FIREARMS EFFECTS SCREEN TEST: Does this look real to you?
Prop Gun Mechanics:
All of these toy guns, including the one above, are completely harmless. All pieces and moving parts are made only with spring actions. The body of the gun and magazines are made of medium quality yet durable plastic, and they shoot small, soft plastic pellets, to a max distance of about 10 meters.
The sping action as two steps. First the gun iteself has a spring action built in, to simulate throwing back the hammer, ejecting the empty casings, and chambering the next round. The clips on average hold up to 6 small casings that look like empty shells. Inside each shell there's a very small but powerful spring. By taking a pellet and pressing it into the casing, the pellet's design catches on a tesion switch inside the casing. You can then load up to 6 casing in the clip, just like bullets. The pellets remain in the casings until you fire, and a plastic primer hammer hits a small trigger on the back of the casing, releasing the pellet from the casing and firing it out with the spring.
Even with completely empty cases, and nothing firing out of the gun but empty shells to the side, these prop hand guns appear to be able to simulate the most real gun action I could find within my price range. Even with slo-mo, it would capture the image of what appears to be a real gun firing and ejecting empty shells, once all the animation and effects are composited in, like the sound effects, muzzle flashing and smoke overlays.
