1) The build is strong and solid I must say. Very nicely done. However the receiver and outer barrel is a semi gloss black plastic (Easily remidied with a metal body). So it's not terribly pretty, but it doesnt look or feel cheap either The synthetic stock and pump handle are a nice composite plastic. The gun feels sturdy as a bag of bricks and preforms quite well with custom upgrades. The shells don't eject anywhere near the length away as a real shotgun unfortunately but still very fun nonetheless. I reccomend one for the collector, or for somebody who is looking for something unusual to add to their collections.
2) I'm wondering that myself too, I wanted to make my own realistic looking shells to stick in there just for show. Too my knowledge no but i've never measured the dimentions of a real shotgun shell.
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