I use this air-soft 1911 as a practice tool for drawing and instinctive shooting, room clearing exercises, etc. I originally bought it for a toy to play with at the office but immediately saw that this is a serious practice tool. It shows at the range. The weight and feel is identical to a real 1911. It has an ambidextrous extended safety, wrap-around grips, and adjustable sights. It is a blow-back design that uses propane with a little silicon as a propellant. The magazine holds 13 BBs. It loads and operates like a 1911. The slide even locks back on the last round. Muzzle velocity is nominally 500fps and it will group coke can at 30 feet plus. It is no toy and will hole a coke can with an 8mm plastic BB. The trigger is decent and the balance is perfect. The single flaw is that the front sight is not very durable and will loose tension during repeated fast-draw from a holster. The 1911 has been a life-long companion. I own many of them and shoot them more than anything else. The $150.00 that I spent on this toy has been well worth the investment and I recommend them to anyone as a serious practice tool.
I use a MP5 full auto for the same and for killing grasshoppers in the summer. Recently it did duty in keeping the dogs down the road from running out in front of the vehicles while chasing them. A full auto burst cured that!
ah, the truth comes out. You're just an air-soft guy just messing with ya We have a few air-soft pistols and a full auto M-16 but nothing as nice as the one you have, all of ours are the clear plastic ones. I was amazed how much they look like the real thing, other than being transparent.
Big enough! When you get good at grasshoppers, you move to the end of the porch and shoot at dragonflies while they are flying! It's kind of like Mr. Miagi with hop sticks. My MP5 has the metal body and I swear to god that I think they used a real weapon frame.
LOL...I got an air-soft M79 grenade launcher and took it apart to compare with a real one. The trigger depressed the gas cartridge release so there is no hammer and no cocking arm, otherwise it is an exact scale model. I bored the firing pin holder and tapped it, and milled out the space to accept the trigger and sear and it is now an M79 with a plastic barrel...
I am waiting for the full auto 10,000 round capacity GE mini-gun version to eliminate my grasshoppers with.
Are you kiddin.... my wife would probably shoot the thing more than me. Too bad we can't afford anything like that.