JET-ZOOM GUN - TIGRETT ENT - USA

Made by Tigrett Enterprises in the 1950's, its 8.5 inches long and made of fairly durable plastic. It makes use of a catapult system to propel the paper tube from the barrel. Just below the barrel is a white plastic tab that says "push to load", by sliding it back you compress the spring until it locks with the trigger latch. This is a more sophisticated version of the Zoomeray gun.

The gun was also available in yellow, as well as with black cocking mechanism and trigger. The trigger is different on the yellow version.

The gun was widely advertised in newspapers from September 1952 on. However, The Jet-Zoom appeared on the cover of the first paperback edition of A.E. Van Vogt's science fiction classic, Slan, which was released in 1951.