M500 'Marushian Clone' and L96...

Thoughts on Marushian 'Clone' M500 5-shot gas shotguns? I will be buying one along with a UTG L96 and misc gear and wanted to possibly hear some good words about either of the replicas...also, would propane be a better choice over green gas for the shotgun as far as economical playing goes.

does the Mossberg Marushin have a hop-up? i don't think it does, and if it doesn't, you should use .12s since they are a heckuva lot cheaper.

Held one at my locale shop. It was the one that was a very shiny silver + wood. Very nice action and very realistic looking/feeling.

Jarhead, .12s would likely break it.

aveenvp wrote:

Jarhead, .12s would likely break it.

but i thought that was only if it had a hop-up?

jarhead, there are no high quality .12s (that you would find in a airsoft store anyway).
If he were to use a .12, it would be unaccurate when comming out of the barrel, it would scratch the inner barrel thus making him buy, not one oh no, but three new barrels for his shotgun.

oh, okay, thanks for enlightening me, mike.
i got to hold one at my airsoft store, and it has a very nice weight to it.

Not to mention they break easily in your replica, shattering into a bunch of tiny pieces. Also, as discussed before many times on this forum, you can't go wrong with pretty much any L96.

At an event, I saw a kid with one of these. During the cqb course, he was getting kills left and right. Also, the shotgun looked really realistic. One thing I noted was that when fired, the escaping gas made a nice muzzle blast effect.

aveenvp wrote:

At an event, I saw a kid with one of these. During the cqb course, he was getting kills left and right. Also, the shotgun looked really realistic. One thing I noted was that when fired, the escaping gas made a nice muzzle blast effect.

the muzzle blast effect only comes about if you use green gas.

I heard the l96 is amazing but aren't they hard to get used to? im used to holding my Bar 10 is it alot different feeling than it?
and I heard the shotgun is amazing

Thanks for the input boys. Would an ACM M500 be a good choice? Id be getting one of those, if anything. And I wanted to know the pros and cons of the 8mm model. Thanks

8milli will hurt more, so you will have less friends. but who cares about friends when you have a gun that shoots plastic pellets, right?

@ Sniper_32, the L96 Sniper Rifle does look and feel different than your average sniper rifle, But I think it's weight is balanced very well and you just feel great behind it.
The 8mm BB:
Pros:
~ will look a lot cooler when shot-that extra 2mm stands out.
~ Of course you'll get the "WOW" factor at events when you tell them that the wicked shotgun not only looks and performs goddly but is chambered for a bigger BB.
~ Of course that sucker will sting, you'll have greater stopping power.

Con:
~ Price will obviously be an issue
~ Every shot will have to be worth it- they sell these guys in very small ammounts.
~ Not sure on this, but some fields may outlaw it? not likley but hey just throwing it out there.
~ Can be less accurate than their 6mm counterpart believe it or not
~ You will likely have a slower velocity, meaning even less of a range, but if they make contact they will still hurt due to the size. (Not positive...maybe their weight will make them travel farther? BLEEHHHH confused myself)

M14 double-taps wrote:

Not sure on this, but some fields may outlaw it? not likley but hey just throwing it out there.

yeah, my place outlaws them. and the shop won't even sell 8mm bbs.

Wow haha there it is. Check with your place Durkee because my place doesn't let me use them either...only BIO BBs purchased BY THEM!

Things too look out for on these M500's.

-The Marushin cannot be opened up, I assume its the same with the ACM because its a clone. So when it breaks, its done for.

-8mm bb's are usually pretty inaccurate.

-8mm bb's are also hard too find and very expensive compared too 6mm....

Thats all, besides that I love the Marushin version... Racking the slide on that thing is just as fun as it is on the real M500!

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