Nice article on the Luger

stymie · 05-17-2003, 03:07 PM

Deja-vu...
I remember seeing a demo of one these cap firing, bb pistols as a kid at a toy store. IIRC, the breechblock lifted to insert a conventional rectangular *cap*... or maybe an extra if you could squeeze it in for more stopping power... lol. You would pull the cocking handle from the rear, like a cork gun. The bb would penetrate both sides of a heavy corrugated, cardboard box. I seem to recall that BATF reclassified these things as "firearms" & forced them off the market.

A similar situation came up with the fully-automatic Para-Ord MAC 10s that fired hard wax bullets/paint balls from plastic cases using a small pistol primer for propellant. BATF had a similar ruling regarding these as well.

05-17-2003, 03:07 PM	#1
stymie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KC,MO USA Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Deja-vu... I remember seeing a demo of one these cap firing, bb pistols as a kid at a toy store. IIRC, the breechblock lifted to insert a conventional rectangular cap... or maybe an extra if you could squeeze it in for more stopping power... lol. You would pull the cocking handle from the rear, like a cork gun. The bb would penetrate both sides of a heavy corrugated, cardboard box. I seem to recall that BATF reclassified these things as "firearms" & forced them off the market. A similar situation came up with the fully-automatic Para-Ord MAC 10s that fired hard wax bullets/paint balls from plastic cases using a small pistol primer for propellant. BATF had a similar ruling regarding these as well. __________________ "Irony can be pretty ironic!"

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