Imagine getting shot with this sucker?

[Percuvius]

YouTube- 740fps airsoft

Nice setup, I might try and build a separate gearbox like this down the road...

[NoGear]

why would you get shot with this if its over 500 fps? not even airsoft but a firearm.

[Percuvius]

Originally Posted by NoGear

why would you get shot with this if its over 500 fps? not even airsoft but a firearm.

I said "imagine".

[Hairu]

well you would have .2g of plastic goodness
lodges neatly inside your skin wherever the incident occurred

[Percuvius]

You might even be able to hit the guys BEHIND the plywood sheets

[Kid]

Ouch...

But with a heavy enough BB and an experienced airsoft sniper - it could be safely extend their range, as long as they were careful.

What do the airsoft snipers in the Philippines shoot at? Can't be too much lower than that.

[Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw]

Originally Posted by NoGear

why would you get shot with this if its over 500 fps? not even airsoft but a firearm.

Will people stop posting this fucking non-sense already?

[aZn_triXta07]

Whoa ... Kid is alive...damn

[Kid]

These are air guns with both a high muzzle velocity (greater than 152.4 meters or 500 feet per second) and a high muzzle energy (greater than 5.7 joules or 4.2 foot-pounds). The “muzzle velocity” is the speed of a projectile at the instant it leaves the muzzle of a gun, normally expressed in metres per second or feet per second. The “muzzle energy” is the energy of a projectile at the instant it leaves the muzzle of a gun, expressed in joules or foot-pounds. Air guns need to meet both standards to be classified as firearms for purposes of the Firearms Act.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...me_air-eng.htm

Not a firearm.

[Kid]

3. Air guns that are replica firearms

These are air guns that are not powerful enough to cause serious injury or death, but that were designed to resemble a real firearm with near precision. Replica firearms, except for replicas of antique firearms, are classified as prohibited devices.

In particular, some air guns that are commonly called air soft guns may fall into this category. These are devices that have a low muzzle velocity and muzzle energy, and that usually discharge projectiles made out of a substance such as plastic or wax rather than metal or lead.

Although replica firearms are prohibited, you may keep any that you owned on December 1, 1998. You do not need a licence to possess them, and they do not need to be registered. However, as an individual, you cannot import or acquire a replica firearm. If you take a replica firearm out of Canada, you will not be able to bring it back in.

The Criminal Code sets out some penalties for using a replica firearm or any other imitation firearm to commit a crime.

The Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) receives many enquiries from people wondering whether a low-powered air gun would be considered a replica if it resembles a real firearm in terms of its shape and size, but it is made of clear or brightly coloured plastic, or is much smaller in size.

Many of these devices have to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. As a general rule, however, those made out of clear plastic and those that are significantly smaller than the real version are not classified as replicas. Brightly coloured paint does not necessarily exclude a device from the definition of a replica.

I've been out of the country for a while and haven't kept up my checks on airsoft as much as I should have - but doesn't that make most of our guns illegal?

[kullwarrior]

Originally Posted by Kid

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...me_air-eng.htm

Not a firearm.

It's an uncontrolled firearm...barely
I just did a quick calculation the Joule is 5.04. Since this is a gas rifle you could bump it to a firearm if you use heavier weight. a 0.3g will most likely made it a firearm. (>645fps w/ 0.3g)

Back on topic...
The fps rating is pointless as it has been argued many times before, a person 280fps marui can hit 200feet away whereas a 400fps agm/cyma cannot in many cases.

[Kid]

Originally Posted by aZn_triXta07

Whoa ... Kid is alive...damn

Yep.

Oh and I just noticed I got my age verified tag! To the classifieds.

[Hairu]

Originally Posted by Percuvius

You might even be able to hit the guys BEHIND the plywood sheets

doesnt matter how fast a plastic bb is flying its gunna shatter when it hits a hard surface

[L473ncy]

Wait. In the Philippines don't they have like an open FPS rule? Sure people probably aren't going to make 700 FPS monsters but it's not like they can't use them.

Looks like the guy is from Bulgaria. I think Russia has some pretty lax rules in regards to airsoft so I assume the culture there and in most of Eastern Europe is somewhat the same.

[Crunchmeister]

Originally Posted by NoGear

why would you get shot with this if its over 500 fps? not even airsoft but a firearm.

As posted in other replies, it has to meed BOTH the 500 fps AND 5.7J requirement to be considered a firearm.

To be classed as a firearm, it would have to shoot:

783 fps with .2g

700 fps with .25

662 fps with .28

639 fps with .30

While not considered a firearm, 740 is fairly close. But it's still not there.