Remember those BB machine guns they had at carnivals..... - The Firearms Forum

glocknut · 02-14-2004, 07:59 PM

I have'nt seen them for a long time...

You had to shoot out the red star to get the prize...

So, my question is this...

1. since they are BB guns, but are fully auto...so to speak are they regulated.....are they legal to own?

2. Are they still made, and if so where can i get one?

any info would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

mike

Crpdeth · 02-14-2004, 08:36 PM

Mike I have an interest here too...I was an avid paintballer in the past, and the guns we shot would hold a large C02/nitrogen bottel, regulated properly they would easily shoot 1000 .68 caliber paintballs on one fill... I have always wanted to turn a semi auto BB gun into full auto then utilize a large canister of air like this. I have just recently seen, for the first time, a BB gun advertized with a moderate sized air cylinder used as a propellant...so maybe the idea isan't as far fetched as It was in the past.

And I remember those guns at Six Flags very well

~Crp

JohnnyRobotic · 02-14-2004, 10:43 PM

I remember a while back maybe 5-6 yrs ago at k-mart a fully auto c02 powered pistol held like 30 odd BB's or something, they used those small threadless canisters that you puncture, i was too young to get one but thought it was hella cool, but i know they exist not sure where you could pick on up now though

IShootBack · 02-15-2004, 01:47 PM

Air-Soft makes a line of fully automatic BB guns with rate of fire around 600 RPM @ 350 FPS. They look like a MP5. They retail for $250 and up. Here is a web link to hobbytron.com that should take you to the airsoft electric machine gun section.

http://www.hobbytron.net/Airsoft-Machine-Guns.html

ISB

Edited to activate link.

gpostal · 02-15-2004, 03:43 PM

they used to make one years ago that held 1,000 bb's ,and was powered by a can of freon

when i was about ten ,a niehbor kid hit my dog with a brick i got mad and shot him with a single pump bb gun ,later he obtained one of them full auto jobs,and tried to light me up in the back yard ,i had to hide behind a tree until he ran out ,{apeared to be forever}, then i comenced to kicking his butt , i will never forget being pinned down behind a tree by a bb gun

gpostal · 02-15-2004, 03:45 PM

http://www.geocities.com/bbmachinegun/review9.htm

Crpdeth · 02-15-2004, 08:12 PM

ISB...Nothing wrong with the Airsoft guns, they are, in a word, Sweet! LOL, But, they fire a resin type BB, and are intended for mock battels/sqirmishes like paintball in a sense...But they will not fire the .177 cal BB's unless they have made some changes in the past couple years.

~Crp

JohnnyRobotic · 02-15-2004, 09:02 PM

i have an airsoft m14 that shoots 7mm plastic balls, i think all of them do, they also makes the 7mm paintballs for them, pretty fun but poor range and horrible accuracy beyond 15-20 odd feet or so, i also get jams in the barrells because some will be out of round or have small burrs

02-15-2004, 09:19 PM

Hmmm! Probably be less problems if the gun is semi-auto as to jamming. Or, triple burst effect.

Jim

JohnnyRobotic · 02-15-2004, 09:54 PM

single pull spring action model so only one shot per arming

glocknut · 02-16-2004, 01:20 AM

This sounds stupid, but will those plastic balls put as crisp a hole in the paper targets as the metal ones would?

Anotherwords....they're not those really soft buggers they use in the $1.98 plastic toy guns are they?

mike

JohnnyRobotic · 02-16-2004, 07:47 AM

no they are a hard platis resin, they will put holes in targets and i shot myself point blank in the arm with a sweatshirt on and it stung a little so they will put holes in target but not devastate the human form

glocknut · 02-17-2004, 01:03 AM

Sounds like a good living room toy....have target with a catcher behind it in the corner of the living room......

Or to zap the tv when something comes on that i don't like.....

mike

JohnK3 · 02-17-2004, 11:18 AM

Those full-auto bb guns at the fair still exist.

I took my kids to the Gwinnet County Fair here in Georgia last year and got to try one. I ALMOST got the star knocked out using good old "burst" shooting, rather than "spray-n-pray."

gpostal · 02-17-2004, 04:36 PM

i got a buddy that can do it everytime

JohnK3 · 02-19-2004, 11:48 AM

I just need more practice!

kingjoey · 02-19-2004, 07:48 PM

Check out the Russian-made Drozd pistols available now, they're going for around $150 and are a select fire BB gun that uses CO2 canisters.

02-19-2004, 09:10 PM

I live in a section of tall pines, old trees. The tops seem to always be full of black squaking crows or ravens. Big birds and really noisey.

Think one of these BB spray guns would be good hitting them on the wing. Spray and pray...you hit something.

Those 12 guage noise bombs would be good but kind of a fire hazzard.

Jim

Crpdeth · 02-20-2004, 08:17 AM

Thanks Joey....The Drozd pistols are another step in the right direction, and the price is not too bad, the modifications needed would be a larger air canister, and some sort of hopper to hold more BB's...As it stands the gun only holds 30 BB's without reloading, and the 12 Gram C02 canister isan't capable of much more than that with any velocity remaining...They boast up to 600 BB's per minute, which would be great with these shortcomings being altered.

