An AR-15 pump? No, it's a Crosman BB gun that looks like an AR-15.
DAO Walther P38? No, it's a Crosman BB gun that looks like a Walther P-38.
A new-production Tokarev TT-33? No, it's a Crosman BB gun that looks like a Tokarev TT-33.
BB guns are often a child's first introduction to things what shoot projectiles (well, projectiles that don't have a suction cup on the end). Growing up, there was Dad's pump action 760, and a single shot pistol. I knew there was a CO2 powered Python look-alike, and a spring-action 1911 wanna-be, and IIRC a vaguely 1st generation Smith copy. Other than that, it was Red Ryder all the way.
Now they have cool stuff like this:
(image from Crosman site)
Yes, that is exactly what you think it is. It's a .177 caliber upper for an AR-15. You can buy a compressed-air powered upper that shoots .177 pellets for your evil black rifle. How freakin' cool is that? Oh, and I've seen the AR-15-based BB gun rifles at Wal-Mart - even the Wal-Mart that's on the MA border...
I think the next time they decide to go after gun rights there is going to be a very rude awakening for the gun grabbers...
That is all.
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Of course, note that the Crosman M4-177 is mostly the Crosman 760 internals that many of us grew up with, dressed in tactical duds. But it's reasonably priced and looks like a pile of fun.
The Crosman MAR177 AR-15 upper, however, is a different beast altogether: A true target-grade pre-charged pneumatic air rifle, not just an excuse to look like an AR. It has a higher-level price to go with it, which will limit its appeal. But I still want one...
Yes, Crosman's lineup shows that they've been paying attention to their designs - and the marketplace.
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Gardner MA walmart has the AR bb gun.
My son's first assault rifle was an airsoft Galil SAR and his second was an airsoft AK. When I bought him the AK the store tried to sell me one with actual wood furniture for almost the price of the real thing.
I think video games have a lot to do with expanding the market for airsoft and airguns that look like real weapons. If you've seen it in Call of Duty, there's a replica somewhere. There are even airsoft Mosin Nagants.
An Airsoft Mosin Nagant. Now I've heard of everything. I would imagine that it costs *more* than the real variant...
I wonder how they get the bolt to stick like in a real one without the use of comblock ammo? Do they coat the airsoft bbs in Karo syrup?
Do they coat the airsoft bbs in Karo syrup?
Heh. You probably have to sprinkle rock salt down the barrel to simulate shooting corrosive ammo too.
You're right about the price. The cheapest one I've seen advertised is $269 and it's not even a sniper model.
You can tell the toy versions because the furniture is in better shape.
You know that in countries where ownership of firearms is illegal these are the work around for the collector and enthusiest. I find it strangely disturbing that they are being pushed so heavily here. Don't think the recent hard won recognition of our rights can't be overturned with one incident and the stroke of a pen.
Link if you're curious JayG
http://www.aresairsoft.com/mosinnagant.html
velcro8ball: second that.
My brother in Ohio is a "convicted felon", and thus ineligible to own a firearm. (I used scare quotes because of the circumstances. He was convicted of DUI in New York State, more than twenty years ago, and put on ten years' probation. He almost made it... but he was caught doing it again with about six months to go, and the second strike made it a felony.)
So when people talk about the wisdom of keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous felons, I always think of him.
Anyway, he's wistfully jealous of me taking my 12-year-old shooting. I asked him what he wants for his birthday; he said "a gun". So I'm getting him a Beretta 92 airsoft.
Daniel in Brookline, was that second offense in Ohio perhaps a "wobbler"? meaning it could go either way at the discretion of the prosecutor? If so, and if Ohio has an expungement program like California's, with 10 years of goodness behind him now, perhaps he can get the wobbler reduced, and then expunged, and then the first expunged. An Ohio Lawyer would know for sure.
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