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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Bargain Gate => : Kevin R April 23, 2010, 03:43:24 AM
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Here is a link that was emailed to me today, I like the pistol. Any body know much about this pistol?
http://www.airgunsdaily.com/?utm_source=AirgunsDaily+Daily+Email+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8de0cc618d-Daily_Product_Email_4_23_20101_6_2010&utm_medium=email
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I have one that I got used, without sights but with the other accessories. They are amazing machines, if rather useless... unless you count fun.
They are an extremely well-made BB machine-gun. They are not lightweight, but feel like real firearms. Stock, they have selectable rates of fire and burst length, plus single shot. They are very accurate, considering they are shooting BBs.
They are LOUD. The first time I shot it, from inside the house out the back door, I freaked out. I thought the neighbors would call the cops for sure (they didn't, but I stopped). It sounds like a freakin' SMG. It is an SMG.
They go through a ton of CO2 and BBs in a hurry. You are always out of one, or the other. They normally include a speed loader for the BBs which is a godsend.
I forgot the velocities but the stock versions are around 500 fps or so. Replacement stuff can get 'em up in the 700s, I guess. The Drozd paradox is that steel BBs wear out the barrels- but lead balls tend to jam them. They are apparently more powerful and accurate, as you would expect, but the lead deforms too much to feed as reliably. I never had a jam with steel BBs and haven't tried lead.
There are many mods, and entire sites, devoted to the Drozd. You can up the velocity, vary the rates of fire and burst length up to true full-auto, and pimp it out with all sorts of tactical accessories.
I don't consider it suitable for hunting (it would work on sparrows), and after the novelty wears off it just sort of sits around. I haven't had it out in ages, but it is a really cool gun, considered as a piece of hardware. It is a riot to shred cans with, and commit other senseless acts of destruction (in the usual responsible manner, of course).