The real thing is actually heavier when fully loaded (although it gets lighter as you shoot it heh heh... )
It's the whole thing - Seven rounds in the mag, jack one into the chamber, lock the slide, eject the mag and load an extra round to give you eight shots - that's what they mean by 'locked and loaded'. There is nothing to match the a heavy twisting recoil, muzzle flash, noise and smell, not to mention the occasional hot case down your neck (or scrabbling about for your spent boxer primed cases... )
Look up Massad Ayoob on YouTube if you want to see some real hangun action and see what I mean - he wrote 'In the Gravest Extreme'.
On a sensory level, the CO2 replica is simply underwhelming by comparison.
El-bow, the Spanish Archer
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Oh yes, remember it well, but I don't buy a CO2 replica expecting the same experience. It is however as close as you can legally get and allows you to shoot loads and loads cheaply and safely in your own garden which is awesome. I miss the smell and ejecting brass is undoubtedly really cool but a classicly styled automatic pistol with a couple of thousand rounds of ammo and gas is excellent for under a hundred quid.
I fully understand your points, but I recommend you give one a try if you get the chance, they are fantastic fun.
I always thought "Locked and Loaded" refered to a muzzle loader with a charged barrel and the action at half cock. What you describe is condition one, safety applied, a chambered round and a full magazine in place.
Mind you at least lead usually only goes one way...
BB's have an amusing habit of 'returning to sender'
While I like the look of the replica and the way it functions I have to wonder what can be done with a steel BB travelling at just 300 fps from a smoothbore barrel??That said if Cybergun were to market an 8" Luger Parabellum replica I would definately buy one!
What are you intending to do with it dude? If your hunting white Rhino then its not up to the job, if your blatting away at tin cans its perfect.
I finally persuaded my RFD to get some in
Here's mine after a morning in the workshop
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/PICT0577.jpg
Here's where you can get the shiny bits
http://umarexboysclubforum.myfinefor...5982.php#45982
ATB,
Nick
Airgun Repairs, Bespoke Airgun Smithing and Precision Engineering Services
http://www.magic9designltd.com
Awesome, looks very nice, could well be tempted.
The mag extension button makes it easy to eject the mag without changing your grip, something I always find irksome if you can't do it on standard pistols,
- Nick
Airgun Repairs, Bespoke Airgun Smithing and Precision Engineering Services
http://www.magic9designltd.com
Some evil chap on the UBC forum put an idea in my head that wouldn't go away, so instead of relaxing I did a little more Witness Tampering -
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/PICT0580.jpg
- Nick
Airgun Repairs, Bespoke Airgun Smithing and Precision Engineering Services
http://www.magic9designltd.com