Have Y'all Seen This?

I agree that AIrsoft are a great way to get the younger generation into firearms. It is helping counteract the older generation of gun fearers (still younger than us).

When I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, I was a gun nut. After I shot my Postal Inspector cousin's DCM M1 carbine in the early 60s, I was hooked for sure. Once I started working at 14 or 15, I bought those Japanese metal working replica pistols by Nakata. They were the Airsoft of the 60s.

I had a Browning High Power (with detachable shoulder stock), P38, and S&W 19 with a 2 1/2" barrel. They had brass bullets with hollow noses that you put caps in. The hammer drove the cartridge forward to set of the cap, then you worked the action by hand. I had those until about 10 years ago when a box was "lost" during a move.

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Originally Posted by Mike D

Not when your 18. :D

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Wish I was 18 again.

Geeze, now I sound like George Burns. Don't want to emulate him, he's dead.:yikes:

Look at it this way Mike, you have your whole life ahead of you. Most of us are on the downhill side.

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Originally Posted by jonnyc

Just curious, legality-wise, how close all the selector related parts are to the originals.

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Totally different system with not even a similarity to a real gun (as far as the inner workings). I'd be surprised if a single part could be used on a real carbine.

Here's a link to a web page that has a video showing the instructions for loading and firing of one of these. (Pretty neat)
As Inland said, it is nothing like a real M2 inside, but it looks real from the outside.

http://www.wwiiguns.com/store/product_details.php?p=326