I have two...The rifle is about what you'd expect for a $125 gun (at Walmart).
I also have a Springfield, or Savage single shot, which weighs a # or two more (which may be the dif). Another dif is that they can cock the Cricket by themselves (lower lock time, or delay from the time that hte trigger is pulled, till the primer is ignited).
Anyway, when you are shooting at 25-25 yards at a golfball sized object, the other signle shot that I have has an edge. But, the other gun seems to have guided bullets, exceedingly accurate and the Cricket is just not near as easy to shoot accurately.
One thing about them, is that it fits my kids. They can load and make it function by themselves. My boy is 10, and the other gun is too big for him and the Cricket fits my 7yoa girl and maybe the 5 yoa girl.
I introduced my boy to my S&W 15-22...w/the sliding stock closed all the way...lets just say that I'm going to have trouble getting him to shoot anything else.