Indian Rifle Wood/Steel Frontier Original Design, Fires Plastic Ring Caps

I ordered this item to be part of a Halloween costume and really only needed it to be recognizable as a frontier rifle. For that it is fine. It is sturdy overall, well painted, and goes well with my costume. The decorated stock and bead decoration near the muzzle are nice touches and enhance the overall look.However, as a toy for children I wouldn't be happy with it. The hammer and trigger mechanisms are poorly designed and assembled, so the hammer won't stay locked back to allow the gun to fire. Anyone playing with the rifle would surely want to be able to cock it, affix a cap, and pull the trigger to have it "shoot". My rifle as received wouldn't stay cocked. I didn't really need it to fire as part of my costume and after looking the mechanisms over I'm not convinced exchanging it for another one would necessarily be an improvement. The hammer was bent sideways, probably because the rifle was bulk packaged and not protected by being affixed to a card. The trigger assembly is built with such sloppy tolerances that the trigger in my rifle wiggled back and forth from side to side and wouldn't stay in place to hold the hammer back. It was easy to remove the hammer and trigger mechanisms and tighten them up (with a pair of pliers), though despite several attempts I was never able to get the hammer/trigger to work properly.The hammer plate is held on with matching black screws, but the black painted trigger assembly is held in place with large silver screws that stand out against the black metal. This is nothing major, certainly, but it shouldn't have added significantly to production cost to have used black screws here too.It may very well be that others ordering this rifle would receive one that worked well and was a lot of fun for children to use. That wasn't my experience, though. It's adequate for my Halloween costume, but won't get any use beyond that.

It looks cool, but it is really light. The wood must be very thin or I am guessing hollow inside. Not really what I expected when it said made of wood. It will be a Christmas gift for a five year old so we will see how long it lasts. Just hoping that it will be able to be patched sense it is some kind of wood product. If I could have touched it before purchasing I would have not paid $26 for it. I might have gave $10 for it but not much more. It is also very hard to get the hammer to stay back, takes three or four tries.

This gun is exactly as represented. I purchased it for a gift since the little boy liked my son's similar rifle so much. He was thrilled with it. The beads hanging from the barrel are unnecessary and cheapens the look somewhat. Embellishments would have been better used elsewhere on the gun. All in all...satisfied. I have not heard from the recipient that the gun has been anything but good quality.

Not bad for the money but i just think its okay not the best not the worst right in the middle.

Not very happy... but for a 10 year old... sure

The packaging was terrible when it came it was all scuffed up there was stickers on it every where and when I toulk them off there was residue adhisive on it. But I have to admie it is a cool cap gun, and theres nothing any paint and paint friendly adhesive remover cant do!:0)

Didn't work. Trigger broke.

My 6 yr old received this "indian Rifle" for Christmas and absolutly loves it!!He would give this a 5 star rating.** Parents note:The wood used is a soft wood and therefore it can dent and chip easilyStickers placed over design (I had to carefully use nail polish remover to remove most of the unsightly stickers).The single shot pull off plastic Caps require adult assistence.I would still buy this for my son because he does not care about the issues I mentioned. My son has hours of fun with his friends without use of the caps. The paint job was much better then the $15 doller rifles I ordered and returned. My son also received the "Kentuckian" and gives that riffle a 5 star rating. Paint job was nice on the Kentuckian and it was packaged well.