Snowdog
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Taking the advice of a fellow THR member (E357), I bought a "gas gun" knowing not a thing about them. I paid $120 for the M11 "blow-back" model, though I believed it a bit steep for a plastic-pellet-firing gun.
I received it yesterday and haven't been able to put it down since.
It's entirely made of metal, life size and weight, very well made and hasn't choked yet on either semi or full automatic "fire". The range is far better than I believed it to be (something to do with a "hop-up" system, so says the booklet) and will eat up an aluminum can, empty or full out to atleast 25 feet (furthest I've tried so far) with the insanely high cyclic rate of 1200 RPM (20 shots a second). One could never outgrow a toy like this!
To top it all off, there's actually a bit of recoil due to the reciprocating steel bolt. Simply put, I absolutely love this thing!
Not more than an hour ago, I chased a squirrel off the bird feeder at a distance of 40' or so (though I left several small cracks in the cheap plastic view window on the feeder ) with the full auto option, pegging him quite a few times out of the 48rnd in the mag.
This did wonders for me coffee could never hope to match.
I'd just like to say, for the record, that I now rescind all my previously made, skepticism-fueled comments concerning gas guns.
They are well worth the money to say the least!
The only drawback is that now I'm thinking about looking into buying A: more gas guns, gas and pellets, and B: a real semi-auto M11 or something similar.
I received it yesterday and haven't been able to put it down since.
It's entirely made of metal, life size and weight, very well made and hasn't choked yet on either semi or full automatic "fire". The range is far better than I believed it to be (something to do with a "hop-up" system, so says the booklet) and will eat up an aluminum can, empty or full out to atleast 25 feet (furthest I've tried so far) with the insanely high cyclic rate of 1200 RPM (20 shots a second). One could never outgrow a toy like this!
To top it all off, there's actually a bit of recoil due to the reciprocating steel bolt. Simply put, I absolutely love this thing!
Not more than an hour ago, I chased a squirrel off the bird feeder at a distance of 40' or so (though I left several small cracks in the cheap plastic view window on the feeder ) with the full auto option, pegging him quite a few times out of the 48rnd in the mag.
This did wonders for me coffee could never hope to match.
I'd just like to say, for the record, that I now rescind all my previously made, skepticism-fueled comments concerning gas guns.
They are well worth the money to say the least!
The only drawback is that now I'm thinking about looking into buying A: more gas guns, gas and pellets, and B: a real semi-auto M11 or something similar.