clandestiner
December 10th, 2006, 05:26 AM
I have a KWA 'heavy frame' G19 (models a Glock 19) which I never use, but I got it out today as I was going to purchase a handgun sometime soon and was investigating certain things about gripping related to pistols...
during the course of this, I for some reason decided to take off the slide. The removable parts from the side are a spring, and two 'barrels', an inner and an outer. The inner is a much thinner metal that fits inside the outer.
As a quick dimension, I dropped in a 7.62x39 shell into the barrel to gauge it's diameter, and the round fit halfway down its casing but still let light through (I don't think the outer barrel is rounded in a true circle...)
I have no interest in converting this airsoft pistol (at this time, anyway), but was insanely curious as to if this had been done with any airsofts. They specifically design them (an of course since they're releasing, in this gun's case, gas) so that they can't be used to fire bullets...at sale time, anyway.
The barrel, of course, is nonrifled. There's a hammer, though. :p
Perhaps with significantly reduced but still useful loads, the pressure would not be too much? Given a need, is there any way that fixing up an airsoft gun into a true firearm would be quicker or easier than implementing a firearm from ground up?
I am hoping there is some previous literature around.
during the course of this, I for some reason decided to take off the slide. The removable parts from the side are a spring, and two 'barrels', an inner and an outer. The inner is a much thinner metal that fits inside the outer.
As a quick dimension, I dropped in a 7.62x39 shell into the barrel to gauge it's diameter, and the round fit halfway down its casing but still let light through (I don't think the outer barrel is rounded in a true circle...)
I have no interest in converting this airsoft pistol (at this time, anyway), but was insanely curious as to if this had been done with any airsofts. They specifically design them (an of course since they're releasing, in this gun's case, gas) so that they can't be used to fire bullets...at sale time, anyway.
The barrel, of course, is nonrifled. There's a hammer, though. :p
Perhaps with significantly reduced but still useful loads, the pressure would not be too much? Given a need, is there any way that fixing up an airsoft gun into a true firearm would be quicker or easier than implementing a firearm from ground up?
I am hoping there is some previous literature around.