Interesting that it's stored on the wall with the bolt locked to the rear. Since I can't see the spring in the hole on the magazine, it may not have any rounds in it.
Side story:
A long time ago when I was a military policeman I was called to investigate the presence of an M-16 in one of the military familiy housing unit's basement storage area (an apartment building with storage cages in the basement). When I got there, I saw what looked like a very real M-16 - just out of reach leaning against the wall. Before we could get the owner of the cage down to unlock it for a closer look, I got a wire hanger to reach the weapon to drag it to the cage 'wall' (chain-link fencing) for a closer inspection. When I first touched the barrel of it, something didn't feel right. When I got it hooked and dragged it to the wall, I discovered that it was FAR too light to be real.
When we got it out of the cage, it was, indeed, a plastic replica of an M-16 rifle - duplicating MANY details:
The charging handle operated.
The charging handle pulled back a 'bolt' that mimicked the real thing.
The magazine was removable and was loaded with brass-colored plastic rounds that looked like .223 rounds.
When charged, the bolt would chamber a plastic round just like the real thing. When charged again, the chambered round would be ejected from the ejection port - again just like the real thing.
In short, this was a highly detailed plastic replica that if someone pointed it at me, pulled the charging handle and I saw what looked like brass ejecting, *I'd* be ejecting very quickly - either myself from the immediate vicinity, or rounds from my very real hand gun at the time. (Most likely, I'd get away very quickly - .38 S&W is no match for a .223 rifle.) |
