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Post by schmitty on Jul 13, 2006 23:38:21 GMT -5
This is my newest and only non WWII airsoft weapon. I've always been a sci-fi fan and especially liked the first two Alien movies (alien 3 was just OK and alien 4 resurrection was horrid). I always wanted to get the Pulse rifle kit since its release a while back but having to discombobulate a TM Thompson and the heavy price tag held me back. Hellmutt offered me one of his broken M1a1 Thompson's and that was all the push I needed. Like the props from the movie Aliens, the airsoft kit fits around a Thompson. They also used MG-42's as the Smart guns in the movie. The kit itself is kind of a mixed back of extreme quality and poor planning. The parts are all very nicely made but many of the screws are too long or simply don't work. Also the original magazine design was terrible. I modified it to accept more BB's and fit better. Overall the finished model is quite impressive. Schmitty
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Post by Gordak on Jul 14, 2006 9:25:06 GMT -5
Awesome!!!
Im loking for one of those too, I have a freind who has the a bunch of original costumes from the movie, Total aliens freak, he would love a pule rifle he could shoot. -Gordak
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Post by mauser98k on Jul 14, 2006 10:09:59 GMT -5
Very neat, does the ammunition count ever change with the amount of BB's inside?
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Post by spitfire740 on Jul 14, 2006 13:23:33 GMT -5
Predator pwns Alien BTW that is an awesome conversion. Does it change rate of fire, like in the movie he went from automatic to a shotgun with a press of a button.
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Post by schmitty on Jul 14, 2006 23:10:32 GMT -5
Yes the ammo counter is functional it reads 0 when the mag is pulled out and starts at 95 when the magazine is inserted (95 was a full mag in the movie) An infrared sensor counts the BB's as they leave the barrel. It counts down from 95 to 0 then starts over again. It actually holds about 280 BB's. ROF and everything else stays the same as a stock thompson. Amazingly it has no sights at all but instead has a long groove in the top of the shroud that works very effectively as a sight.
There is a shotgun looking thing slung under the barrel that is non-functional on this replica. That area is used to hold the battery (3600 MAH nimh). In the movie it was a grenade launcher and was made from a spas 12.
Gordak tell your friend to buy the kit while he can. They have gone in and out of production a few times and I'm not sure if it is an officially licensed product, and may not always be available.
Schmitty
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