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Airsoft Core |
By West
Published: August 14, 2007
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The Tokyo Marui M203 is a spring powered BB launcher, unlike to Sun Project version which is gas powered. The Marui one come in two variants- one for the M16 rifles and one for the M4 carbine versions. Installation on the M16A2 was pretty much brain dead operation, you don’t need any special skills to attach the launcher.
Appearance:
The M203 is constructed of mostly ABS plastic, but it has a metal barrel, sight, trigger, safety and trigger guard. The thing is heavy, around 1.5-2 kg. It made my M16A2 weigh 5 kg!
The launcher has three holes in a triangular pattern in the barrel where there is only a 40 mm hole in the real one. This is not very attractive but I guess there is no way around that.
The M203 makes an M16 look very intimidating. It makes the whole gun look very big and dangerous! It also makes it very heavy, especially in the front. When I played my first game with it, memories of being in the army came back to me. The gun gets a very realistic weight, as my left shoulder learned after the 5 hour game we played...
Function: The mechanism of the M203 is identical to the Marui shotguns, and firing the gun is a joyful experience! It uses the same type of shell magazine, which holds 30 BBs. Each shot fires 3 BBs. Cocking the gun feels a bit harder than on the shotguns, but if you move the gun and not the handguard it is still quite easy. The racking sound is real cool by the way.
It has decent range, around 30 meters, with a tight spread pattern. I found myself firing the M203 before I used the auto function of the M16. The M203 firing sound is much harder to locate than full auto!
Conclusion
I don’t think anyone would buy the M203 so that they could have a good backup weapon, I think it’s all for the monster look it creates! So is the M203 worth the money? Not really in terms of combat affectivity, but HELLYEAH in terms of getting a cool looking gun!
- West |
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