flexible hose 16 and is readily ejected by the pressure from the end of the hose 16 unless the hose is clamped fig5 and 7 show the operation of the mechanism adapted for clamping the hose and for allowing selective ejection of either a burst or a continuous flow of water therefrom the pistol shaped member 18 illustrated in cross sectional views on fig5 and 7 comprises a housing 52 which is readily manufactured from two complementary pieces of molded plastic material the complementary pieces of plastic material are readily held together in the assembled pistol shaped member 18 by a plurality of screws not shown the screws being received by internally threaded hollow cylindrical members 54 which are conveniently molded integrally with the housing 52 a tapered inlet connector 56 is provided in the bottom of the housing 30 of the pistol shaped member 18 to which the flexible hose 16 is connected in the operative toy water gun assembly 10 an additional section of a flexible hose 58 is mounted within the housing 52 the hose section 58 terminates in a nozzle orifice member 60 provided in the front barrel section 61 of the pistol shaped member 18 the nozzle 60 is designed for maximum distance of ejection of the water under pressure in a narrow stream a lever 64 having a cross bar 66 disposed transversely to a general longitudinal axis of the lever 64 and the barrel section 61 is mounted for pivotal movement within the housing 52 a relatively short orthogonal portion 68 extends from one end of the lever 64 the pivotable mounting of the lever 64 is readily accomplished by inserting two small cylindrical extensions 70 disposed on either side transversely to the general longitudinal axis of the lever 64 into.