This is the the stupidest thing I have ever wanted. I even have an old Drozd (not the yellow bumblebee one) that I never shoot, although it was fun at the time. It was always out of either gas or bbs, and I doubt this thing would be any different. The Drozd did shred a coke can pretty well, but I don't drink much of anything that comes in cans.
You might know I like springers and 10m guns, and have a PCP or two and maybe some SSPs just to be well-rounded. Heck, I don't even have time to shoot those, much less hunt, anymore. And I have never been especially fond of gas guns.
But this dumb thing has been in the reptilian core of my brain since they first announced it a couple years back.
Yesterday, my daughter asked what I wanted for Christmas, and without knowing what my brain would say, this just popped out of my mouth (she looked at me as though I had asked for John the Baptist's head on a silver platter).
And then today on the way back from skating practice, we stopped at a well-known west coast sporting goods chain for other stuff, and god help us they had one under the counter. And I picked it up, and stuff. OMG, as the little girls say, I have at least held a real Wehrmacht issue MP-40 in the past, and this thing really captures the feel, if not the 9mm operating cost.
The feeling has come and gone before, but I never actually hefted the BB version. It felt... true. I know it's stupid, but my inner child keeps saying, "how much deader would a gopher be if you whacked it with one of these?". The answer, of course, was: "considerably".
The Diana K98k never spoke to me like this. I can only hope the feeling fades, or wiser counsel prevails, before holiday crunch time.
Good to know one's in stock about 6 miles up the highway, just in case there are no neckties or sweaters on sale at the last minute...
https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Umarex_Legends_MP40_CO2_BB_Submachine_Gun/4312#8329
Reviews seem pretty good, too.