. are nerf darts and the adventure force and dart zone etc.....are they all compatible with each other brand gun?
This is compatible with all standard darts. The Adventure Force darts you can snag at Walmart with the waffle tips (look like they have zig zag design) are quite accurate with this. It'll fire everything fairly well, and isn't picky (benefit of the bolt action).
@@MongooseJakeNerf nice. i have done airsoft videos. reviews that got 50k plus views. and my real gun viewers dont like the airsoft videos. and i am sure if i do reviews on nerf guns. my viewers would say why are you doing videos in real gas masks with real m4 rifles in the mountains. now you are doing nerf videos in a back yard lol. so not sure if i will ever do videos on them. but i might. but i want to just shoot pop cans from the lawn chair by the fire and so on. just mess around. i do love the walking dead and i do walking dead videos so i might get the walking dead rick shotgun as i seen a video on that. and since your name is mongoose i do videos on mongoose bmx bikes and mt bikes. beside higher end big name bikes etc. i do all kids of crazy content. i am just new to the foam nerf style guns and watched some videos this week on some to get to start. as i dont want to go nuts with it as i have 18 airsoft guns. 100 survival knives. 30 swords. 60 ninja stars and i have tons of hobbies. 8 bikes and 5 snowboards and do all videos on this stuff. but i might get a walking dead one. i like the videos i see on rival i think. it is rounder balls that seem to shoot harder. not sure. might get a few but i am running out of room as i have life size batmans and huge samurai armors. i collect everything from armors. to knives. to action figures and the house is clean. nice. but full to the brim of my hobbies lol. but thanks for the info. as if i get into it some i want to just buy a bag of 100 darts that are good and fly ok and use them for all the stuff and not have tons of cheap crappy darts. as when i got into airsoft. i buy 5000 bbs and dont use now as i only get good seamless biodegradable ones now. so i got 15k airsoft bbs i will never use. dont want to make that mistake for darts. any darts you recommend from walmart that work with most darts and fly good. money is no option for me when it comes to these as they are so cheap compared to real ammo and real guns. etc.
Just got this gun and I love and wanted to see if anyone felt the same and turns out they do
Absolutely! The Predator is one of the blasters that's just fun to use and fun to tinker with.
I wish they would make their shotguns and rifles a little bigger...more realistic size.
I guess that's the purpose of the Snipe, which I love using.
It's so cool
I own that one
The bolt keeps snapping back
What’s that supposed to mean?
Same from dg bro
Hey we have the same mine is 999₱💀
I used carnivore Scope because the scope sucks
I took my stock off.
I can reload my predator sniper as fast as 8 seconds. If you can beat my time then reply with your time in the replys!
4.56 secs
I got mine for 67.37$
I got mine for 4 bucks