Earlier this year Chuckyzord guest blogged about his DIY replica SKS. Yesterday he emailed me a video of a replica China Lake (40mm pump action) grenade launcher he has just finished making. The replica is very impressive. It loads, fires and cycles just like the real China Lake.
Great job Chuckyzord!
Wow, there are many people here who are so much into the gunner culture that I can honestly see the generational gap in terms of maturity. This boy, without ANYTHING to guide him besides pictures and videos, went and crafted a replica out of PVC and wood.
He replicated everything, not only from the looks, but to actually making it work. I honestly don’t care if he’s into airsoft, plays video games, or anything, but you Gen1 Gunners (in terms of maturity) should honestly stop being a bunch of douches in regards to my generation. We grew up in one of the most gun-unfriendly generation and yet we’re interested in firearms because of video games and the media. Not all of us are rushing to join the Brady Campaign or VPC, and it only takes kind mentoring to turn us into the next generation of gunners who will protect our interests.
I’m disappointed in all of you.
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2 28I understand your point fully, but to be fair, nobody used the word “reproduction” which by definition is a 100% copy of the original. I never claimed it to be such and Steve used the word “replica” which only means having a close resemblance to the genuine article. I built it as an airsoft replica for use in recreational sport, not to fool people in thinking I have an illegal DD in my backyard. If you want to see actual reproductions of the real firearm, contact Airtronic because they made a few before the project got canned in 2007. Maybe they still have a few showroom units they’d want to liquidate.
5 0Okay, replicate, reproduce. I clearly do not know the difference between the words. I already seem to have formed MY opinion on you. It isn’t pretty. It may be a Firearm Blog, but Steve has the right to post what he feels relevant to the blog, and to a few of us, this is amazing. A kid managed to ‘replicate’ a hard to find and hard to play with DD, and made a fully functional airsoft replica of said DD just through pictures and whatnot.
As for a follow up to my first post.
I know people who shoot as well as play airsoft, and they’re honestly fine with it. Airsoft, for all it’s playful toy feel, to me is how *I* drilled proper handling into my cousins. They may not ever touch a gun in their whole lives, but it’s now easier for me to see that they know how to handle one if they ever come across a real gun. Hell, one of those cousins went and turned around to teach his younger brother!
It’s like what you *should’ve* been taught. Ain’t got nuthin’ nice to say, keep yer trap shut.
3 0Wow, you guys are harsh. Can I see the video of the much more impressive weapons you guys have built from scratch?
12 1Nevermind the haters. Many send their firearms to the nearest gunsmith to clear a stovepipe.
Me, I’m impressed with the ingenuity and craftsmanship. Too bad a few self-important guys can’t appreciate it.
7 0I don’t think anyone is hating on the guy. It’s just that some people view this as Off Topic for the FIREARM blog.
1 4I have had the good fortune of actually seeing and handling this replica, and it is every single bit as complex as it looks. There wasnt much to go with as far as copying internals, so he more or less engineered the innards himself. It’s so slick, all you can really do is shake your head and grin.
9 0Unless you regularly use 40mm grenades to hunt deer, a real one would be just as much a toy. A more lethal and impressive toy, but a toy, as in a fun thing with no practical use, all the same. And even still, this is a replica, unless you mean to tell me reenactment rifles and movie props aren’t replicas either just because they don’t shoot live rounds.
This is a cool-looking replica of a real firearm that could easily be used in a movie, with the added bonus of having enough moving parts to fire an airsoft grenade. Nowhere is it claimed that’s a reproduction. Some people need to get off their high horses.
9 1Pretty impressive to be built by hand.
4 0Wow, kinnda a tough crowd, I watched this being built thru updates on a VN airsoft forum, If I remember right, he did it from Pictures as there are only a few of these floating around, everything is hand cut out of pvc and wood ( due to the laws where he lives I guess)
Fantastic job sir, Kudo’s
4 0What is with all the haters and holier than thou types? Chill out.
Toy, replica, reproduction, whatever you want to call it, that took some skills to build out of nothing with no plans.
Give this guy a few more years and he may very well be working for an arms manufacturer designing the next coolest thing.
3 0This is amazing work. Just saw the SKS. Quite a skill this guy has.
2 0The only problem I have with it is that he’s in a VC outfit. I don’t think too many SEALs were killed and stripped of this weapon during the war.
2 0He chose the VC kit because that’s the closest thing to the era he had. he said that he would have rather done a SEAL kit, but didn’t HAVE the kit.
0 0Awesome job chuck!!
2 0Very impressive. I wonder how old he is.
2 0He is in his late 20s.
0 0Duuude, thats awesome! If he’d built it for fun, imagine what this guy will be capable of with proper resources on real battlefield? Kalashnikov of Philipines?))
2 0But still… he may want to rethink some dimensions of those pouches)))
3 0LOL! My fault entirely as it’s for an SKS, not 40mm grenades.
1 0Anad a self-important guy is a self-important guy. Chill.
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3 0To the regulars who post on the firearmblog, save your time and don’t comment on this topic. This particular thread has been linked on numerous airsoft forums and with comments being voted down by airsoft gun experts.
Please note I’m not attacking Chuckyzord or his awesome replica!
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0 15Proof on concept that the replica parts could handle real pressures.
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1 18Yeah, and it was also in Battlefield Vietnam mod back in the late 90′s and it was in BF BC:2 Vietnam last year. Your point? Historic weapons will always come back around in videogames, I doubt that this is why he made it, Call of duty is not popular outside of the Americas and Europe, and he is from the philippines.
