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Originally Posted by Penguin
I dont get it, does the actual "cap" propel the BB.. or does the "mechbox".
Because I saw it firing without power, he was just cycling the bolt... So I'm under the impression it's combustion powered... and the electricity is soely to eject the spent casings.
I doubt a cap posesses the power to propel a bb at all.
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Big discussion about this at Arnies- the conclusion was that it does. Someone rigged up a test, and fired the removed plastic cap from a gun of his quite far.
That thread seems to have been deleted since then, as it apparently isn't UK legal.
A few folks are buying these right now. I'll see if I can find reviews afterwards, if it's at least durable, I won't mind investing in something like this. It may not be good as a field gun, but that's obviously not what it's meant for. It'll make a decent plinker.
As for loading times, I doubt the guy did it quickly because it was a demonstration. However, loading like that shouldn't be too hard at all, not counting the clipping of the caps it should take about >5 seconds per shell.
I'm guessing there's another reason that it's cheaper- for one thing, the mechanism is a lot simpler. It's simply a cap gun that propels BBs, not much more then that apart from a simple shell ejection mechanism. Hell, with a bit of epoxy, some Krylon, and a few rails/M4 aftermarket parts, I'm sure it could look much better. Still, it's not a skirmish gun.