WWII US Airsoft Guns
 

What kind of WWIIish US airsoft guns are available? And i mean more or less available, not the 'well i think theirs 1-2 of them for sale in the whole world' kinda thing.

Doesn't matter if its electric, cocking or gas powered.

I sure as hell wouldn't mind a nice M1 Garand gas powered though :D

This posts is aimed more toward the WWII players, to see what they use and what is available.

there's the kar98 gbb rifle, gas and electric powered MP40's and Thompson sub-machine gun AEG's as far as i know

Kar98's and MP40's were German, he asked for U.S. :D

http://www.ontarioairsoftwwiireenactors.com/forum/

Look around in there.

Thx mate!

lol missed that part, 1 out o 3 ain't bad right?

M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Thompson, Grease Gun (I think?), and I think I've run out.

wasn't the grease gun mostly british?

Any brands though? Nice avatar:D

Thompson M1A1:
Airsoft Surgeon
Tokyo Marui

M1 Garand:
Marushin
Smokey's
There was also a kit to turn an M14 into an Garand

Grease Gun:
Hudson (GBB)

Hudson makes the grease gun, but it is considered mostly garbage.

Nope, not that I know of.

I'd give my left nut for a Lee Enfield SMLE MKIII or No.4 MkI. A Bren or BAR would be pretty swank as well. I think I've seen a Bren before, but I don't know who makes it.

Yeah I edited my post just before you replied.

There are also:

1897 Trench Gun (aka shotty):
tanaka

1911 (of course):
TM
WA
etc

Browning High power:
tanaka

springfield:
KTW

BAR:
Jac

Sten:
Jac
Smokey's

It was the Sten that I was thinking about, had it mixed up with the M3

thompson m1a1 just went up in the for sale -electric forums. good price too... go for it!

Edit : Late post, Already answered :)
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Nope. It was made by General Motors, as a quick fix on weapon shortage.. IIRC...

people need to learn to read ALL the posts :D

If you go back you'll notice I had the Sten mixed up with the Grease Gun.... http://www.airsoftcanada.com/images/...s/rolleyes.gif

KOS doesn't read, he just trolls:D

Thanks for the info guys, i'll do my HW on them and see what i'm adding to my collection :)

Hudson are junk and so are Jac from what I've read. Smokey's Garand runs you about $1500 USD...

:confused: riiiight.

Im going by reviews I had read on an WWII airsoft forum... maybe they meant just the BAR and Sten since they only ever talked about WWII type airsoft guns....

One of the great things about WWII weapons is most of the ones that saw wide spread usage were ones that were designed to be made easily, with a minimum of tooling. Anyone with a small shop and a bit of knowledge should be able to make a decent copy of one if they can get the proper measured drawings and stuff. Mags would likely be a pain however.

That said, if anyone comes across detailed scale drawings of exteriors for the different models of .30 cal, Bren, FG42, or Sten, let me know. (I'm not liking reverse engineering a .30 cal from photos and incomplete drawings.)

Somebody posted a thread saying that there were autocad drawings available for a .30 cal for 20$. Some guy was making them and now only makes .50 cals, and made his .30 cal drawings available for a small fee. I lost the URL though, or I would've bought some already for my GF who's an autocad specialist in steel structures.

I think the most reasonable choice would be the TM Thompson. It would work for a US solider, a Brit one, and if you get bored with WWII it turns into a pulse rifle.

There are threads on Arnies Airsoft with some hand built weapons of that vintage. I don't know about how "easy" they are to replicate though

Weapons like the Bren, the Thompson, & both Browning machine guns were first made in a time when gunsmith was an artist vs. an assembly line worker. The M3 grease gun and the Sten were a bit sloppier but still getting one to the point where you'd be happy to be seen with it could be a long road.

And then of course there's the inevitable risk that when you build a firearm someone may drop by and arrest you.

I got bored of WWII after CoD3... what'll help with that? :p



Personally, I'd love a Garand as well... the Kar98 is a pretty piece also. And the Tommy... well... c'mon, it's an icon!

VFC makes a fucking nice BAR.

I wish someone would make a PPSh41.

the Grail
 

is the Lee Enfield .... I simply can't figure out why no manufacturer has made a replica..

why? ... who do I need to talk to?

There is one, I think Smokey's makes it but Im not 100% positive...

I know some British folk (can't remember the webpage right now) were off making sten's and bren's and enfield's. Someone else here can elaborate on that, but this is US weapons so I digress.

M1A1. I find it's the shit, and don't you?
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/10/40256755ik8.jpg

I either have or have had most of the guns that are being discussed. I didn't read the entire thread that thoroughy, but I think you may have missed the M2 gas carbine, which is an absolute hoot.

The 8mm gas garand is a great replica but it has a small clip that pops out when you are finished firing that would be easy to loose which makes it iffy for fielding. You can also get a kit to convert an M14 into a Garand from a number of different sources.

The M3A1 Grease Gun is also a lot of fun. The weight is strange and it shakes like an epileptic, but that is just realism. With the upgraded spring and inner barrel it is not half bad. Just don't expect long range accuracy.

The Thompson tends to be the AS workhorse for WWII allied guns.

Ld

There is a full section of classic rifles in this website ~

http://www.redwolfairsoft.com/redwol...tegory?menu1=4


I dont know the shipping rules from Europe/hong kong to Canada because i live in the us.

Damn near impossible unless you order through a retailer and pay the 300% or more markup :D

Here is the link I was talking about earlier:

http://www.air-sharp.com/hey19.htm

Custom autocad drawing to make your very own .30 cal

KTW made one. But very expensive and hard to find.