~Crp

02-14-2004, 07:59 PM	#1
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Remember those BB machine guns they had at carnivals..... I have'nt seen them for a long time... You had to shoot out the red star to get the prize... So, my question is this... 1. since they are BB guns, but are fully auto...so to speak are they regulated.....are they legal to own? 2. Are they still made, and if so where can i get one? any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks mike __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone.... -->

02-14-2004, 08:36 PM	#2
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Mike I have an interest here too...I was an avid paintballer in the past, and the guns we shot would hold a large C02/nitrogen bottel, regulated properly they would easily shoot 1000 .68 caliber paintballs on one fill... I have always wanted to turn a semi auto BB gun into full auto then utilize a large canister of air like this. I have just recently seen, for the first time, a BB gun advertized with a moderate sized air cylinder used as a propellant...so maybe the idea isan't as far fetched as It was in the past. And I remember those guns at Six Flags very well ~Crp __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer Last edited by Crpdeth; 02-14-2004 at 08:37 PM..

02-15-2004, 01:47 PM	#4
IShootBack Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,309	Air-Soft makes a line of fully automatic BB guns with rate of fire around 600 RPM @ 350 FPS. They look like a MP5. They retail for $250 and up. Here is a web link to hobbytron.com that should take you to the airsoft electric machine gun section. http://www.hobbytron.net/Airsoft-Machine-Guns.html ISB Edited to activate link. __________________ "The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name." Exodus15:3 Last edited by SouthernMoss; 02-15-2004 at 05:39 PM..

02-15-2004, 08:12 PM	#7
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	ISB...Nothing wrong with the Airsoft guns, they are, in a word, Sweet! LOL, But, they fire a resin type BB, and are intended for mock battels/sqirmishes like paintball in a sense...But they will not fire the .177 cal BB's unless they have made some changes in the past couple years. ~Crp __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

02-15-2004, 09:54 PM	#10
JohnnyRobotic V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wareham, Massachusetts Posts: 265	single pull spring action model so only one shot per arming Last edited by JohnnyRobotic; 02-15-2004 at 09:55 PM..

02-14-2004, 10:43 PM	#3
JohnnyRobotic V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wareham, Massachusetts Posts: 265	I remember a while back maybe 5-6 yrs ago at k-mart a fully auto c02 powered pistol held like 30 odd BB's or something, they used those small threadless canisters that you puncture, i was too young to get one but thought it was hella cool, but i know they exist not sure where you could pick on up now though

02-15-2004, 03:43 PM	#5
gpostal Former Guest Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,552	they used to make one years ago that held 1,000 bb's ,and was powered by a can of freon when i was about ten ,a niehbor kid hit my dog with a brick i got mad and shot him with a single pump bb gun ,later he obtained one of them full auto jobs,and tried to light me up in the back yard ,i had to hide behind a tree until he ran out ,{apeared to be forever}, then i comenced to kicking his butt , i will never forget being pinned down behind a tree by a bb gun

02-15-2004, 03:45 PM	#6
gpostal Former Guest Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,552	http://www.geocities.com/bbmachinegun/review9.htm

02-15-2004, 09:02 PM	#8
JohnnyRobotic V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wareham, Massachusetts Posts: 265	i have an airsoft m14 that shoots 7mm plastic balls, i think all of them do, they also makes the 7mm paintballs for them, pretty fun but poor range and horrible accuracy beyond 15-20 odd feet or so, i also get jams in the barrells because some will be out of round or have small burrs

02-15-2004, 09:19 PM	#9
Gunguy Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	Hmmm! Probably be less problems if the gun is semi-auto as to jamming. Or, triple burst effect. Jim

02-16-2004, 01:20 AM	#11
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	This sounds stupid, but will those plastic balls put as crisp a hole in the paper targets as the metal ones would? Anotherwords....they're not those really soft buggers they use in the $1.98 plastic toy guns are they? mike __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone....

02-16-2004, 07:47 AM	#12
JohnnyRobotic V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wareham, Massachusetts Posts: 265	no they are a hard platis resin, they will put holes in targets and i shot myself point blank in the arm with a sweatshirt on and it stung a little so they will put holes in target but not devastate the human form

02-17-2004, 01:03 AM	#13
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Sounds like a good living room toy....have target with a catcher behind it in the corner of the living room...... Or to zap the tv when something comes on that i don't like..... mike __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone....

02-17-2004, 11:18 AM	#14
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Those full-auto bb guns at the fair still exist. I took my kids to the Gwinnet County Fair here in Georgia last year and got to try one. I ALMOST got the star knocked out using good old "burst" shooting, rather than "spray-n-pray."

02-17-2004, 04:36 PM	#15
gpostal Former Guest Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,552	i got a buddy that can do it everytime

02-19-2004, 11:48 AM	#16
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	I just need more practice!

02-19-2004, 07:48 PM	#17
kingjoey V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AZ Posts: 290	Check out the Russian-made Drozd pistols available now, they're going for around $150 and are a select fire BB gun that uses CO2 canisters.

02-19-2004, 09:10 PM	#18
Gunguy Adnanced Senior Member Posts: n/a	I live in a section of tall pines, old trees. The tops seem to always be full of black squaking crows or ravens. Big birds and really noisey. Think one of these BB spray guns would be good hitting them on the wing. Spray and pray...you hit something. Those 12 guage noise bombs would be good but kind of a fire hazzard. Jim

02-20-2004, 08:17 AM	#19
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Thanks Joey....The Drozd pistols are another step in the right direction, and the price is not too bad, the modifications needed would be a larger air canister, and some sort of hopper to hold more BB's...As it stands the gun only holds 30 BB's without reloading, and the 12 Gram C02 canister isan't capable of much more than that with any velocity remaining...They boast up to 600 BB's per minute, which would be great with these shortcomings being altered. ~Crp __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer Last edited by Crpdeth; 02-20-2004 at 08:18 AM..