Abstract: A toy water gun comprises a main housing including provisions for holding a reservoir of water, a nozzle for receiving and discharging water pumped from the reservoir, and a pump housing positioned substantially outside the main housing. The pump housing contains a pump for pumping water from the reservoir to the nozzle. The pump is operated by an actuator which comprises a rotatable driveshaft extending from the main housing to the pump housing, a transmission interconnecting the pump and the driveshaft for operating the pump in response to rotation of the driveshaft, and a drive carried by the main housing and interconnected with the driveshaft for rotating the driveshaft. The drive may comprise a manually operable hand crank rotatably mounted outside the main housing.