Orphus Socom
 

I recently purchased an After Math Orphus Socom which is close to the look of the M-14. I'm realatively new to soft air and an old phart to boot. I trained with the M-14 back in the early 1960's when I was in the military.

I'm extremely pleased with the Orphus Socom. Accurate right out of the box and after plinking with it 2 to 3 times a day in the back yard I have had no problems to date with it. I would like to find more information on it, like a schematic would be nice. It came with a minimal amount of instructions and very little useable information. If anyone has an info they could pass along, I sure would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Pete

http://www.aftermathairsoft.com/imag..._orphus_cs.jpg

The Orphus still isnt available in Canada....

ww2airsoft.com

hehe i thought you were talking about a site that claimed to make ww2 airsoft guns here in Canada.... that was a good joke for bout a month...who was it that almost bought a gun from them and kept getting pic updates???

back to the site..as i play a german (cause i think it camoflauges me perfect where i play) i saw this and thought it was funny...

Do your homework, be proactive, this is a very friendly environment, None of the bitter politics that is sadly associated with the Blank firing reenactment communities. That means don't go to the boards to start fights, if you do, you will be banned instantly. Use common sense. Be a good sport, and remember, WW2 is OVER! The people who reenact German soldiers are NOT racist supremacists hell bent on ruining the world. WE DO NOT ALLOW RACIST OR MILITANT IDEOLOGY IN OUR ORGANIZATION!

whats funny is that the german team here in windsor shows up in a VW jetta hehe


edit: found the thread....

http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthr...ht=ww2+airsoft

man it took a bit because i couldnt figure out how to spell mariposa....

I've been eyeing this thing since I started playing WaW.

Too bad the mechbox is an AGM.

SGS Custom Airsoft PPSH-41

C'mon people isn't it SEXY!?

If only there was a GBB version :(

OKAY fine it's not U.S. but still WWII :D

Oh my god. I want a PPSH badly...

But... I'm not buying anymore airsoft guns... lol I'm almost over the bug... (yea right.)

I'm wondering for a while now. Why the hell there is no mass produced PPSH AEG. That thing can be used for WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Insurgent, hell, even Russian mob :) and a bunch of other impressions.
aZn_triXta07, AGM mechbox is not that bad, my MP40 works fine. I don't like the idea of using build-in hicap but otherwise it looks like a great gun. Too bad price tag is high.

that's pretty badass, they even sell the conversion kit themselves for the DIY in all of us!

no the grease gun was american it was a simple easy to make weapons that was mass produced like the british sten gun.
it called the m3.

Yeah it's really pricey. I remember a local here built one out of a de-activated one I think, it was a few years back it was so NICE I fell in love with the PPSH 41 there.

Yeah the built-in hicap is a turn off, there is a classic kit floating around for it but there's a hose from the gun to the mag so changing mags would be inconvenient.

That thing was built from model gun or blank firing gun. I'm pretty sure it was Hudson. I had a chance to play around with that PPSH. Probably one of the best AEGs I've ever held. I wonder if it would be possible to import converted dewat. I have a strong feeling that it's impossible :(

The AK47 was used in WW2. There is plenty of those.

Theres also a shell ejecting SKS. (Russian autoloading rifle. Pre-dates the AK)

But you want US guns.
Seems like a tricky one to me.

:rolleyes:

AK entered service in 1947 about a year later than SKS.

AK entered service in 1949. Sorry Vlad ;)

riiiiiight..just like how putting a bipod and drum mag on an AK47 magically makes it an RPK or some other kind of LMG :rolleyes:

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...3-4342_IMG.jpg

A prototype conversion from a guy at WW2AIRSOFT.

http://www.airsoftbattlezone.com/sgscustomairsoft.html - These guys sell a conversion kit.

There is an entire community built around converting AS guns to fit the 'shells' of older guns. You can literally make anything if you stick to it...

can one of the russian guys clarify this for me?

now if i read the articles i found on the sks correctly prototypes of the sks were being developed in early 1945 however they werent put into service until 1949 is this correct?

Considering the war ended in 1945, and the gun was invented in 1947, You are wrong.

Shit. Your right. I should know. My family is from Zhukovsky, Moskva Oblast (Yet, I was born here, No worries.). Dont let them know, I fucked up. :P

Also, upon browsing the net, a few sources say that the SKS was used in WW2 but it didnt see much action.

I just checked guns.ru SKS did enter service in 49, not in 46 like I was thinking and it was used by certain parts of soviet army all the way up until 80s. I remember seeing guards carrying SKS and Mosin carbines at my mother's work during late 80's. By guards I mean old ladies guarding office buildings and factories :)

Lythinca, according to guns.ru small runs of SKS saw action starting in late 1944. That's something new to me. Gotta love guns.ru :)

Gotta love anything with .ru ;)

Nadezhda Na Zavtra.

yeah l meet the guy with the ppsh when i bought his stg44- it was sick! He even had a mg34. Dont remember his user name.

I remember this dude, hung out with him at the Wolfpack game last year. Good guy with awesome guns. That PPSH was sex.

That was Douglas/Selousscout.

That PPSH of his was unmistakeble, both in report and RoF. Effing thing was insane and perfect for Douglas, by the time you got the 'H' of HIT!! shouted out it felt like you'd been hit by 30 rounds.

He's headed back to Korea as far as I know, too bad as he will be missed on the WW2 fields.

yeah thats him- nice guy. Saw a pic of his sweet ss loadout too