Was bored lastnight so I made a real working gun. P90 inside*

[Fear My Twin]

I hate to look like the gun nut American here but someone has to do it :-X

I was bored lastnight and was staring at a old $30 p90 airsoft gun I had from when I was in HS. Well it occured to me that I had just recieved a coupon for $20 off of a Marlin 795 .22 rifle from Cabelas in the mail and I knew that Marlin also had a $25 mail in rebate special this week. Soooooooo, and hour later I had a brand new semi-auto .22 rifle with 10 round clip for $55 : )

Ran right home and got to work. Took the action out of the Marlin and compaired it to the size of the p90. Perfect fit!

I then began trimming and measuring. Then once all of the p90 internals were gutted I used a piece of 1/8th copper bar to bend up a trigger actuator. Once that was done I made cuts in the p90 body for the charging handle and the mag release. The p90 safety even still engages!

Voila! What do you guys think?

Fully funcitioning 1:1 scale, real weight, .22 caliber P90 for $85. Best part is that it only costs $18 for 550 rounds : )

My younger brother taking her for a test drive at the range.

100% legal length and ATF approved.

 

[Bobdot]

Thats wild dude!! Great idea and good work. Hilarious and scary that you bought a gun for $55. But you cant beat a $85 p90 replica!! Cool beans.

bob.

 

[GroovyAardvark]

Awesome man, but where does the clip go?

 

[VonYinzer]

wow... thats something else

 

[Fear My Twin]

^ Do all of you PA guys travel in packs? Lol Im from Allentown and just posted up in the PA roll call.

The mags insert from the bottom up right below the charging port. You cant really see from the pics. That was the point. No one at the range can tell the difference when I pull up, unzip my bag, and pull out a full sized P90. I love seeing the jaws drop!

Anyone up for a shooting range trip?

 

[GroovyAardvark]

I love it.

Rob and I enjoy a shoot every now and then.

 

[Basement rat]

Aside form the fact a .22 would cost several hundred dollars here, that would get you thrown in gaol here for quite a long time!

 

[VonYinzer]

Ill go shooting, and I know Lauren would. We just had that convo actually.

 

[dakine_surf]

that would get you thrown in gaol here for quite a long time!

Why? It is just a .22, to my knowledge a .22 is still legal in Canada, am I right?

But very cool man, I love the idea, I might just have to try something like this myself someday.

 

[boingk]

You, sir, are aspirational!

Awesome creation, and yeah....over here you might be given a tough time for doing that hahaha. Then again, wouldn't know until you tried!

Very, very cool - boingk

PS: It still accurate? What MOA we talking here?

 

[Basement rat]

Why? It is just a .22, to my knowledge a .22 is still legal in Canada, am I right?

But very cool man, I love the idea, I might just have to try something like this myself someday.

It would look like from one to ten years behind bars...

http://everything2.com/title/Criminal+Code+of+Canada+-+Part+III+Firearms+and+Other+Weapons

Possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition
95. (1) Subject to subsection (3) and section 98, every person commits an offence who, in any place, possesses a loaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm, or an unloaded prohibited firearm or restricted firearm together with readily accessible ammunition that is capable of being discharged in the firearm, unless the person is the holder of
(a) an authorization or a licence under which the person may possess the firearm in that place; and
(b) the registration certificate for the firearm.

Punishment
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1)
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.

Prohibited/ restricted:

"prohibited device" Try not to get caught carrying one of these around downtown.
"prohibited device" means
(a) any component or part of a weapon, or any accessory for use with a weapon, that is prescribed to be a prohibited device,
(b) a handgun barrel that is equal to or less than 105 mm in length, but does not include any such handgun barrel that is prescribed, where the handgun barrel is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(c) a device or contrivance designed or intended to muffle or stop the sound or report of a firearm,
(d) a cartridge magazine that is prescribed to be a prohibited device, or
(e) a replica firearm;

"prohibited firearm"
"prohibited firearm" means
(a) a handgun that
(i) has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or
(ii) is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge,
but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(b) a firearm that is adapted from a rifle or shotgun, whether by sawing, cutting or any other alteration, and that, as so adapted,
(i) is less than 660 mm in length, or
(ii) is 660 mm or greater in length and has a barrel less than 457 mm in length,
(c) an automatic firearm, whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger, or
(d) any firearm that is prescribed to be a prohibited firearm;

Not saying I dont like it and wouldent want one myself, Just a shame we cant do it here... (End of that, don't need another fire arms/ gun control) thread...

 

[Big R]

Wow. Not what I was expecting to see at all. Good work! And like Boingk said, what's the MOA?

 

[4eyes]

This is basicaly just a custom stock on a 10-22. If the base rifle is legal, it should be legal.

 

[Fear My Twin]

I have no idea how the law works up north but the general rule of thumb here is that firearms must all be registered according to their serial number. IE: Since the gun was purchased as a rifle and is registered as so it must meet the minimum length requirements for a rifle. In other words, If I were to buy a Draco AK-47 pistol that is registered as such its a huge no-no to put a rifle stock on it because it would then be classified as a rifle and change what it was originally registered as.

Its fairly accurate out to about 50 yards with no scope or any sort of sights. Not exactly sure of the minute of angle on her. Only went through about 50 rounds. I need to put a scope on it because I couldn't accurately aim her, theres no way to look down the barrel and the scope rail is scary flimsy. Maybe a laser and pressure switch is in order. The groups were all within 2 inches at 50 yards which I thought was fantastic for being what it is.

A quick search of ebay resulted in some other airsoft frames which I am thinking about attempting this with in the future. AK-47's, M240's, AUG's, Bull-pups, etc. All for under $30.

 

[boingk]

2" at 50 yards? Thats 4 MoA, pretty awesome considering you've got no sights on it!

If the shells are out there, try getting an MP5 base and then you could easily mount a scope to it. Hell, you could even just put peep sights on it.

Cheers - boingk

 

[Fear My Twin]

Yea, its pretty damn accurate. Notice I didnt say 2" from the bulls-eye. Two inch groups locked into my bench mount.

 

[boingk]

Shooting from a benchmount? Hmm, might wanna glass-bed the action into the stock then. My brother uses automotive fibre-reinforced filler compound and works a treat.

Cheers - boingk