40 Mike Gas Shell - 150 BB's in 0.3sec

[cropzy]

it was good in the objective sense that it really raised awareness of the product, got people talking about it and curious to see wether or not the hype is indeed true.

yes it's banned at a lot of sites, and for CQB sites i don't think anyone can argue against it, but then CQB only players aren't exactly the target market.

if they were really serious about making it inflict pain they could easily have tightened up the barrel and increased the fps up to 328, instead they deliberately chose an fps that's lower than even most of the more restrictive countries allow, the product itself is coated in warnings including an MED. anyone remember the video redwolf did of the minigun mashing a pumpkin?

you want something legitimately scary try the tag launcher, now that's something that folk should be scared of.

Nail on the head. The made it so people would talk about it.

And yes tags are scary. They actually hurt.

 

[Adolf Hamster]

Nail on the head. The made it so people would talk about it.

And yes tags are scary. They actually hurt.

the scary thing about a tag is not just that it hits you with a force and momentum not much else in the airsoft armoury can even come close to, but then to add injury to injury it also explodes, in your face, immediately.

don't get me wrong, it's really cool, and there's plenty of tactical use for it, but you don't wanna be the guy that peeks a window when the things in flight towards your face.

 

[Rogerborg]

How was it a good campaign?

The existence of this thread shows that it was effective.  Bad press is better than no press, when you're trying to shift product.

It's ensured that Airsoft Innovations will never see a penny out of me, but then they probably wouldn't have anyway.

 

[Keldon]

From what I have heard the Canadian company who makes them did the video in the winter, so was too cold to do outside hence done in cqb site. Also I think they recommended a 10' med anyway. But don't quote me on that. 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

From what I have heard the Canadian company who makes them did the video in the winter, so was too cold to do outside hence done in cqb site. Also I think they recommended a 10' med anyway. But don't quote me on that. 

30' according to the sticker on the side of it.

 

[Keldon]

See told you I would be wrong ha ha 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

See told you I would be wrong ha ha 

it's about 9m, so maybe you've read 10m as a very rough metric approximation somewhere.

 

[Keldon]

That could be it, but most likely just got it wrong ?

 

[Sacarathe]

you want something legitimately scary try the tag launcher, now that's something that folk should be scared of.

That's not really airsoft though is it. 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

That's not really airsoft though is it. 

i've seen folk fielding them, although fortunately i've only seen show off shots and not been on the recieving end of one, but the impact exploding shells do question the safety if some poor sod puts his head round the door at the wrong moment.

they're a cool idea, but i can't see how you could eliminate the potential safety issues, hell it's bad enough winging a burst xl or thunder b and hitting some poor bugger who peeked at the wrong time.

 

[Rogerborg]

I've seen tag rounds used at a milsim-lite and wasn't that enamoured with them.  The energy is way, way higher than any BB and could easily knock off glasses, or give someone a tremendous banging if it goes off in their face.

The same argument applies as to the 40-Mike: fine if used properly.  In this case, the tag rounds were lobbed at a high angle and I believe most of them burst in the air, by the rocket's red glare.

 

[E21A]

I use tag rounds regularly, they’re fucking awesome things! ??

 

[Adolf Hamster]

I've seen tag rounds used at a milsim-lite and wasn't that enamoured with them.  The energy is way, way higher than any BB and could easily knock off glasses, or give someone a tremendous banging if it goes off in their face.

The same argument applies as to the 40-Mike: fine if used properly.  In this case, the tag rounds were lobbed at a high angle and I believe most of their burst in the air.

Indeed, the smoke rounds for example seem pretty neat, and timed stuff as you say can be used relatively safely but screw the impact explosives