Now if Counter Strike had this, then maybe he would have gotten inspiration from there. He probably just through it was cool, and wanted a replica.
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What is with all the haters and holier than thou types? Chill out.
Toy, replica, reproduction, whatever you want to call it, that took some skills to build out of nothing with no plans.
Give this guy a few more years and he may very well be working for an arms manufacturer designing the next coolest thing.
To the regulars who post on the firearmblog, save your time and don’t comment on this topic. This particular thread has been linked on numerous airsoft forums and with comments being voted down by airsoft gun experts.
Please note I’m not attacking Chuckyzord or his awesome replica!
The only problem I have with it is that he’s in a VC outfit. I don’t think too many SEALs were killed and stripped of this weapon during the war.
He chose the VC kit because that’s the closest thing to the era he had. he said that he would have rather done a SEAL kit, but didn’t HAVE the kit.
Unless you regularly use 40mm grenades to hunt deer, a real one would be just as much a toy. A more lethal and impressive toy, but a toy, as in a fun thing with no practical use, all the same. And even still, this is a replica, unless you mean to tell me reenactment rifles and movie props aren’t replicas either just because they don’t shoot live rounds.
This is a cool-looking replica of a real firearm that could easily be used in a movie, with the added bonus of having enough moving parts to fire an airsoft grenade. Nowhere is it claimed that’s a reproduction. Some people need to get off their high horses.
Wow, there are many people here who are so much into the gunner culture that I can honestly see the generational gap in terms of maturity. This boy, without ANYTHING to guide him besides pictures and videos, went and crafted a replica out of PVC and wood.
He replicated everything, not only from the looks, but to actually making it work. I honestly don’t care if he’s into airsoft, plays video games, or anything, but you Gen1 Gunners (in terms of maturity) should honestly stop being a bunch of douches in regards to my generation. We grew up in one of the most gun-unfriendly generation and yet we’re interested in firearms because of video games and the media. Not all of us are rushing to join the Brady Campaign or VPC, and it only takes kind mentoring to turn us into the next generation of gunners who will protect our interests.
I’m disappointed in all of you.
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I understand your point fully, but to be fair, nobody used the word “reproduction” which by definition is a 100% copy of the original. I never claimed it to be such and Steve used the word “replica” which only means having a close resemblance to the genuine article. I built it as an airsoft replica for use in recreational sport, not to fool people in thinking I have an illegal DD in my backyard. If you want to see actual reproductions of the real firearm, contact Airtronic because they made a few before the project got canned in 2007. Maybe they still have a few showroom units they’d want to liquidate.
Okay, replicate, reproduce. I clearly do not know the difference between the words. I already seem to have formed MY opinion on you. It isn’t pretty. It may be a Firearm Blog, but Steve has the right to post what he feels relevant to the blog, and to a few of us, this is amazing. A kid managed to ‘replicate’ a hard to find and hard to play with DD, and made a fully functional airsoft replica of said DD just through pictures and whatnot.
As for a follow up to my first post.
I know people who shoot as well as play airsoft, and they’re honestly fine with it. Airsoft, for all it’s playful toy feel, to me is how *I* drilled proper handling into my cousins. They may not ever touch a gun in their whole lives, but it’s now easier for me to see that they know how to handle one if they ever come across a real gun. Hell, one of those cousins went and turned around to teach his younger brother!
It’s like what you *should’ve* been taught. Ain’t got nuthin’ nice to say, keep yer trap shut.
Anad a self-important guy is a self-important guy. Chill.
Damn reply system. Feel free to unlike this post.
Duuude, thats awesome! If he’d built it for fun, imagine what this guy will be capable of with proper resources on real battlefield? Kalashnikov of Philipines?))
But still… he may want to rethink some dimensions of those pouches)))
LOL! My fault entirely as it’s for an SKS, not 40mm grenades.
Wow, you guys are harsh. Can I see the video of the much more impressive weapons you guys have built from scratch?
Nevermind the haters. Many send their firearms to the nearest gunsmith to clear a stovepipe.
Me, I’m impressed with the ingenuity and craftsmanship. Too bad a few self-important guys can’t appreciate it.
I don’t think anyone is hating on the guy. It’s just that some people view this as Off Topic for the FIREARM blog.
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Yeah, and it was also in Battlefield Vietnam mod back in the late 90′s and it was in BF BC:2 Vietnam last year. Your point? Historic weapons will always come back around in videogames, I doubt that this is why he made it, Call of duty is not popular outside of the Americas and Europe, and he is from the philippines.
Now if Counter Strike had this, then maybe he would have gotten inspiration from there. He probably just through it was cool, and wanted a replica.
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I have had the good fortune of actually seeing and handling this replica, and it is every single bit as complex as it looks. There wasnt much to go with as far as copying internals, so he more or less engineered the innards himself. It’s so slick, all you can really do is shake your head and grin.
Very impressive. I wonder how old he is.
He is in his late 20s.
Pretty impressive to be built by hand.
Wow, kinnda a tough crowd, I watched this being built thru updates on a VN airsoft forum, If I remember right, he did it from Pictures as there are only a few of these floating around, everything is hand cut out of pvc and wood ( due to the laws where he lives I guess)
Fantastic job sir, Kudo’s
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This is amazing work. Just saw the SKS. Quite a skill this guy has.
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Proof on concept that the replica parts could handle real pressures.
Awesome job chuck!!
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He is from the Philippines.
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