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Nalced_irl

How does an Airsoft M203 work? I mean, obviously it can explode so what actually happens when you fire it?

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basically ya load it with a shell full of bb's and gas, and when fired it blasts out between 18 to a few hundred BB's in the general direction of the target like a large shotgun spread.

forgot to mention the shell stays in the launcer.

Nalced_irl

ah right, would a shotgun work the same way then yea? Just not the same capacity for bb`s?

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unfortunetly no , the only 2 real shotgun types or the TM spring shotguns which fire 3 bb's through 3 seperate barrels and gas powered ones which can fire up to 10 bb's each shot in a fairly similar way to the grenade launcers but with a pitiful range and most of the gas shotty's are above the 1 joule limit it wouls seem. The TM shotguns are great but they realy would be better with a greater spread.

Spitfire666

as explained, the 203's are the real shotguns of the airsoft world. there is however a wa shan shotgun which can fire 14 shots. its a double break barrel sawn off style one and each shell holds 7 BB's and can be fired one shell at a time or both at once.

The only bad thing is shells are not cheap and its claimed on some sites that it shoots up to 500fps so a no go for ireland.

You can also get m203s which have rubber cones that sit on the shell and get fired instead of BB's of some makes have foam nerf style shells.

RC car fanatic

hey,i was wondering where you get the grenade shells and if you can use propane to fill them up or am i wrong about filling the grenades themselvs up?

tonyj_mc

shells from e-hobby seem fairly cheap, have an offer on three. they vary from taking 12-160 bbs per shell, think they are about 70usd 3 68 rds i think, should have some oon the way this week. propane i don't know about, i supose if they are all metal it could work

Shiva

tonyj_mc wrote:

shells from e-hobby seem fairly cheap, have an offer on three. they vary from taking 12-160 bbs per shell, think they are about 70usd 3 68 rds i think, should have some oon the way this week. propane i don't know about, i supose if they are all metal it could work

Don't go near the G&P ones.

I bought 4....3 of them never worked, the 4th worked sometimes.
And usually not when I needed it.

I gave one to Nonex to use for something else and he found it was leaking pretty badly.

RC car fanatic

cheers lads
also where can i get a reasonably priced launcher?

tonyj_mc

what about king arms ones, i think they are the ones i got, launcher wise, i got one cheap on the sales bit above, but it adds a hell of a lot of weight to the front end, looks really well though, real mean

RC car fanatic

well theres none there at the momen..anywhere else????????

Shiva

tonyj_mc wrote:

what about king arms ones, i think they are the ones i got, launcher wise, i got one cheap on the sales bit above, but it adds a hell of a lot of weight to the front end, looks really well though, real mean

I was thinking about getting a couple of those myself...let me know how you get on with them, willya ?

The scuttlebutt says that madbull are the best brand, for what its worth.

RC car fanatic

oo oo can ye haw can ye?

tonyj_mc

can'y wait for the bugger to arrive, got a heap of stuff coming from HK in the next week or so, all pictured and reviewed as soon as they land

RC car fanatic

do any of you know the specs of the dboys m4a1?

ED E

Best mini-length launcher to fit my UMP???

Fallschirmjager

Shiva wrote:

Don't go near the G&P ones.

I bought 4....3 of them never worked, the 4th worked sometimes.
And usually not when I needed it.

I gave one to Nonex to use for something else and he found it was leaking pretty badly.

my g&p seems slighly less spooty but not reliable but the newer king arms ones that are cheap are a pile of poo, quite frankly...